Iman Ali

TICH BUTTON is a Family Drama which involves hilarious situations as certain events unveil the best characteristics of a joint Punjabi family. The protagonist of the story, “Kaka” helps “Saqib” when he refuses to marry his cousin “Shakeela”. As a result of this refusal, complications kick in and a pile of lies generate. As the story unfolds, “Leena” a girl from Turkey enters this triangle. She gets pleasantly surprised by the Punjabi Joint family system and her heart is falling for love.

A modern poet Jamal who is against the traditional Urdu Poetry reads the biography of Mir Taqi Mir,one of the greatest poets of the 18th century. And sees Mir's reflection on his personality.

O filme começa mostrando a protagonista, Zainab (Humaima Malick), prestes a ser enforcada. Ela conta a sua história para a mídia antes que isso aconteça. Ela cresceu com seis irmãs, uma mãe e um pai. O pai sempre quis um filho para que o filho pudesse ajudar nas questões financeiras da família; o pai não acredita que as mulheres tenham um emprego remunerado. Eles têm um filho intersexo (hijra (sul da Ásia) em urdu) chamado Syed Saifullah Khan ou Saifi (Amr Kashmiri). O pai (Hakim) não gosta de Saifi por ser intersexual. Saifi é profundamente amado pelo resto da sua família. Zainab é casada com um cara que vive a assediando por não ter dado à luz. Assim, ela volta para a casa do seu pai. A mãe de Zainab continua a ter bebés que nascem mortos. Zainab organiza uma laqueadura para ela. Quando Hakim (Manzar Sehbai) descobre, fica muito zangado.

The film is about the difficult situation in which the Pakistanis in particular and the Muslims in general are caught up since 9/11. There is a war going on between the Fundamentalists and the Liberal Muslims. This situation is creating a drift not only between the Western world and the Muslims, but also within the Muslims. The educated and modern Muslims are in a difficult situation because of their approach towards life and their western attire. They are criticized and harassed by the fundamentalists and on the other hand the Western world sees them as potential suspects of terrorism just because of their Muslim names.