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Naseem Begum
Naseem Begum (), (24 February 1936 – 29 September 1971) was a famous Pakistani film playback singer. She was known as ''The Tradegy Queen'' for singing sorrowful and downhearted songs in films. She rose to prominence in the late 1950s, and by 1964, she had won the prestigious Nigar Awards on four occasions. Despite originally being billed as a ''Second Noor Jehan'', Naseem Begum quickly carved out her own successful niche in the Pakistani film industry. She was the original singer of the popular song "Aye Rah-e-Haq Ke Shaheedo". Early life Naseem Begum was born in the city of Amritsar, British India, in 1936. She acquired her musical training from the classical singer Mukhtar Begum, the elder sister of the renowned ghazal vocalist Farida Khanum. Career Her first film, as a playback singer, was music director Ghulam Ahmed Chishti composed '' Guddi Gudda'' (1956). In 1958, the music composer Mian Sheharyar was greatly impressed by her vocal range, and gave her the op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pride Of Performance
The Pride of Performance (), officially known as the Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Pakistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, and nursing". The Pride of Performance is the highest national literary award of Pakistan conferred upon its Pakistanis, citizens and, while it recognizes literary contribution, it can also be conferred upon foreign nationals. History The Pride of Performance award, including Civil decorations of Pakistan, civil decorations was established in 1957 under the Decorations Act, 1975, enacted or modified in 1975. The award seeks to recognize notable achievements which are determined by the Warrant of Precedence for Pakistan, Pakistan Warrant of Precedence of 1980. The award which was possibly first awarded in 1958, can also be conferred posthumously under a Constitution of Pakistan, constitutional amendment Article 259 of clause two. It ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guddi Gudda
Guddi Gudda was a 1956 Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed by Wali Sahib. Cast *Musarrat Nazir * Sudhir * Asha Posley *Agha Talish *M. Ajmal *Zubaida Khanum *Ghulam Mohammad Music The film's music was by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, popularly known as Baba G.A. Chisti, song lyrics were written by Wali Sahib. Playback singers for the film were Munawar Sultana, Zubaida Khanum Zubaida Khanum (1935 – 19 October 2013) was a Pakistani playback singer who recorded over 250 film songs during the Golden Age of Pakistani film music of the 1950s and 1960s. She was considered Pakistani equivalent to Marni Nixon of Holly ... and Abdul Shakoor Bedil. Retrieved 28 December 2022 T ...
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Beti (1964 Film)
''Beti'' (also spelled as ''Baitee'' ) is a Pakistani film directed by Raza Mir and produced by Iqbal Shehzad. Nazim Panipati was the story writer, with dialogues by Zia Sarhadi Zia Sarhadi (; born Fazl-e-Qadir Sethi 1914 in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, North West Frontier Province – 27 January 1997 in Karachi, Sindh) was an Indian and Pakistani screenwriter and Film director, director of films in the Indian Film I .... It stars Neelo and Ejaz with child actor Gutto in lead roles. The plot revolves around a famous actress who accepts anonymity to save her daughter and house. The music was composed by Deebo Bhattacharya. Released in July 1964, it was the first film of Mir as director. ''Beti'' is considered as one of the best performance of Neelo. Plot The plot revolves around a married couple, where the actress wife gets unwell during her shooting. On visiting a doctor, it reveals on her that she is pregnant. She does want the unborn and asks the doctor for an ab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dulhan (Pakistani Film)
''Dulhan'' is a 1963 Urdu Pakistani film directed by S. M. Yusuf and produced by J.C. Anand under Eveready Pictures. The lead cast of the film include Shamim Ara, Darpan, Nayyar Sultana, Nabeela and Habib. The music of the film was composed by Rashid Attre. It was released on 1 November 1963 and was a flop at the box office. Plot Zafar and Najma want to marry but Zafar's father fixes his marriage with another girl. He agrees to do so because of his father's deteriorated condition. On the wedding night, when he is on a voyage with his bride, a storm causes many people to go missing and some die. At that moment, Zafar's bride changes as both of them had not seen their partners before. The girl with Zafar (apparently his bride) is revealed to be Shabnum and was married to a friend of her brother. Zafar tells no one about this mishap and even Shabnum doesn't realize it. When Najma feels heartbroken upon learning that Zafar has married. When Shabnum realises that the person s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baaji (1963 Film)
''Baaji'' is a 1963 Pakistani musical romance film directed by S. Suleman. The film features Nayyar Sultana in the title role with Darpan, Zeba, Agha Talish and Lehri in pivotal roles. The music of the film's soundtrack was composed by Saleem Iqbal. ''Baaji'' depicts the frustrations of a young widow due to her increasing age. The film didn't perform well at box office but received appreciable reviews, primarily due to Sultana's performance. In 2018, the film was selected to screen at Lok Virsa Museum. It received 5 awards at 1963 Nigar Awards, including Best film. Plot Farzana a.k.a. 'Fari' commonly known as Baaji in her circle of friends is a young widow, lives with some of her servants in a bungalow. Baaji lives a lonely life and has no family members living with her. One day, her cousin Nasir comes to meet her and she discovers that he lives nearby with a friend for his work assignment. Nasir then meets Seemi, daughter of Baaji's servant. They both fall for each othe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aulad (1962 Film)
''Aulaad'' () is a 1962 Pakistani Urdu-language black and white film. The film was released on 3 August 1962, and was directed by S. M. Yusuf who also co-produced it with F. M. Sardar under banner F & Y Movies. The story, dialogues and lyrics were written by Fayyaz Hashmi. The cast included Nayyar Sultana, Habib, Waheed Murad, Talish and Rehana. The music composition was done by A. Hameed. The film revolves around the struggles and greatness of a woman as a mother and wife. It marked the debut of Murad as an actor who later went on to become a superstar of Pakistani cinema. This was a super-hit musical film of 1962 and won two awards at 1962 Nigar Awards; Best director and Best Actress (Sultana). Cast * Nayyar Sultana * Habib * Waheed Murad * Rehana * Talish * Sultan Rahi (as a guest appearance) Music The music of the film was composed by music director A. Hameed. The songs were written by Fayyaz Hashmi. Box office ''Aulaad'' was a golden jubilee hit film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaheed (1962 Film)
