''Angara'' (
Punjabi: ) is a 1985
Pakistani
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Punjabi language
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action film
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. It was directed and produced by Mohammad Ikram and starred
Yousuf Khan,
Aasia,
Ilyas Kashmiri
Ilyas Kashmiri (10 February 1964– 3 June 2011) was a Pakistani ex-Special Forces Islamist turned militant who fought against Indian troops in Kashmir.
NBC News said that United States officials had mentioned him as a possible successor to O ...
and
Sultan Rahi
Sultan Rahi (; June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996) was a Pakistani actor, producer and screenwriter.
He established himself as one of the leading and most successful actors of Pakistani and Punjabi cinema, and received a reputation as Pakistan' ...
.
Cast
*
Yousuf Khan as Jagga
[
* Aasia as (lover of Jagga)
* ]Sultan Rahi
Sultan Rahi (; June 24, 1938 – January 9, 1996) was a Pakistani actor, producer and screenwriter.
He established himself as one of the leading and most successful actors of Pakistani and Punjabi cinema, and received a reputation as Pakistan' ...
as (Sohna Daku)[
* Allauddin as (Moulvie Saab)][
* ]Ilyas Kashmiri
Ilyas Kashmiri (10 February 1964– 3 June 2011) was a Pakistani ex-Special Forces Islamist turned militant who fought against Indian troops in Kashmir.
NBC News said that United States officials had mentioned him as a possible successor to O ...
as (Jageerdar)
* Sabiha Khanum
Sabiha Khanum (; born Mukhtar Begum; 16 October 1935 – 13 June 2020), was a Pakistani film actress. She is also known as the "First Lady of Pakistani Cinema", and is often recognized for her role in Pakistani cinema during the 1950s and 1960s ...
as (mother of Jageerdar)[
* Saiqa as (Sister of Jagga)
* Rehan
* Neelofar
* ]Khalid Saleem Mota
Khalid Saleem Mota is a Pakistani former comedian actor who worked in TV dramas and films during the 1970s and 1980s.
Life and career
Mota was born in 1947 in Chiniot, District Jhang. He received early school education at his home town. Later, ...
* Tariq Shah as (Farangi)
* Khawar Abbas
* Shahida
* Imrozia
* Iqbal Durrani
Iqbal Durrani is an Indian writer, director, actor and producer of Hindi films.
Filmography
Books
He wrote "Gandhi Se Pehle Gandhi" on the life of revolutionary tribal "Birsa Munda" of Jharkhand. Published in 2008, it was acclaimed both in t ...
* Changezi
* Nadir Shah
Track list
The music of the film Angara is by famous musician Kamal Ahmed. The lyrics are penned by Waris Ludhianvi and Saeed Gailani and the playback singers are
* Shaukat Ali
* 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.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 i ...
* Masood Rana
Masood Rana
(), (6 August 1941 – 4 October 1995) was a Pakistani film playback singer. He began his singing career in 1962 with the film ''Inqalab'', became one of the top male singers in Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decade ...
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 1207626
Pakistani biographical films
Pakistani action films
1985 films
1985 musical films
Punjabi-language Pakistani films
1980s Punjabi-language films