In 2013, Anjuman was nominated in four categories at the Tarang Housefull Awards and won three of these.
Plot
The film is a tragedy based on a tawaif 'Anjuman', who was born to a rich noble father and a tawaif mother. After her father's death she and her mother were abandoned by her paternal family. Her mother becomes a tawaif to earn a living and wishes that one day her daughter will join the same profession. Anjuman hides her identity and tries to overcome her situation by pursuing higher education. She joins university with her family's given name of "Anjum Hayat Khan" and leads a respectable life. She always dreams of leave "kotha" after her graduation. At the University, she falls in love with Asif, a classmate of noble birth. Asif is already engaged to be married to his cousin. One day, some university boys along with Asif, learn of Anjuman's family background during a dance show and they reveal her reality in front of the whole university. Anjuman leaves the university out of humiliation and decides to join her mother's dark profession.
A wealthy man, Wajahat, comes into her life as a client and turns out to be the elder brother of Asif. In order to save his elder brother's marriage, Asif decides to visit Anjuman's "kotha" in an "exchange" demanded by Anjuman. Asif initially hates Anjuman but later develops affection for her when he learns that because of him, Anjuman had to quit her studies and join this profession. At the end, Asif reveals everything to his family and decides to marry Anjuman to save her pride and give her a socially respectable life.
