“Audacious Love Needs Time”: Fatima Sana Shaikh on the Soul of Gustaakh Ishq

Mumbai: In an age dominated by instant gratification and digital intimacy, Gustaakh Ishq (2025) arrives like a handwritten letter—unhurried, deeply felt, and unapologetically romantic. Directed by Vibhu Puri and produced by Manish Malhotra, the film transports viewers to a pre-mobile 1990s world where love brews over cups of tea, verses of shayari, and stolen silences. At the heart of this poetic drama is Fatima Sana Shaikh, delivering one of the most tender performances of her career as the daughter of a revered Urdu poet, sharing screen space with Vijay Varma…

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