[5] British-Pakistani filmmaker Sarmad (Sam) Masud, born in Bradford to immigrant parents, based the film on the life of Nazo Dharejo, after reading a 2012 story in The Express Tribune that called her "the toughest woman in Sindh.

"[6][7][8] Masud describes the film as "a modern-day feminist Western set in Pakistan, based on the extraordinary true story of one woman and her family who defended their home and land from 200 bandits.

"[6] After Nazo's father and brother are arrested, a scheming uncle tries to lay claim to the family farm.

[11] Reviewers generally praised the film's beauty, its emotional impact, and the acting of Pakistani dancer Suhaee Abro as the teenaged protagonist Nazo Dharejo.

"[12] The Times, giving it four out of five stars, called the film "lyrical, heart-poundingly tense and strikingly feminist.