Kan Nagar

Synopsis

Kan Nagar is home to a massive coal mine that sustains the livelihoods of everyone in the surrounding areas. Affan, a district tax officer, is sent there after being involved in a businessman unpaid taxes case and later with a harassment case by the businessman’s wife, forcing him to either fight a legal battle or accept the transfer to the remote town. Once there, he quickly uncovers a much larger issue. He realises that the miners are being exploited and unpaid, while truck companies profit by transporting coal, and corporate giants evade taxes and make billions of dollars. Determined to change the situation, Affan teams up with a few locals to set up checkpoints to monitor the coal trucks and implement a system of checks and balances. However, the obstacles are enormous. The entrenched system of corruption involving government officials, banks, and corporate profiteers has created a shadow economy, where the wealthy continue to amass fortunes while the poor remain trapped in cycles of poverty and social inequality. The film is based on a true story about Pakistan’s shadow economy.