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The Water Stirs
Ayesha is a widow with a secret past, living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border. When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives, Saleem and a few of the town's other young men are soon gripped by a religious fervour, and they attempt to bring radical Islamic law to their friends and neighbours. After a group of Sikh pilgrims arrive in town, tensions reach boiling point as Ayesha's haunted past comes rushing back.Read moreLess
Ayesha is a widow with a secret past, living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border. When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives, Saleem and a few of the town's other young men are soon gripped by a religious fervour, and they attempt to bring radical Islamic law to their friends and neighbours. After a group of Sikh pilgrims arrive in town, tensions reach boiling point as Ayesha's haunted past comes rushing back.
The story
Ayesha is a widow with a secret past, living with her beloved son Saleem in a small town in Pakistan close to the Indian border. When the fires of Islamic nationalism invade their tranquil lives, Saleem and a few of the town's other young men are soon gripped by a religious fervour, and they attempt to bring radical Islamic law to their friends and neighbours. After a group of Sikh pilgrims arrive in town, tensions reach boiling point as Ayesha's haunted past comes rushing back.
Cast & crew
Kirron KherAyesha / Verro
Aamir Ali MalikSaleem
Salman ShahidAmin
Shilpa ShuklaZubeida
Qurat-ul-Ain BalouchShanno
Abid AliChoudhary
Adnan Shah TipuMazharExplore the crew
- Director
- Sabiha Sumar
- Director of Photography
- Ralph Netzer
- Producer
- Philippe Avril
- Producer
- Helge Albers
- Original Music Composer
- Arshad Mahmood
- Producer
- Sachithanandam Sathananthan
- Producer
- Claudia Tronnier
- Original Music Composer
- Madan Gopal Singh
- Writer
- Sabiha Sumar
- Writer
- Paromita Vohra
- Editor
- Bettina Böhler