''Salma'' is a 1960 Pakistani film directed by Ashfaq Malik and written by
Nazir Ajmeri
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A
* Shehzad Afzal
* Jawad Ahmad
* W.Z. Ahmed
* M. Akram
* Mohammad Ali (actor), Mohammad Ali
* Sajjad Ali
* Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
* Shamim Ara
* Ammar Aziz
B
* Nadeem Baig (director), Nadeem Baig ...
.
It was Allauddin's first appearance in a leading role. A film from the
Golden Age of Pakistani cinema, it explores the themes such as the importance of education for girls and the necessity of mutual consent in marital relationships.
A moderately successful film of 1960, it was remade in 1980 as ''Saima'', starring
Babra Sharif
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She ...
and
Nadeem
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The name is common among many communities, including Christians, Muslims and Jews, in the Greater Middle ...
.
Plot
Fazlu is a quarrelsome, uneducated and unemployed man from a lower-class family, who lives with her mother who hardly makes the both ends meet. His sister, Hameeda is a devoted housewife whose husband Khalil is not happy with her due to lack of mutual understanding between them. He wants to marry again with Salma due to the reason. When Salma visits Khalil along with her mother, Fazlu comes there for her sister by which Salma learns that he is already married.
Salma who doesn't like Fazlu due to her previous unpleasant interactions with him, gets his marriage proposal from her teacher. On revealing the Fazlu as a bridegroom-to-be, Salma's mother leaves his house denying furiously. Fazlu's mother dies there shortly afterwards, and after her death Salma helps him as he has no means of livelihood. She helps him as she likes him but he considers her favors as a price of her sister's life as Khalil still wants to marry her.
Khalil feels guilty when Hameeda has a road accident while caring for him. He apologizes to her and thanks Salma for helping him realize his mistake. She then starts teaching and educating Fazlu.
Cast
*
Bahar as Salma
[
* Allauddin as Fazal Muhammad “Fazlu”][
* Yasmin as Hameeda][
* Ejaz as Khalil][
* ]Bibbo
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Bibbo Bibbowski first appeared in '' The Adventures of Superman'' #428 (Ma ...
as Salma's mother
* Salma Mumtaz
Salma Mumtaz (1926 – 20 January 2012) was a Pakistani film actress, film director and producer.
Early life and career
Salma Mumtaz was born in Jalandhar, British India in 1926. She moved to Pakistan with her family after independence of Paki ...
as Fazlu's mother
* Talish as Khalil's father
* Rekha as Khalil's mother
* A. Shah Shikarpuri
Release
The film was released on 17 June 1960, in the theaters of Karachi and Lahore, and celebrated golden jubilee
A golden jubilee marks a 50th anniversary. It variously is applied to people, events, and nations.
Bangladesh
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at the main cinema.
Soundtrack
References
External links
*{{IMDb title, 1135982
Urdu-language Pakistani films
Pakistani black-and-white films
1960s Urdu-language films
Films scored by Rashid Attre