rishta

Directed by Ali Pervaiz Malik

Writer: Ali Pervaiz Malik and Jack Kelly
Producers: Ali Pervaiz Malik, Zak Zaidi, Sophie Howery, Julia Messick, Kate Kearns, Georgia Cohen
Editor: Zayan Agha
Cinematographer: Farhan Kamdar
Costume Designer: Arhana Singhania
Production Designer: Vivian Zhang
Sound Designer: Somesh Yatham
Sound Editing: John Bray
Music: Somesh Yatham 

Logline: A dependent little brother fears losing his only friend when his big sister is introduced to a potential rishta (suitor) during an Eid gathering.

Runtime: 15:30

Undergraduate Film & TV
apm7920@nyu.edu

Ali is a Pakistani-American writer, director, and producer whose work lingers in the quiet corners of heartbreak—searching always for the silver lining. His films explore the tenderness of human connection through an intimate, visual language shaped by lived experience.