[4] After graduation, Masud wrote and directed Adha Cup (2009),[2] a short film in Urdu about two men ineptly trying to reunite the cast of a Bollywood musical.
[5] According to the Macau Daily Times, it was "the first Urdu-language drama commissioned by British broadcaster Channel 4, which was later developed into a six-part series at the BBC.
After reading a 2012 news story titled "Meet Nazo Dharejo: The toughest woman in Sindh," Masud wanted to make a movie about her armed defense of her family's land against her male relatives.
[3] 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.
[10] Masud's previous television directing experience includes season two of Sky One's police drama Bulletproof and several episodes of Channel 4's comedy-drama Ackley Bridge.