Alif (2016 film)

Alif is an Indian Hindi film jointly produced by Pawan Tiwari and Zaigham Imam. Alif is written and directed by Zaigham Imam. The trailer of the film was launched by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and Jaya Bachchan on 27 December 2016. It stars Neelima Azeem, Bhavna Pani, Pawan Tiwari, Danish Hussain, Aditya Om, Saud Mansuri, Shimala Prasad as the lead characters.

Alif deals with the importance of modern education. The narrator of the film is veteran actress Jaya Bachchan.

Cast

 * Neelima Azeem as Zeher Raza
 * Danish Husain as Mohammad Raza
 * Bhavna Pani
 * Pawan Tiwari
 * Aditya Om as Jamal
 * Mohammed Saud Mansuri as Ali Raza
 * Shimala Prasad
 * Gauri Shanker
 * Ishaan

Festivals
Alif premièred in the Indian International Film Festival of Queensland, Australia in November 2016. It also won the Best Screenplay and Best Child Artist award at the Bioscope Global Film Festival.