''Sassi'' is a 1954 Pakistani

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film directed by Dawood Chand and produced by

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under the banner of

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. It was a remake of the director's own ''Sassi Punnu'' (1939), which was based on the legend of the same name. In this 1954 film, Sabiha played the title role opposite Sudhir, while

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, Nazar, and Ghulam Mohammad were in supporting roles. The musical score of the film was composed by G. A. Chishti. ''Sassi'' was a commercially successful film, and is recognised as the first

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hit film of the

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Plot summary

The plot is based on ''

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'', one of the four popular tragic romances of Punjab. It revolves around Sassi, who faces hardships and difficulties while seeking his beloved husband, who was separated from her by the rivals.

Cast

* Sabiha * Sudhir * Ghulam Mohammad *

* Nazar * Shah Nawaz * Saleem Raza * Maya Devi *

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* G. N. Butt

Soundtrack

Production

''Sassi'' was the remake of director Dawood Chand's 1939 film ''Sassi Punnu''.

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played the title role in the film, the role played by her mother in 1939 version. The film had a big production budget for that time. Filming took place in

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region and some areas of

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. Hemant Kumar's song ''Na Yeh Chand Hoga, Na Taray Rahen Ge'' was plagiarized in the film.

Release and reception

''Sassi'' was released on 3 June 1954 in the cinemas of Lahore and Karachi. The film ran for 51 weeks and created history by being the first Pakistani film to celebrate its

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at the box office. The film was released in India as well.

Impact

This was the first

hit film of the newly established

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, this film helped boost the

in its earl days. Due to the film's success, Eveready Pictures made another folktale-based film ''Sohni'' (1955), also starring Sabiha and Sudhir.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0239939 1950s Urdu-language films Pakistani romance films Urdu-language Pakistani films Pakistani black-and-white films Pakistani remakes of Indian films