Honour killing is a very controversial and contemporary issue in society as of today and this drama explores that theme by focusing on a Muslim household, in which the father, Shahzad wants his daughter, Salma to be in an arranged marriage.

Murdered by my father (written by Vinay Patel & shown by BBC3),was a really good film; the starting scenes consisted of what happened at the end, which immediately hooked me in as I was curious as to how and why it happened. Salma's voice over added to the somber beginning, and again adds to the mystery of the plot. I think the representation of Salma reflects teenagers now to some extent – the whole thing about hiding things from your parents, rebelling against parents, etc. The director tried show the audience the Islam tradition, for example, the Muslim wedding at the beginning and personally I think it was captured really well.

Most of the film's mood was dark and miserable, which is understandable because honour killing is a very depressing topic and there is no way that it can be romanticized or be presented in a lighthearted way. Overall, Murdered By My Father is a very moving movie, it really had an effect on me and makes me think that people in the 21st Century still go through this.

Murdered by My Father written by Vinay Patel is a heartbreaking tale of Salma torn between choosing family tradition or her own individual freedom. You hope that they will be some kind of happy resolution but the title kind of gives the game away.

Salma's father Shahzad (Adeel Akhtar) is a hard working widower raising two children. His teenage daughter Salma (Kiran Sonia Sawar) has been promised to Haroon, once she finishes her education which would be good business sense for the family but Salma had fallen in love with Imi who she spends a lot of time with even skipping college.

Of course once Haroon discovers that Salma has a boyfriend he and his father humiliate Shazad, who feels dishonoured and takes it out on his daughter. He locks her up but she escapes but when she returns the next day it ends in tragedy.

Not only that but as we see in the beginning of the drama the bloodied body of Shazad, who after killing Salma stabs himself and throws himself off the apartment block leaving his young son alone as an orphan. It is a double tragedy.

Kiran Sonia Sawar gives a fine performance as a young teenage girl entering into womanhood, in love with a teenage boy and trying to keep her father happy.

Shazad is really not written as a monster, he is a hard working family man who feels he is doing his best for his daughter. His actions are of someone who has just snapped and later realised the consequences of his actions.

The true monsters are Haroon and his father. They are the outsiders, who pressurise Shazad for his young daughter and then point the finger of judgment.

Once these hypocritical behavioural witch hunters are outed, shamed and shunned can the matter of honour killings be tackled.

Every year, 1,000 woman are reported to die from honour killings in Pakistan but perhaps what is more disturbing is that many more go unreported. Murdered by my father follows the agonizing plight of a young British Asian woman Salma (Kiran Sonia Sawar)who is caught between the stark parallels of modern Western and traditional Eastern beliefs.The circular narrative in which this Channel four drama adopts adds to the painful and heart wrenching sting of Salma's story, and her voice of god narrative over the scene of her dead father makes this a poignant opening for what is an incredibly powerful narrative for the many silent victims of honour based violence internationally.

The tension built up throughout this drama is paramount to sustaining the audience's interest, we know that tragedy will inevitably strike and we are teased as to when. With Salma's dad Shahzad (Adeel Akhtar) growing ever suspicious of Salma's unusually detached and distanced behaviour, we are left on the edge of our seats in fear that Shahzad will discover Salma's secret boyfriend Imi (Mawaan Rizwan. As the plot thickens, we watch Shahzad arrange a marriage for Salma against their agreement, we slowly and agonizingly watch as Salma's relationship with Shahzad deteriorates and Shahzad starts piecing the puzzle together. The ending of this drama is so distressing and disturbing, it is definitely hard to watch. What perhaps makes it worse is how we are teased with hope when Salma rings Imi and Imi rushes to her aid, only to find he was too late.

Murdered by my father serves as a powerful message which punctuates the pain and plight of the many oppressed victims of honour based violence.