She is a filmmaker with a degree in theatre and religion from Mount Holyoke college in New York. She works out of offices in New York City, Santa Fe, and Lahore. Her goal is to create dialogue through the movies she produces, both within the Muslim world, internationally and especially the USA. Her first feature length film, Kashf is set to hit theatres nationwide on the 15th of December.

The scene opens to a girl surrounded by kids, all in cricket gear, enjoying an energetic game. The camera zooms in on the girl who is called aside by her elders to welcome a relative. She is hesitant in removing her peecap and smarten herself for the reason.

She is a girl who refuses to give up what she enjoys in life just because she has grown up. She is Fiza Ali

The real surprise was that the character that you had become familiar with in Mehndi is based on Fiza’s true self. “That actually depicts the real me.