Broadcaster Channel 4 has commissioned its first ever Urdu-language drama.

The stylish black-and-white comedy will be screened next week on August 25th just before midnight.

Adha Cup follows Ash (Rez Kempton) and Shahid (Ace Bhatti): two lazy and bored social workers who reluctantly agree to reunite the cast of the legendary Bollywood musical Pappa Kehte Hain, to be restaged at the Pakistan Centre where they work.

In their search for the old cast members they encounter a singing barber, a villainous butcher and an over-acting taxi driver, and along the way they reconnect with their enthusiasm for life, love and family.

But their attempts to track down the hero Sajid Hussain prove more elusive.

It is written and directed by Sarmad Masud (Leeds International film festival winner, Best short film, for ’6 & Out’).
August 25th 2009, at 11.55pm.

Cast:
Ash: Rez Kempton
Shahid: Ace Bhatti
Sofia: Balvinder Sopal
Khalil (barber): Badi Uzzaman
Ahmed (newsagent): Jeff Mirza
Taxi driver: Jas Steven Singh