Sindhi cinema ( sd, سنڌي سينيما) refers to the

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by a further 1.7 million people in India, where it is a scheduled language, witho ...

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industry in

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and among the Sindhi diaspora.

History

The first Sindhi film produced was ''Ekta'' in 1940 directed by Homi Wadia and the last film was Himmath which was released on 1997; while the first Sindhi film produced in Pakistan was '' Umar Marvi'' in 1956 directed by Shaikh Hassan. The first blockbuster Sindhi film released was ''Abana'' released in 1958. Sindhi cinema used to see three to four releases a year until the 1990s. The last Sindhi film released was Himmat in 1997.

Issues

Satish Anand says that the condition of the theatres is bad, funding is difficult and people prefer mainstream cinema. Many producers have tried to revive the industry but eventually it fell apart. An alternate model of releasing films only on television and home video was attempted, but that too didn't work because of rampant piracy.

Revival

Since 2010,

Sindhi Sindhi may refer to: *something from, or related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan * Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the Sindh region * Sindhi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by them People with the name * Sarkash Sindhi (1940–2012 ...

Cinema in Pakistan has seen a general revival of Sindhi films. Many artists and proposed their proposals to revive the capability and ability of the Sindhi cinema. With Ranveer Singh having said to create the first mass

film called Dadho Sutho. However as of January 2023, this has not been confirmed.

Films

Some popular Sindhi films include: * Ekta (1942) * Umar Marvi (1956) * Perdesi (1958) * Sherah Feroz (1968) * Chanduki (1969) * Ghoonghat Lah Kunwar (1970) * Mehboob Mitha (1971) * Ali Jo Ghulam (2014) *

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(2015) * Pyar Jaa Rang (2013) Actors - Anil Vanjani, Poonam, Tarana * Haseen Zindagi (2015) Actors - Anil Vanjani, Kalpana Bhagtani. *Heer . *Qwert

Classical Sindhi cinema actors/actresses

* Bhagwanti Navani * Chakori * Mushtaq Malano, his stage name was Mushtaq Changazi and played lead role in more than 60 Sindhi cinema movies. * Salahudin Tunio * Shahzadi * Mahmood Siddiqui * Soxie Deniel * Shafi Muhammd Shah. * Rubi Ali * Amir Shah * Urossa Siddiqui * Fahaad Mustafa * Danish Nawaz * Sanam Bolach

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