Phir Ussi Mod Par

Phir Ussi Mod Par (English: "Back to Square One") is a 2019 Hindi drama film directed by Lekh Tandon.^[1][2] It was released after Tandon's death in 2017.^[3]

Phir Ussi Mod Par
Directed by	Lekh Tandon
Written by	Story: Pt. Revati Sharan Sharma Screenplay & Dialogues: Lekh Tandon
Produced by	KMPL production. Kanika, Anshula and Trinetra Bajpai.
Starring	Nadira Babbar Kanwaljeet Singh Parmeet Sethi Jividha Sharma Kanika Bajpai Rajeev Verma Govind Namdev Smita Jaykar
Cinematography	Jahangir Chaudhary
Edited by	Awadh Narayan Singh
Music by	Shankar Jaikishan Trinetra Bajpai Agnel Faizan
Production company	Kanika Multiscope Pvt Ltd
Running time	134 minutes
Country	India
Language	Hindi

Phir Ussi Mod Par premiered at the Berlin Film Festival on 8 March 2019^[4] It was produced by Trinetra, Kanika, and Anshula Bajpai under their banner Kanika Multiscope Pvt Ltd (KMPL).

The film examines the practice of triple talaq, a tradition in Islam where a husband can legally divorce his wife by pronouncing three repudiations at once.

Plot

Naaz (Jividha Sharma) is pregnant when her husband, Shaheed (Parmeet Sethi), divorces her by triple talaq. Shocked, Naaz attempts suicide but is rescued by Rasheed (Kanwaljeet Singh). Rasheed marries her, offering her a new beginning.

Later in life, Naaz encounters another's triple talaq, and she decides to confront it and stand up for the wife's rights.

Cast

• Kanika Bajpai as Ruby Begum
• Nadira Babbar as Anchor
• Kanwaljeet Singh as Rasheed
• Govind Namdev as Zahid Khan
• Parmeet Sethi as Shaheed Khan
• Jividha Sharma as Naaz
• Shikha Iktaan as Shabnam
• S. M. Zaheer as Munshiji
• Smita Jaykar as Beghum
• Vineeta Malik as Ammi
• Rajeev Verma as ADV. Usman Shaikh
• Haider Ali as Sufi
• Sanjay Sharma as Maulvi
• Brij Bhooshan Sahani as ADV. Pandit
• Deepika Amin as Doctor
• Arun Bali

Release

The world premiere was held at the Zoo Palast Theatre during the Berlin Film Festival 2018.^[5]