The news of actresses turning producers has been a talking point this year. After Kangana Ranaut, Alia Bhatt and Taapsee Pannu, the latest to launch her production house was Esha Deol. The actress announced her venture Ek Duaa and also launched its first look poster and trailer. In the trailer, Esha plays the role of a Muslim woman named Abida with two children. The family faces financial trouble as her husband’s earnings as a taxi driver do not suffice. He is asked to join a company and sell his ‘khatara’, his taxi.
Esha’s character did not have the money to even buy groceries and asks to write the dues in the account. The movie also focuses on gender inequality as one can see the family sending their son to school, while the daughter says, ‘Wait, I’m coming too.’ Another dialogue was, ‘If another son is born, it will lead to prosperity for us.’ Esha’s character is heard saying, ‘This is Allah’s gift, we are no one to take decisions on it.’ Ek Duaa has been termed by the makers as the story of ‘hardship, hope and happiness’ and seemed to revolve the characters of Esha and the daughter Duaa lives in a family that ‘shuns the girl child’, as per the description issued by the makers.
