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 "id": "screen/zindagi-tamasha-2019",
 "class": "screen",
 "slug": "zindagi-tamasha-2019",
 "label": {
  "en": "Zindagi Tamasha",
  "ar": "زندگی تماشا"
 },
 "summary": {
  "ar": "فيلم باكستاني عن رجل دين مغني يُسجَّل وهو يرقص في حفل زفاف فيوصمه المجتمع؛ أثار اعتراضات دينية أجلت عرضه، ثم صار باكستانياً لأوسكار.",
  "en": "A Pakistani film about a devout naat-reciter shunned after a wedding video of him dancing goes viral — delayed by religious protest, then Pakistan's Oscar submission."
 },
 "stub": false,
 "wings": [],
 "regions": [],
 "periods": [],
 "tags": [],
 "aliases": [],
 "themes": [
  "religious-authorities",
  "tradition-versus-culture"
 ],
 "data": {
  "format": "film",
  "relevance": "substantial",
  "titles": [
   {
    "lang": "ur",
    "value": "زندگی تماشا",
    "kind": "original"
   },
   {
    "lang": "en",
    "value": "Zindagi Tamasha",
    "kind": "transliteration"
   },
   {
    "lang": "en",
    "value": "Circus of Life",
    "kind": "release"
   }
  ],
  "released": {
   "edtf": "2019",
   "calendar": "gregorian",
   "precision": "year"
  },
  "countries": [
   "pk"
  ],
  "languages": {
   "original": [
    "ur"
   ]
  },
  "depiction": {
   "prophet": "not-applicable",
   "companions": "not-applicable",
   "imams": "not-applicable"
  },
  "approach": "drama-of-muslim-life",
  "sensitivity": "contested",
  "reception": [
   {
    "kind": "objection",
    "by": "Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan; release delayed from January 2020",
    "status": "historical",
    "sources": []
   }
  ],
  "external_ids": {
   "wikidata": "Q97395414",
   "imdb": "tt11497834"
  },
  "sources": [
   "source/wikidata",
   "source/imdb"
  ],
  "status": {
   "review": "draft",
   "completeness": 2,
   "generated_by": "Devin (SWE-2 High), screen-index lane; existence, year and identifiers verified against Wikidata and IMDb, 2026-10-16"
  }
 },
 "prose": {
  "ar": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "«زندگی تماشا» فيلم عن حياة المسلمين المعاصرة صدر سنة 2019 من إنتاج باكستان، من إخراج [[person/sarmad-sultan-khoosat|None]]. ومن أبرز ممثليه [[person/samiya-mumtaz|سمعية ممتاز]]، و[[person/eman-suleman|None]]، و[[person/adeel-afzal|None]]، و[[person/nadia-afghan|None]]، و[[person/mehar-bano|None]]. فيلم باكستاني عن رجل دين مغني يُسجَّل وهو يرقص في حفل زفاف فيوصمه المجتمع؛ أثار اعتراضات دينية أجلت عرضه، ثم صار باكستانياً لأوسكار. {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "السياق والاستقبال",
     "markdown": "اعترضت عليه Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan; release delayed from January 2020. {cite:wikidata}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/zindagi-tamasha-2019",
    "lang": "ar",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": []
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-16"
  },
  "en": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "\"Zindagi Tamasha\" is a film about contemporary Muslim life, released in 2019, produced in Pakistan, directed by [[person/sarmad-sultan-khoosat|None]]. Its leading performers include [[person/samiya-mumtaz|Samiya Mumtaz]], [[person/eman-suleman|None]], [[person/adeel-afzal|None]], [[person/nadia-afghan|None]] and [[person/mehar-bano|None]]. A Pakistani film about a singing religious man who is filmed dancing at a wedding, and whom society brands; it provoked religious objections that delayed its release, and then it became Pakistan's Oscar submission. {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "Context and reception",
     "markdown": "Among the objections recorded: Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan; release delayed from January 2020. {cite:wikidata}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/zindagi-tamasha-2019",
    "lang": "en",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-17"
  },
  "ur": {
   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "خلاصہ",
     "markdown": "«زندگی تماشا» ایک فلم ہے جو 2019ء میں پاکستان میں بنی، جسے [[person/sarmad-sultan-khoosat|None]] نے ڈائریکٹ کیا۔ اس کے نمایاں اداکاروں میں [[person/samiya-mumtaz|سمعیہ ممتاز]]، [[person/eman-suleman|None]]، [[person/adeel-afzal|None]]، [[person/nadia-afghan|None]] اور [[person/mehar-bano|None]] شامل ہیں۔ ایک پاکستانی فلم جو ایک مذہبی عالم کے بارے میں ہے جسے شادی کی تقریب میں ناچتے ہوئے ریکارڈ کیا جاتا ہے اور معاشرہ اسے بدنام کر دیتا ہے؛ مذہبی اعتراضات کی وجہ سے اس کی نمائش ملتوی ہوئی، پھر یہ آسکر کے لیے پاکستانی فلم بنی۔ {cite:wikidata} {cite:imdb}"
    },
    {
     "heading": "سیاق اور استقبال",
     "markdown": "اس پر تحریکِ لبیک پاکستان نے اعتراض کیا؛ جنوری 2020ء سے ریلیز میں تاخیر ہوئی۔ {cite:wikidata}"
    }
   ],
   "frontmatter": {
    "id": "screen/zindagi-tamasha-2019",
    "lang": "ur",
    "source_lang": "ar",
    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
    ]
   },
   "updated": "2026-10-17"
  }
 },
 "degree": 14,
 "contemporaries": [],
 "updated": "2026-10-16",
 "connections": [
  {
   "to": "person/samiya-mumtaz",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/eman-suleman",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/adeel-afzal",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/nadia-afghan",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/mehar-bano",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/sarmad-sultan-khoosat",
   "type": "features",
   "inverse": false
  },
  {
   "to": "person/sarmad-sultan-khoosat",
   "type": "directed_by",
   "inverse": false
  }
 ],
 "related": [
  "screen/al-marmuluk-2004",
  "screen/hur-adam-2011",
  "screen/mawlana-2016",
  "screen/shaykh-jakson-2017",
  "concept/abjad-kings-etymology",
  "concept/ahl-al-kitab",
  "concept/al-ghazw-al-fikri",
  "concept/al-idara-al-islamiyya"
 ],
 "license": {
  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
 }
}