‘Sex Lives of College Girls’ Star Amrit Kaur Takes a Dramatic Turn

When you star in a movie about the growing pains and intense relationship shared between a mother and daughter, what do you do when your real-life mom is in the audience?

Amrit Kaur may not have the answer, but the actress does have a deeper understanding after starring in The Queen of My Dreams, which had its North American premiere at this year’s SXSW Film Festival. The vibrant, touching film, which was written and directed by Fawzia Mirza (Signature Movie), follows two young Pakistani Muslim women as they come of age: Azra, a lesbian woman mourning the death of her father, and Mariam, who lives in Pakistan and dreams of moving to Canada with her lovely boyfriend.

The twist? Mariam is Azra’s mother. We’re following them at the same point in their lives—they’re both twentysomethings—in dual timelines, 1969 and 1999. Both characters are portrayed by Kaur, except in 1999, when Mariam is an adult; then, Mariam is played by Nimra Bucha.

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