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It's fair to calibrate expectations for a smaller-budget independent film, but Country of Blind's problems aren't really a matter of limited finances, with one glaring exception. Writer-director Rahhat Shah Kazmi's update of H. G. Wells' 1904 short story “The Land of the Blind” moves the action from the mountains of Ecuador to the Himalayas. In ancient India, a narrated voiceover explains, a tribe fled a war to the safety of a hidden valley. Shortly after their arrival, a mysterious illness caused people to lose their sight and babies to be born blind. An avalanche cut off the valley's access to the outside world and the tribe was forgotten in history. Director: Rahhat Shah Kazmi Writer: Rahhat Shah Kazmi Stars: Hina Khan, Shoib Nikash Shah, Ahmer Haider In the 18th century, Indian mountaineer Abhimanyu (Shoib Nikash Shah) leads his European friends to an unexplored peak. He slips and falls, falling into the hidden valley. Without equipment to climb back up the ...