Safia/Safdar 2026 
Synopsis
Safia/Safdar
Safia/Safdar is a 2026 Indian Hindi-language social drama film directed by Baba Azmi and written by Mir Ali Husain. The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Kanwaljit Singh and Aditi Subedi in lead roles. It premiered on ZEE5 on 16 January 2026. The film follows a young woman who assumes a male identity to protect her family's barber shop after her father becomes incapacitated.
- Director
- Baba Azmi
- Release
- 16 Jan 2026
- Studio
- Zee Studios, ZEE5
- Run time
- 105 min
- Language
- Hindi
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Technical specs
- Release date
- 16 Jan 2026
- Run time
- 105 min
- Language
- Hindi
- Country
- IN
- Director
- Baba Azmi
- Studio
- Zee Studios, ZEE5
- Distributor
- ZEE5
Trivia
- The film stars Naseeruddin Shah, Kanwaljit Singh, and Aditi Subedi in lead roles.
- Safia/Safdar premiered directly on the streaming platform ZEE5 on 16 January 2026.
- The movie was selected for screening at the Chicago South Asian Film Festival in 2025.
- The character Safia assumes the male identity of Safdar to protect her family's barber shop.
- Naseeruddin Shah portrays the character Yazdani in the film.
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Hindi Cinema2026Hindi FilmReleasedHindi
