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Jeedar
''Jeedar'' ( Punjabi: ) is a 1981 Pakistani action film. It was directed by Kaifee and produced by Amina Fyaz. The film's main cast included Sultan Rahi, Anjuman, Mustafa Qureshi, and Adeeb. Film's Release Jeedar was a film released on (Eid-ul-Azha ) 1401 hijri (on Friday, October 9, 1981). Cast * Sultan Rahi * Mustafa Qureshi * Kifayat Hussain Bhatti (Kaifee) * Chakori * Anjuman * Nannha * Adeeb * Jaggi Malik * Munir Zarif Track list The soundtrack was composed by the musician Tafoo, with lyrics by Khawaja Pervez and sung by Noor Jehan, Naheed Akhtar, Mehnaz Mehnaz Begum (, 1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani TV, radio, and film singer. She was well known as a film playback singer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the recipient of several Nigar Awards. |
Anjuman (actress)
Anjuman Shaheen () is a Pakistani film actress and singer. She was one of the most successful Punjabi film heroines of Pakistan during the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Early life She was born in Bahawalpur. Anjuman's parents were from Ahmadpur East, and settled in Multan, where Anjuman was brought up. She later moved to Lahore. Anjuman's younger sister Gori is an actress. Career Her career spanned almost 20 years, and she appeared in more than 300 films. She first appeared in the Urdu film, ''Soorath'' (1973), co-starring with Waseem Abbas, Afshan, and Taj Niazi. Her last appearance was in ''Peengan'' (2000). ''Soorath'' was not a success. Her first major hit was '' Waaday Ki Zanjeer'' (1979). She had major roles in '' Sher Khan'' and ''Chan Varyam'' (1981) and played a supporting role in the film ''Sala Sahib'' (1981). All three were diamond jubilee hit films and were released the same day, a unique record, which she shared with her co-star Sultan Rahi, her playback voice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafi Khawar
Rafi Khawar (Punjabi language, Punjabi, ) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards including 3 Nigar awards.Death anniversary of film, TV actor Rafi Khawar (Nanha) today Samaa TV News website, Published 2 June 2016, Retrieved 1 February 2022 Career His first Urdu language film was ''Watan Ka Sipahi'', released in 1966. Nanha got a breakthrough from film ''Noukar'' in 1976. He played the lead role in film ''Tehka Pehlwan'' in 1979, and in the same year his film ''Dubai Chalo'' was a super hit at the box office. His pairing with fellow comedian ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakeel
Yousuf Kamal (; 29 May 1945 – 29 June 2023), known professionally as Shakeel Yousuf (), was a Pakistani actor best known for his roles in the PTV drama series '' Uncle Urfi'' (1975), as Mehboob Ahmed in PTV's '' Aangan Terha'' (1984), and as Taimoor Ahmad in '' Ankahi'' (1982). Life and career Shakeel and his family migrated from India to Karachi, Pakistan, in 1952. He was born Yusuf Kamal in Bhopal, British India. Shakeel received his primary education from an English-medium school in British India and in a French missionary school in India. Shakeel was well known for his roles in the PTV drama serial Uncle Urfi (1972), as Mehboob Ahmed in Aangan Terha (1984), and as Taimoor Ahmad in Ankahi (1982). He acted in a number of Pakistani films. He also played the part of the first Prime Minister of Pakistan, Liaqat Ali Khan, along with Christopher Lee, in a British biographical film about the life of founder of Pakistan, Muhammad Ali Jinnah: Jamil Dehalvi's Jinnah (1998) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adeeb
Muzaffar Adeeb (1926 – 26 May 2006), known mononymously as Adeeb, was a Pakistani film actor. He appeared in 38 Indian films from 1940 to 1962, although he did not start performing in films very actively until the 1950s. In 1962, he shifted from Bombay (now Mumbai), India, to Lahore, Pakistan and resumed his film career that lasted until his death with over 500 films to his credit. Early life and career Adeeb was born in Bombay in a conservative Pashtuns of Kashmir, Pathan family from Kashmir. His family moved to Bombay before independence of Pakistan in 1947 and that is where the actor in him emerged, after the completion of his Master's Degree in Urdu literature from Bombay University, Maharashtra. Unlike his contemporaries, scriptwriting was the first love of Adeeb, who worked in the scriptwriting department with Raj Kapoor's father, Prithviraj Kapoor, in Prithvi Theatre and later with Indian National Theatre as assistant director. It is during this time in India that he l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaifee
Kaifi (born Kifayat Hussain Bhatti; 13 March 1943, Gujrat – 13 March 2009, Lahore) was a Pakistani film actor and a director. He was the younger brother of the legendary Punjabi singer and actor Inayat Hussain Bhatti. Both brothers worked with each other to make some highly successful films in Pakistan. Kaifee directed more than 30 films and acted in almost 100 films, with only two of his films as director being in Urdu language, ''Bikhray Moti'' (1975) and ''Roti, Kapra aur Insaan'' (1977). His last film as an actor was ''Meri Hathjori'' (1989) while his last movie as a director was ''Maidan'' (2004). Career After co-directing his brother Inayat's movie ''Waris Shah'' (1964), his first film as an independent film director was ''Munhzor'' (1966), which was a silver jubilee hit film, while his second film ''Chann Makhna'' (1968) became a super hit golden jubilee film. In the same year, he introduced himself as a film hero in film ''Sajjan Pyara'' (1968). His third film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor Jehan
