''Ehsaan'', a

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black & white film, was another melodious presentation by

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Pervaiz Malik Pervez Malik (1937 in Karachi – 18 November 2008) was a Pakistani film director. He was the director of Pakistan's first platinum jubilee film, " Armaan" (1966). He directed more than 20 films, mostly in Urdu language, and received ex ...

as a duo. The film is a melodious love story, starring

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, Rozina, Azad and Ibrahim Nafees. The film was produced by Waheed Murad and directed by Pervaiz Malik.

Cast

Zeba Shaheen Bano (born 10 September 1945), known professionally as Zeba ( ur, ), is a Pakistani actress. She was one of the top stars of the Pakistani film industry in the 1960s and the early 1970s.Waheed Murad Waheed Murad ( ur, ; 2 October 1938 – 23 November 1983), also known as Chocolate Hero, was a Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Famous for his charming expressions, attractive personality, tender voice and unusual talent for a ...

* Rozina *

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* Ibrahim Nafees * Azad * Zahoor Ahmad * Baby Jugnu * S.M. Saleem * Latif Charlie * Khursheed Kanwar * Mehmood Ali * Rafiq Tingu

Release

''Ehsaan'' was released on 3 June 1967 by Film Arts in cinemas of

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and

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and proved to be one of the popular films of 1967. The film completed 12 weeks on main cinemas and 40 weeks in other cinemas of

and became a 'Silver Jubilee film'. The film had completed 50 weeks and became a 'Golden Jubilee film' in

Plot

The story was written by

. It boasts a sensitive script as the psychiatrist Waheed falls in love with and woos young widow (and mother of a young daughter to boot)

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. During the shootings of ''Ehsaan'',

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. That meant dismantling of the film's set and a big financial loss to Film Arts. Waheed on being told of Zeba’s marriage blurted out, "not again!... She is turning into an

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," he said, after a pause. The film was shot in Eastern Film Studio of

Music

The music and the songs are not as good as in ''

Heera aur pathar ''Heera Aur Pathar'' () is a 1964 Pakistani Urdu language black-and-white film. It is the first film of Waheed Murad as a lead actor who also produced it. The film was released on 11 December 1964. Murad introduced film director Pervez Malik f ...

(1964)'', '' Armaan (1966)'' and '' Doraha (1967)'', but there are a couple of popular numbers such as ''Eik naye more par...'' and ''Do akhian...''. The music is composed by

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and the songs are written by

Masroor Anwar Masroor Anwar (6 January 1944 – 1 April 1996) was a ghazal poet, film song lyricist and a film screenwriter. He wrote the lyrics for ' Ko Ko Korina', South Asia's first pop song, and working alongside Sohail Rana, film director Pervez ...

Songography

*''Do akhian...'' by

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Irene Perveen Irene Perveen also spelled as Irene Parveen is a Pakistani playback singer from the 1960s, who mainly sang for Pakistani films. She gained popularity for her film song, "''Tumhi ho mehboob mere''" for movie ''Aaina'' (1966). Early life Irene w ...

*''Ik naye more pe lay aaein hain haalaat mujhe..'' by

Mehdi Hassan Mehdi Hassan Khan ( ur, مہدی حسن خاں , translit=) 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of gh ...

*''Ik naye more pe...'' by

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*''Aey meri zindagi...'' by

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ehsaan 1967 films Pakistani romantic drama films 1960s Urdu-language films Pakistani black-and-white films Films scored by Sohail Rana Urdu-language Pakistani films