''Ehsaan'' (Urdu: ) is a 1967

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black & white film produced by

Waheed Murad Waheed Murad (; 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 acting, ...

and directed by

Pervaiz Malik Pervez Malik (1937 – 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 excellent review ...

. The film is a love story, starring

Zeba Shaheen Bano (born 10 September 1945), known professionally as Zeba (), is a Pakistani former actress. She was one of the top stars of the Pakistani film industry in the 1960s and the early 1970s. She was voted among 25 of the greatest acto ...

Nirala Nirala, real name Syed Muzaffar Husain Zaidi () (8 August 1937 – 9 December 1990) was a Pakistani comedian and film actor. He only appeared in Urdu films made in Pakistan. His first film was ''Aur bhi gham hain'' (1960). His last film wa ...

, Rozina, Azad and Ibrahim Nafees.

Cast

* Rozina *

* 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)

, a romance that was decidedly different for its time. Complications obviously arise but the movie remains surprisingly mature and for the most part doesn’t turn into a typical Lollywood melodrama.

Filming

Ehsaan was filmed in

. During the shootings of ''Ehsaan'',

got married with Mohammad Ali.

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 was 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

Sohail Rana Sohail Rana (born 31 March 1938) is a Pakistani music composer for films and television. He was introduced by actor Waheed Murad in Pakistan film industry and gained popularity when singer Ahmed Rushdi sang his compositions in such films as ...

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 Mal ...

Songography

*''Do akhian...'' by

Ahmed Rushdi Ahmed Rushdi (; 24 April 1934 – 11 April 1983) was a versatile Pakistani playback singer and was "an important contributor to the Cinema of Pakistan#The Golden Era (1959–1977), golden age of Pakistani film music". Regarded as one of the gr ...

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

Mehdi Hassan Mehdi Hassan Khan (; 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012), known as Mehdi Hassan, was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer of great renown. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of ghazal singing, ...

*''Ik naye more pe...'' by Mala *''Aey meri zindagi...'' by

& Mala

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