''Heera Aur Pathar'' () is a 1964 Pakistani

Urdu Urdu (; , , ) is an Indo-Aryan languages, Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia. It is the Languages of Pakistan, national language and ''lingua franca'' of Pakistan. In India, it is an Eighth Schedule to the Constitution of Indi ...

language black-and-white film. It was the first film of

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, ...

as a

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who also produced it. The film was released on 11 December 1964. Murad introduced film director

Pervez 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 ...

for the first time in the Pakistani cinema world. Also he had introduced film editor, M. Aqeel Khan, who had later received the

Nigar award The Nigar Awards () were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema, after having been revived in 2017 following a 15-year absence. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The ...

for this movie for his work. It was a hit film of 1964.

Cast and crew

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 ...

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* Ibrahim Nafees *

Kamal Irani Syed Kamal Udin Safavi, (5 August 1932 – 13 September 1989) popularly known as Kamal Irani, was a Pakistani film actor who worked in over 244 films in various languages including Urdu, Punjabi, Pashto, and Sindhi. Life and career Irani ...

Crew

* Music:

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 ...

* Editing: M. Aqeel Khan * Camera: Nazir Hussain * Assistant Camera: Badar Munir

Music

The music of the film was composed by

. Sohail earned plaudits from his fans for the composition of ''Mujhay tum say mohabbat hai...''. Although, he did not earn a

Nigar Award The Nigar Awards () were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema, after having been revived in 2017 following a 15-year absence. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The ...

for this film. The songs were 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 ...

and Mauj Lakhnavi. Playback singers are: Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi)

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 ...

, Najma Niazi, Khursheed Begum, Saleem Shahzad, Mala, Wasim Farooqui and

Talat Siddiqui Adeeba Nazeer, also known as Talat Siddiqui (18 February 1939 - 9 May 2021), was a Pakistani actress and singer. She acted in both Urdu and Punjabi films and is known for her roles in films ''Ishq-e-Habib'' (1965), ''Kon Kisi Ka'' (1966), ''Lor ...

Songography

*''Mujhay tum se mohabbat hai''... by

and Najma Niazi *''Gori simti jaye sharam se''... by

*''Aaj mujhe kya hua''... by Najma Niazi *''Rahey himmat jawan apni''... by Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi) and Saleem Shehzad *''Ja ja rey chanda''... by Mala *''Mujhay ek larki se pyar ho gaya''... by Saleem Shahzad and Talat Siddiqui *''Aao manaen picnic''... by Waseem Farooqui and Khursheed Begum

Awards

Film ''Heera Aur Pathar'' won two

Nigar awards The Nigar Awards () were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema, after having been revived in 2017 following a 15-year absence. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The ...

for the year 1964: *

won

in the Best Actor category * M. Aqeel Khan won

in the Best Film Editor category

References

External links

* {{Authority control Pakistani drama films Pakistani black-and-white films Films scored by Sohail Rana 1960s Urdu-language films 1964 films Nigar Award winners Urdu-language Pakistani films