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Murad
Official poster
Directed by	Kamran Qureshi
Written by	Zafar Mairaj
Story by	Zafar Mairaj
Produced by	Iram Qureshi
Starring	Sohail Asghar Qazi Wajid Nabeel Zaheen Tahira Kamran Jilani Tabraiz Shah Hareem Qureshi and Sabir Qureshi.
Cinematography	Irfan Ahsan Naeem Ahmad
Edited by	Adnan Wai Qureshi
Music by	Mohsin Allah Ditta
Production company	Evergreen Media Europe
Distributed by	Zee TV Network Indus TV Network
Release date	1 July 2003 (2003-07-01) ( Karachi)
Running time	50 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	Urdu/Hindi with English Subtitles

Murad, also known as Eunuch's Motherhood, is an 2003 Urdu/Hindi language television drama film directed by Kamran Qureshi, written by Zafar Mairaj and produced by Iram Qureshi.^[1]

The film is based on the motherhood of a eunuch, the term to describe a transgender person. Sohail Asghar played a role of eunuch called Saima, who kept struggling all life and finally succeeded in winning the love of her adopted son, when he became a father himself.^[2]

Murad was awarded Best Telefilm of the year, Kamran Qureshi won Best Film Director Award and first prize of Rs. 500,000 in Indus Telefilm Festival 2003.^[3] Sultana Siddiqui presented special award to Sohail Asghar in The 1st Indus Drama Awards 2005, on his outstanding performance in Murad.^[4]

The film was broadcast in 2004 on Indus TV Network in Pakistan & UAE and in 2005 on Zee TV UK & United States as part of film series 'Maa Aur Mamta', which consist of 13 films including Murad.^[5]

Plot

The story revolves around a hijra, Saima, who adopts a child, Murad. Murad dislikes Saima's work as a dancer. Saima tries hard to fit into other professions as a male but people mock her. She then tries and fails to get job as a woman. She takes to begging on the street to earn her living, but this angers Murad. She then sends Murad to hostel and starts dancing again to cover the cost of his education. To avoid his hatred and disapproval, she never visits.

Murad accepts a scholarship and goes abroad. Later Saima receives an invitation to an aqiqah (newborn welcoming ceremony) from an unknown person. She accepts, and when she arrives at the party, Saima learns that it was Murad who invited her, so that she could meet his wife and son, and to thank her for all what she had done for him.^[6]