Casting “Mehndi”, a third year University of York short film.



Synopsis: An intercultural lesbian couple are on a quest for acceptance. When Nazia is pushed by her fiancée to throw the Mehndi of her mother’s dreams, her living room becomes a battleground for the future mother-in-laws’ clash of cultures. Set in the couple’s house, the day of the celebration has come. Trying to balance the in-laws’ happiness and their own enjoyment soon proves to be a challenge when the mothers make the event all about themselves. The couple and their mothers must find where they fit in a world filled with tradition, culture, religion and modernity.