''Murdered by My Father'' is a British drama

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written by Vinay Patel, directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Toby Welch, and starring

Adeel Akhtar Adeel Akhtar (born 18 September 1980) is a British actor. In 2017, he won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor for his role in ''Murdered by My Father''. He was also nominated for a BAFTA for Best Supporting Actor for his role o ...

and Kiran Sonia Sawar, that first aired on

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in March 2016. The drama tells the story of an

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of a British Asian Muslim teenage girl by her father.

Summary

Widowed father Shahzad is bringing up two children, Salma and Hassan, alone. Teenager Salma has been promised to Haroon in an arranged marriage but she falls in love with Imi. Following a confrontation with Haroon and with men from the community, Shahzad murders his daughter

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kills himself.

Cast

as Shahzad * Kiran Sonia Sawar as Salma *

Mawaan Rizwan Mawaan Rizwan (born 18 August 1992) is a Pakistani-born British actor and comedian who began his career as a YouTuber. Early life Rizwan was born in Lahore, Pakistan; his mother, Shahnaz, was one of nine siblings and had starred in a number ...

as Imi *Salman Akhtar as Haroon *Reiss Jeram as Hassan

Critical reception

Ceri Redford, writing in ''

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'', described the drama as "nuanced and unbearably heart-breaking" and "a brave piece of television". Kasia Delgado, in the ''Radio Times'', wrote that the drama "deserves a Bafta

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for depicting this very real issue so brilliantly".

References

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