laughing til our ribs get tough

'Mohabbat', which in Urdu and Hindi means love! It writes itself.

like, hell yeah, look on longingly as your crush admits that he likes another girl at the party he invited you to (because he thinks you only see him as a friend). lets goooo, plan a cozy night in (on NEW YEAR'S EVE, a famously kissable holiday) with the girl you have unresolved history and a love/hate relationship with — and then, when you show up late, find her making out with your best friend/roommate (who you know is in love with her) and stand dejectedly in the hallway between your two apartments, clutching the bottle of wine you brought to share with her. letting the last sound we hear before the credits roll be you, closing the apartment door behind you, alone.

two lovers, forbidden from one another,

Women in Film Challenge 2026: [13/52] The Queen of My Dreams, dir. Fawzia Mirza (Canada/Pakistan, 2023)