It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from - if you put quality work out there, it will be appreciated.

Pakistan destroyed its own reputation. If anything, I have improved Pakistan's image.

When I'm not working on the ground, spending time with my husband and daughter puts me at ease.

I believe in telling the truth.

Despite their rising international acclaim, Sachal Studios remains virtually unknown in Pakistan. The ensemble is faced with a daunting task: to reclaim and reinvigorate an art that has lost its space in Pakistan's narrowing cultural sphere.

As filmmakers, you're not working on just one project, you're producing something, directing something, shooting something, and so it becomes hard to do it by yourself.

When the film and music industries declined in the wake of increasingly conservative Muslim laws and social customs in Pakistan, many of these musicians found themselves out of work. They were brought together at Sachal Studios by Izzat Majeed, who built the studio in order to preserve these musical traditions.