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This is an archive article published on June 30, 2012

Star of Saving Face files case against Pak filmmaker

An acid attack survivor,whose harrowing story inspired Oscar award winning documentary by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy,has filed a case against the documentary filmmaker for not paying her compensation and other benefits

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An acid attack survivor,whose harrowing story inspired Oscar award winning documentary by Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy,has filed a case against the documentary filmmaker for not paying her compensation and other benefits.

Rukhsana,who hails from Muzaffargarh,filed the case against Chinoy in the Multan sessions court in which she has claimed that the filmmaker had offered her compensation and benefits which motivated her to appear in the film Saving Face,but once the documentary was released,the director did not fulfil her commitment.

She has alleged that Chinoy promised her a house,Rs 30 lakh and plastic surgery as compensation for her role in the movie. She also claimed to have been thrown out of her house for working in the movie and is forced to live a nomadic life with her children.

Chinoy,however,denies all the allegations and tweeted that she had never promised anything to Rukhasana. She said she never promised any favour or compensation and that a donor,who saw the documentary,offered Rukhsana a house. However,her family did not let her accept one.

Chinoy became the first Pakistani filmmaker to win an Oscar in any category this year.

 

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