''Chakori'' ( bn, চকোরী ur, چکوری), is a Pakistani

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Day in

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). The film was directed by Captain

Ehtesham Abu Nur Muhammad Ehteshamul Haq (1927 – 17 February 2002), known as Captain Ehtesham, was a Bangladeshi and Pakistani film director. On his death in 2002 he was described as a pioneer of the film industry in Dhaka, and one of Bangladesh's leadi ...

. It was

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's and Shabana's debut film. The film ran for 81 weeks, and became a

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film.

Cast

* Nadeem Baig as Anwer/Anu * Shabana as Chakori *Reshma *Mirza Shahi as Professor Patle Khan Footpathia *Mustafa, Dear Asghar *Jalil Afghani *Irfan

Music

Music director

Robin Ghosh Robin Ghosh ( bn, রবিন ঘোষ, ur, ; 13 September 1939 – 13 February 2016) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi playback singer and film music composer, best known for singing and composing music for Lollywood films from 1961 to 1986. Pla ...

won the

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for Best Musician for this film.

Songs

*''Kabhi to tumko yaad ayengi'' Sung by

Ahmed Rushdi ), Rushdi Sahab ( ur, ) , birth_date = , birth_place =Hyderabad Deccan, British India , death_date = , death_place = Karachi, Pakistan , origin = Pakistani , instrument = Vocalist , genre = , ...

, lyrics by Akhtar Yousuf and music by

*''Kahan ho tum ko dhoondh rahi hain'' by

and

Ferdausi Rahman Ferdausi Rahman (; born 28 June 1941) also known as Ferdausi Begum is a Bangladeshi playback singer. She is the daughter of folk singer Abbas Uddin. She sang some popular film songs for Pakistani films also in the 1960s especially working with the ...

*''Woh mere saamne tasveer bane baithe hain'' by

Mujeeb Alam Mujeeb Aalam (2 September 1948 – 2 June 2004) was a Pakistani playback singer who had a short film career. His singing style was a mixture of Mehdi Hassan and Ahmad Rushdi's style. He sang dozens of hit songs in late 1960s. However, he ...

*''Woh mere saamne tasveer bane baithe hain'' by

*''Khanak jaye re chaandi ka mora jhoomka'' by

*''Pyaare pyaare yaar hamaare'' by

*''Tujhe Chahein Meri Banhein'' by

*''Rut Hai Jawan'' by Najma Niazi

Box office

The film was a platinum jubilee hit. It ran in cinemas for 81 consecutive weeks.

Nigar Awards

Impact

''Chakori'' was a debut movie of Nadeem Baig and launched his long and successful career as a superstar in Lollywood.

References

External links

* 1960s Urdu-language films Pakistani black-and-white films Pakistani romantic musical films 1967 films Nigar Award winners Films scored by Robin Ghosh Films directed by Ehtesham Urdu-language Bangladeshi films {{Pakistan-film-stub