''Shaheed'' () is a 1962 Pakistani Urdu language music blockbuster classical film directed and produced by Khalil Qaiser under the production banner of K. K. Productions, and was a new banner that Qaiser formed. It is written by Riaz Shahid, while the music is composed by Rashid Attre. It features Musarrat Nazir, Allauddin and Husna in the lead among other protagonist characters. It is recognized as one of the successful films of the Pakistani cinema. In 2016, the Lok Virsa Museum screened the film as part of retaining historical film records in the museum. while Emir opposes petroleum extraction. Attre's composition from the poems by Munir Niazi and Faiz Ahmad Faiz played a prominent role in the film. It was later nominated for the Nigar Awards, presented by the Nigar magazine. The film became the recipient of nine Nigar Awards, leading it to become one of the Pakistani films with maximum awards received. The film revolves around political and social themes, in particu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghunghat (1962 Film)
''Ghunghat'' (, " Face-veil") is a 1962 Pakistani musical suspense thriller film directed by Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, who also wrote screenplay and composed the music of the film. The main concept was derived from Ghulam Mohammad's short story ''Dosheeza''. The film features Nayyar Sultana and Santosh Kumar as leads with Neelo, Laila, Ghulam Mohammad and Bibbo in supporting roles. The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. This film won four awards at the 1962 Nigar Awards ceremony held in Pakistan, including Best Actor for Kumar and Best Music. The film was featured in British Film Institute's critics and users' polls of "Top ten Pakistani films of all times". In November 2015, it was screened at the Lok Virsa Museum to keep the historical records of the feature films. Plot Shahid is deceived by his newly married bride Naheed, who elopes on their wedding night which distur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saheli (film)
''Saheli'' () is a 1960 Pakistani Urdu language music blockbuster classical film directed by S. M. Yusuf and co-produced by F. M. Sardar. It is written by Hasrat Lakhnavi while music is composed by A. Hameed. It features Nayyar Sultana, Shamim Ara and Darpan in the lead while supporting actors features Aslam Pervaiz along with others. It was screened in 2016 by the Lok Virsa Museum. ''Saheli'' is the first film of Yusuf to be made in the country after he migrated to Pakistan, and the 1960s first prominent film of Nayyar Sultana, Shamim Ara and Darpan, leading the film to celebrate its golden Jubilee. ''Saheli'' won 5 Presidential awards and also became the recipient of four Nigar Awards, a film award in Pakistan presented by the Nigar magazine to recognise those who have made contributions to the cinema of Pakistan. At the time of award ceremony, Shamim Ara refused to accept the Best Supporting Actress award, citing she played protagonist role while Nayyar Sultana a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaam Dhalay
''Shaam Dhalay'' is a Pakistani romance drama film directed and produced by Santosh Kumar. It was the only film that Kumar ever directed and produced. Kumar also played the lead role opposite Sabiha Khanum. The music of the film was composed by Rashid Attre. Although a commercially average film of the year 1960, it became popular due to Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum Ghulam Mustafa Tabassum (, ), (4 August 1899 – 7 February 1978) was a 20th-century poet. His pen name was Tabassum (). He is best known for his many poems written for children, as the creator of the ''Tot Batot'' character, and as the ...'s ghazal ''Sau Baar Chaman Mehka, Sau Baar Bahar Aaee'', performed by Naseem Begum for the film. The film won 4 Nigar Awards, at annual award ceremony. Cast * Santosh Kumar * Sabiha Khanam * Allauddin * Rukhsana * Nazar * Azad * Rakhshi * Sahira Music Awards ''Shaam Dhalay'' received 4 Nigar Awards in the following categories: References Externa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salma (Pakistani Film)
''Salma'' is a 1960 Pakistani film directed by Ashfaq Malik and written by Nazir Ajmeri. It was Allauddin's first appearance in a leading role. A film from the Golden Age of Pakistani cinema, it explores the themes such as the importance of education for girls and the necessity of mutual consent in marital relationships. A moderately successful film of 1960, it was remade in 1980 as ''Saima'', starring Babra Sharif and Nadeem. Plot Fazlu is a quarrelsome, uneducated and unemployed man from a lower-class family, who lives with her mother who hardly makes the both ends meet. His sister, Hameeda is a devoted housewife whose husband Khalil is not happy with her due to lack of mutual understanding between them. He wants to marry again with Salma due to the reason. When Salma visits Khalil along with her mother, Fazlu comes there for her sister by which Salma learns that he is already married. Salma who doesn't like Fazlu due to her previous unpleasant interactions with him, get ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kartar Singh (film)
''Kartar Singh'' is a 1959 Pakistani Punjabi-language film about the partition of India in 1947 and the widespread violence that accompanied it. It describes the conflicts between Hindus, Muslims and the Sikhs. This film is said to be based on real-life events in 1947. The title role is about an antagonist Kartar Singh who is a petty criminal and a trouble-maker, played by Allauddin who became very well-known after it, and often remembered as Kartar Singh. On seeing this film in Indian Punjab theater screens, it is said that Sikhs failed to recognize him as a Muslim, as he is not a Sikh in real life. ''Kartar Singh'' is considered to be one of the blockbuster Punjabi films in Pakistan and ranks highly in the history of Punjabi cinema. This film was also shown for three years in East Punjab, India. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |