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F r o m W i k i p e d i a , t h e f r e e e n c y c l o p e d i a
Murdered by My Father Genre Drama Created by Vinay Patel Written by Vinay Patel Directed by Bruce Goodison Starring
Kiran Sonia Sawar
Mawaan Rizwan
Salman Akhtar
Reiss Jeram
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Original language English Executive producers
Aysha Rafaele
Producer Toby Welch Cinematography Felix Wiedemann Editor Josh Cunliffe Running time 75 minutes Production company BBC Network BBC Three Release 29 March 2016 (2016-03-29 )
Murdered by My Father is a British drama television film written by Vinay Patel, directed by Bruce Goodison and produced by Toby Welch, and starring Adeel Akhtar and Kiran Sonia Sawar , that first aired on BBC One in March 2016. The drama tells the story of an honour killing of a British Asian Muslim teenage girl by her father.[1] [2] [3]
For his performance in the film, Akhtar won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor .[4] The film itself won Best Single Drama at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2017.[5]
Summary [ edit ]
Widowed father Shahzad is bringing up two children, daughter Salma and son 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 their community, Shahzad murders his daughter and kills himself .[6]
Critical reception [ edit ]
Ceri Redford, writing in The Daily Telegraph , described the drama as "nuanced and unbearably heart-breaking" and "a brave piece of television".[7] Kasia Delgado, in the Radio Times , wrote that the drama "deserves a Bafta [award] for depicting this very real issue so brilliantly".[8]
References [ edit ]
^ Harrison, Bernice (8 April 2016). "Television: The spoiler is in the title in dramas that borrow from real life" . The Irish Times . Retrieved 8 April 2016 .
^ "Bafta Television Awards 2017: the 5 best moments" . Telegraph . 14 May 2017. Retrieved 16 May 2017 .
^ "RTS Programme Awards 2017" . Royal Television Society . 24 October 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2022 .
^ "Murdered by My Father" . BBC . Retrieved 8 April 2016 .
^ Radford, Ceri (30 March 2016). "Murdered By my Father was a brave piece of television" . The Telegraph . Retrieved 8 April 2016 .
^ Delgado, Kasia (29 March 2016). "Murdered by My Father is a horrifying but award-worthy drama about "honour" killing" . Radio Times . Retrieved 8 April 2016 .
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