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The story follows the Rana family, a patriarchal household led by a wheelchair-using, domineering father. His sons are expected to produce a male heir. The elder son, Saleem, has already fathered several daughters. The younger son, Haider, is meek and unemployed, married to the quietly suffering Mumtaz.

When the ban was eventually lifted, the film became a symbol of resistance. To is to participate in a conversation about who gets to tell stories and whose stories are allowed to be told. The film handles its sensitive subject matter not with sensationalism, but with a tender, observational gaze that humanizes characters often relegated to the sidelines or used as punchlines in South Asian cinema. Watch Joyland 2022