A Pakistani short film about a wedding night gone wrong, a groom loses what he set out to do intimately and respect from all those around him. The film shows how impossible it is for a couple to have their privacy, even on their wedding night. For starters, guests seem to have lingered after the party, and the groom (played by Saleem Mairaj), is unable to navigate to his room (where his bride is waiting) without being stopped in the hall by a friend to congratulate him or a kid asking for money.

The groom finally gets to his room and finds not just one, but two intruders sitting in his room. A teenager is found in his closet and a child is found under his bed. The groom throws both of them out and returns to the excited position of closing the doors to star the night. But although he can close the doors, he can’t lock them. The barrel bolts affixed at the top of the double doors don’t seem to click up all the way. As he fiddles with the lock, the base becomes undone. The groom leaves and crosses the living room, where all the guests are still sitting, goes to another room and comes back with a hammer. All the guests watch him leave, without doing anything.

The audience is left asking why, but perhaps the comedic effect is that, despite everyone attempting to interfere with the wedding night coming to a close, this is the moment no one has anything to say. When they start hearing the knocking (when the groom is attempting to fix the lock), a woman calls on a man to check in to see what’s happening. The groom hits his finger and sucks on it, but it’s unknown if anyone checked up on him again. Apparently, everyone wants to check in and stay around during the wedding night to celebrate, not to confront the potential for conflict. After all, the guests are all partially sleeping.

For a group a people who stall the wedding night and even hide in the room, it’s not impossible that some would want to stay around for the gossip. Surely, they did get some after hearing the hammer and the distressed groom coming out with an open sherwani to get water, leaving many with opportunities for gossip. In some ways, the film is as painful in watching the groom reach the bride as it is with seeing how he is seen by his family and friends who are essentially the reason for his distress; they’re the reason for his need for privacy.

When the groom has finally removed all obstacles, he sits with his bride, only to be interrupted by the azaan. It’s either Isha (the prayer after sunset) or Fajr (the prayer before sunrise). Either way, it seems that the night is never too young to pack up the samosas and just go home.