''Mere Naam Hai Mohabaat'' () is a 1975 Pakistani

romantic drama Romance films involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion (emotion), passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their ...

film. The film's story is inspired by ''

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'' (1970), which in turn was based on the novel of the same name by

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. It won the

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in 1975 for Best Film of the Year, with additional six awards in different categories. The film was also released in

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and became successful there.

Babra Sharif Babra Sharif (; born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, best known for her acting roles from the mid-1970s to the 1990s. She is one of the most popular actress of 1970s, 1980s and 1990s as well a leading actress in urdu films. She ...

rose to become one of the most popular actresses of Pakistani cinema for almost two decades following the success of this film.

Plot summary

This film is a story of a sad romantic girl who has cancer. She tries to hide this from her lover. Her family is unaware of this problem also. The lovers are very idealistic and truly in love with each other and this film also has a tragic end just like ''Love Story (1970)''.

Cast

* Ghulam Mohiuddin *Zarqa *

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* Tamanna * Rehan * Farzana * Allauddin *

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* Inayat Anjum

Production

The film's plot was reportedly inspired by a Chinese folk story. ''Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'' introduced two new faces to the Pakistani silver screen, actor Ghulam Mohiuddin and actress

, propelling them into stardom due to the box-office success of this film.

Awards

''Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'' received 7

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 ...

in 1975 in the following categories.

Soundtrack

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, ...

*Aage tum peechhe ham, jao ge kahan

Ahmad Rushdi Ahmed Rushdi (; 24 April 1934 – 11 April 1983) was a versatile Pakistani playback singer and was "an important contributor to the golden age of Pakistani film music". Regarded as one of the greatest singers in South Asia who could sing high ...

*Pyasa Kunwen kay paas aata hay

*Yeh Duniya rahe na rahe mere hamdam

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and

*Phoolon ko dekh dekh kay sharma rahay hain aap

*Tujhe pyar karte karte meri umar beet jaye

*Yeh Duniya rahay na rahay mere Hamdam (sad)

Box office

''Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'' was a box office success in Pakistan. Overseas in China, it released in 1981, following the success of Indian

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films such as ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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'' in the last several years. ''Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'' became the highest-grossing foreign film of 1981, selling nearly tickets in China. At an average ticket price of , the film grossed an estimated , equivalent to (). Adjusted for inflation, this is equivalent to ().

References

External links

* 1975 films Pakistani romantic drama films Films scored by M Ashraf 1975 romantic drama films 1970s Urdu-language films Films about cancer Nigar Award winners Urdu-language Pakistani films {{Pakistan-film-stub