Noor Jehan (21 September 192623 December 2000) was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked in both British India and later in Pakistan's cinema of Pakistan, cinema. Her career lasted over six decades, during which she recorded 10,000 songs. Jehan had proficiency in Hindustani classical music, as well as in other genres such as Punjabi and Sindhi. She made her directorial debut with the film ''Chann Wey'' in 1951, becoming the first female film director in Pakistan. She is recognized for her contributions to music in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Pakistan. She was given the title of Malika-e-Tarannum ("Queen of Melody") in Pakistan. Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. She recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, and Sindhi. She sang a total of 2,422 songs in 1,148 Pakistani films during a career that lasted more than hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Punjabi-language Pakistani Films
Punjabi, sometimes spelled Panjabi, is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Punjab region of Pakistan and India. It is one of the most widely spoken native languages in the world, with approximately 150 million native speakers. Punjabi is the most widely-spoken first language in Pakistan, with 88.9 million native speakers according to the 2023 Pakistani census, and the 11th most widely-spoken in India, with 31.1 million native speakers, according to the 2011 census. It is spoken among a significant overseas diaspora, particularly in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, and the Gulf states. In Pakistan, Punjabi is written using the Shahmukhi alphabet, based on the Perso-Arabic script; in India, it is written using the Gurmukhi alphabet, based on the Indic scripts. Punjabi is unusual among the Indo-Aryan languages and the broader Indo-European language family in its usage of lexical tone. History Etymology The word ''Punjabi'' (sometimes spelled '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani Action Films
Pakistanis (, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Pakistan is the fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the second-largest Muslim population as of 2023. As much as 85-90% of the population follows Sunni Islam. A majority of around 97% of Pakistanis are Muslims. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family ( Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies). Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure resides in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis). Ethnic subgroups Ethnically, Indo-Aryan peoples comprise the majority of the population in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1981 Films
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highest-grossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. Highest-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten films released in 1981 by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * January 20 – Former Governor of California and Ronald Reagan filmography, film actor Ronald Reagan is First inauguration of Ronald Reagan, inaugurated president. * March 30 – The 53rd Academy Awards are postponed due to the Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan, attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan earlier that day. They are held the following day with a message from the President of the United States, President recorded for the ceremony prior to the assassination attempt. * May 16 – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquires beleaguered concurrent United Artists. UA was humiliated by the astronomical losses on the $40,000,000 movie ''Heaven's Gate (film), Heaven's Gate'', a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inayat Hussain Bhatti
Inayat Hussain Bhatti (; 12 January 1928 – 31 May 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer, film actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and an active advocate of the development of the Punjabi language and literature. In a career spanning some 50 years, he acted in more than 300 movies, produced 30 as well and also directed some, while as a musician he provided approximately 350 songs for some 200 movies. If including non-film work he recorded some 2,500 songs. Early and personal life Bhatti was born in Gujrat, Punjab, on 12 January 1928 in a Punjabi Muslim family. His father Fazal Ellahi Bhatti, a Muslim Rajput of the Bhatti clan, was a well-known social worker in the locality, while Inayat's early interest in the arts was due to Syed Ijaz Hussain Gilani, a lawyer who showed him the world of music and drama, and also Asghar Hayat Jaura, a local Kabbadi player, with whom he took an interest in Sufi poetry. In 1953, Ina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehnaz Begum
Mehnaz Begum (, 1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani TV, radio, and film singer. She was well known as a film playback singer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the recipient of several Nigar Awards. Dawn (newspaper), 10 April 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2020 Early life Mehnaz was born at Mahmudabad, Uttar Pradesh, in 1958. Her family migrated to in the late ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naheed Akhtar
Naheed Akhtar (also spelled Nahid Akhtar; born 26 September 1956) is a Pakistani playback singer. She is tagged as the "''Nightingale of Pakistan''". She was the top Lollywood playback singer during the second half of the 1970s and 80s. She is one of the most popular and successful singers of Pakistan. She won 3 Nigar Awards and a Pride of Performance in 2007. Early life and family Naheed was born on September 26, 1956, in Multan, Punjab. She has 3 sisters and 4 brothers. A sister of hers, ''Hamida Akhtar'', was also a singer. Singing career Naheed's career began in 1970 when she sang a duet with Khalid Asghar in " Raag Malhar" at Radio Pakistan Multan. She has recorded songs in a range of styles, including Pakistani film music, pop, Ghazal, traditional Pakistani classical music, Punjabi folk songs, Qawwalis, Naat & Hamds and others. She was first discovered for films in the mid-1970s by veteran music director M. Ashraf who pursued her to sing in films. She had no we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
