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      • 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.
      For his performance in the film, Akhtar won the British Academy Television Award for Best Actor. The film itself won Best Single Drama at the Royal Television Society Awards in 2017.


      Summary


      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.


      Cast


      Adeel Akhtar as Shahzad
      Kiran Sonia Sawar as Salma
      Mawaan Rizwan as Imi
      Salman Akhtar as Haroon
      Reiss Jeram as Hassan


      Critical reception


      Ceri Redford, writing in The Daily Telegraph, described the drama as "nuanced and unbearably heart-breaking" and "a brave piece of television". Kasia Delgado, in the Radio Times, wrote that the drama "deserves a Bafta [award] for depicting this very real issue so brilliantly".


      References




      External links


      Murdered by My Father at IMDb
      Murdered By My Father Preview BBC Media Centre
      Murdered By My Father BBC iPlayer

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