Cheekh — Full Story & Plot Summary

The narrative chronicles the fierce legal and psychological battle of Mannat, a strong-willed woman who demands justice after her working-class best friend, Nayab, is thrown off a rooftop during a family engagement party following an attempted sexual assault. Mannat’s life turns upside down when she discovers the murderer is her own wealthy brother-in-law, Wajih. As Wajih uses his immense wealth, institutional bribery, and family leverage to bury the crime, Mannat is isolated, thrown into a mental asylum, and loses her unborn child. Supported by her dedicated husband Shayan, who chooses truth over blood, she mounts a devastating legal battle to bring the influential predator to justice.

Institutional corruption, male entitlement within elite societal circles, internalized misogyny, and the immense personal cost of standing against family to achieve systemic justice.