'' Murad '' ( which means desire ; the English title was '' Eunuch 's Motherhood '' ) , was an award-winning biographical telefilm drama made by Evergreen Media Europe for Pakistan 's television channel Indus TV that aired in 2003 . The cast had the country 's top male television actors playing " hijras " : Sohail Asghar , Nabeel , Qazi Wajid , and Kamran Jilani . It was directed by Kamran Qureshi , written by Zafar Mairaj and produced by Iram Qureshi . It won both Best TeleFilm and Best Director awards at 2003 Indus Telefilm Festival . The story revolves around " Saima " , a trans woman , who adopts a helpless child " Murad " and her relationship with him against the backdrop of her struggling throughout her life and her " desire " for her son . She sent him away to live at a hostel so she can earn a living as a dancer , after her son gets cross with her , due to teasing ( verbal and sexual ) they face while dancing . This was the first time that influential male actors came out to support " hijra " rights during interviews ; noting that in Pakistani English at that time eunuch was the term to describe a transgender person , and " khwaja sara " ( also khwaja sira ) had not yet replaced what is now considered a derogatory term due to decades of heckling and name calling , " hijra "
Indus Telefilm Festival
Indus Telefilm Festival
Hijra (South Asia)