Indus Echoes
Indus Echoes
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Indus Echoes is Pakistan's first Sindhi-language feature film to release in cinemas in almost three decades. It's also the first ever Pakistan-South Korea-Bangladesh coproduction.
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In Sindh, Pakistan, the stories of a farmer, shermen, a poet, and a oating corpse in the Indus River unfold the push-and-pull relationship between the river and the people, as each tries to tame the other.
Writer/Director : Rahul Aijaz
Producer: Tanveer Hossain, Rahul Aijaz
Executive Producer: Shamoon Abbasi, Akhtiar Ali Kalwar, Vajdaan Shah, Zaid Aziz, Mohammad Kamran Jawaid
Cast: Vajdaan Shah, Ansaar Mahar, Samina Seher
Cinematography: Aarab Khan
Sound: Paul Battle, Maaz Ahmed
Editor: Paul Battle, Rahul Aijaz
Colorist: Saulo Aroca Rosas
VFX: Green Screen
Country of Production: Pakistan
Co-production countries: Bangladesh, South Korea
Genre: Drama
Duration: 71 Minutes
Production Company: Film n’ Chips (Pakistan), Green Screen (Bangladesh), Shaam Films (Pakistan), BigMeta Films (South Korea), Vox Vision (Pakistan)
Distributor (Pakistan): Anthem Films
Official selection:
Official selection:
Jaipur International Film Festival 2025 (India)
London Pakistani Film Festival 2025 (UK)
Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2025 (Pakistan)
Mosaic International South Asian Film Festival (MISAFF) 2025 (Canada)
Baku Cinema Breeze 2025 (Azerbaijan)
Jaffna International Cinema Festival 2026 (Sri Lanka)
Dhaka International Film Festival 2026 (Bangladesh)
Rung Film Festival in May 2026 (USA)
Special 15-minute preview at Sindh Literature Festival in Dec. 2024.
World premiere at Cinepax Cinemas, Karachi in January 2025.
Special public screening at NAPA, Karachi in collaboration with Climate Action Center in August 2025
Theatrical release across Pakistani on September 12, 2025.
Awards:
Special Mention award at Gandhara Independent Film Festival 2025
Safeer-e-Sindh award for director Rahul Aijaz for reviving Sindhi cinema at SLF 2025
Pakistani Cinema Awards 2026: Best Actor in a leading role for Vajdaan Shah and Special Mention for Salman Jakhro for his poetry 'Nim ji chaon me’
5 more nominations for best film, director, screenwriter, actor in a leading role (female) and original song.
The film was also in competition at MISAFF, Dhaka, Jaffna and Jaipur.
Watch the official trailer below:
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