A virtuous woman is forced to choose between her honor and saving her brother's life in a Sufi interpretation of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure.
Acting
Sanam Saeed's face does what pages of dialogue cannot.
Cinematography
Lahore's architecture becomes a character of moral weight.
Writing
Shakespeare adaptation that actually earns its departures.
Director
Ahmed Jamal
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
First Pakistani Shakespeare film adaptation, shot entirely in Lahore's historic Walled City.
The title 'Rahm' means mercy in Arabic/Urdu — the film interrogates whether the Governor's final act qualifies.
