Production on a feature film adaptation of Soniah Kamal’s novel Unmarriageable is scheduled to begin in Pakistan in 2025.
US outfits Travelling Picture Show Company (TPSC) and Rising Tides have partnered with Pakistan’s Hum Network on the production.
Sadia Ashraf wrote the script and will direct alongside James McMillan, whose credits as a cinematographer include Avengers: Endgame and A Quiet Place: Part One. It is a rare Western production that films entirely in Pakistan. Unmarriageable
is produced by Carissa Buffel and Luisa Iskin from TPSC and Sadia Ashraf and Shahla Khan from Rising Tides. Executive producers are Sultana Siddiqui, Badar Ikram and Kamal from Hum Network. The novel is a literary adaptation of
Pride And Prejudice and transposes the themes of Jane Austen’s novel to modern-day Pakistan following the Binat family, whose five daughters navigate modern life while dealing with the complexities of South Asian courtship.TPSC’s credits include Sony’s
Freud’s Last Session, Universal’s A Walk Among The Tombstones and A24’s The Blackcoat’s Daughter.Founded by Ashraf, Rising Tides Films focuses on female-driven narratives and untold diverse stories. The company has recently released the animated short
Tomorrowand developed around 20 film and TV projects from cultures that are typically underrepresented onscreen.Hum is Pakistan’s 24-hour entertainment television channel founded by Sultana Saiddiqui and duraid Qureshi. HumTV has been producing hundreds of TV shows with 700 hours of programming per year for the past 18 years.
