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, Mumtaz with

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and Rangeela in the supporting cast. It was released on 25 August 1979, on the occasion of

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, and was a

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hit at the box office. ''Main Jis Din Bhula Dun Ter Pyar Dil Se'' was a popular track from the film's soundtrack.

Plot

A young, arrogant and spoilt businessman Amjad marries Zeenat to avenge the slaps that she has given him when he mistreated her. After marriage, he imprisons her in the house. She initially hopes to make him a good person with her love, but on constant deprivation of respect by him, she decides to teach him a lesson. She devises a plan to spend a night with him and does it with the help of an employee of his. Amjad, who spends nights with girls, consummates their relationship that night, unknowing that she is his wife. Zeenat then becomes pregnant and hopes to birth a boy who can avenge her insult from him. He then throws her out of the house when he discovers her pregnancy. She then gives birth to a girl, Sitara. Amjad's first wife dies after giving birth to a girl, Salma. Years passed and she ages and spends these years deprived of her father's love due to his nature. On the other hand, Zeenat's daughter Siatara also becomes older and learns of his father and his treatment with her mother. She decides to take revenge on her father and starts living in his house as Salma, due to having a similar face. With a series of events, she brings her father to the right path and in the end gets her mother her due respect.

Cast

as Zeenat *

as Amjad * Mumtaz as Sitara & Salma *

* Rangeela * Ibrahim Nafees * Noor Naghmi

Soundtrack

''Main Jis Din Bhula Dun Tera Pyar Dil Sey'' was a popular track from the film's soundtrack, in the vocals of

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. The song is considered as classic and one of the best song by Mehnaz. It was plagiarized by Raamlaxman for the 1990 Indian film ''

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'' as well.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 1199488 1970s Urdu-language films Urdu-language Pakistani films