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Pardah (film)
''Pardah'' is a Pakistani Urdu film directed, produced and written by Nazir Ajmeri. It stars Shamim Ara and Habib in young to old roles. The film is about a man who kept one his secret under wraps for years. Music was composed by Safdar Hussain. At Box office, the film performed averagely. The film was one of the final films of the director Ajmeri, who directed successful films like '' Kismet'' (1956) and '' Paigham'' (1963). Plot Tired of his domestic tensions due to fights with his wife, Moazzam comes across a naive villager maiden, Zahida. He feels at ease in her company, and during his often visits to her spends good time with her. After her mother's death, the only individual of her family, he marries with her. Moazzam who is already married keeps his second marriage a secret and spends time with Zahida in another house. She gets pregnant and gives birth to a baby girl. Years passed away, and they still keep their marriage a secret. On adolescence, their daughter Mahjabee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazir Ajmeri
This is a list of Pakistani film directors. A * Adnan Sarwar * Afia Nathaniel * Ahmad Bashir * Ajab Gul * Alizeh Imtiaz * Ammar Aziz * Anjum Shahzad * Anwar Kamal Pasha * Asim Raza * Azfar Jafri * Aziz Jindani B * Badar Munir * Bilal Lashari D * Dur Mohammad Kassi F * Farjad Nabi H * Haissam Hussain * Haseeb Hassan * Hassan Rana * Hassan Tariq I * Ilyas Kashmiri * Imtiaz Dharker * Ismail Jilani J * Jamshed Jan Mohammad * Jan Mohammad * Jarrar Rizvi * Javed Jabbar * Javed Raza * Javed Sheikh * Jawad Ahmad K * Khalil-ur-Rehman Qamar * Khalique Ibrahim Khalique * Khawaja Khurshid Anwar M * M. Akram * Maheen Zia * Mehreen Jabbar * Mohammad Ali * Mohammed Ehteshamuddin * Momina Duraid * Mubashir Lucman * Mushtaq Gazdar * Mustafa Qureshi N * Nabeel Qureshi * Nadeem Cheema * Nadeem Baig * Nannha * Nazir Ahmed Khan * Noor Jehan * Nazar-ul-Islam P * Pervaiz Kaleem * Pervez Malik R * Rahim Gul * Rangeela * Rauf Khalid * Reema Khan * Riaz ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Sufiyan Afaqi
Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (22 August 1933 27 January 2015; sometimes spelled Sufyan Afaqi), was a Pakistani film producer, writer and journalist. He made his debut in Lollywood films with his first ever Urdu film ''Thandi Sarak'' in 1957, and later appeared in other films as a writer and director, however he earned recognition as a film producer. He wrote about twenty eight uncertain books on travel documentary and biographies, including ''Filmi Alif Laila'', a book containing history of Pakistani cinema. He was born on 22 August 1933 as Ali Sufiyan in British India (in modern-day Sehore district of Bhopal, India). Following the split of Indian subcontinent, he along with his family migrated to Pakistan and stayed in Lahore. At the time of migration, he was fourteen. In 1951, he obtained Bachelor of Arts with Hons. Early life After he obtained his BA, he worked for an insurance company during his initial career span, and later joined newspapers where he used to wrote columns and ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960s Urdu-language Films
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 ''Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saleem Raza (singer)
Noel Dias (4 March 1932 – 25 November 1983), better known as Saleem Raza ( ur, ), was a Pakistani playback singer. He started his singing career from Lahore, Pakistan and quickly gained popularity. Raza was a classically- trained singer and was more famous for singing sad songs. Raza's career suffered due to the rise of singer Ahmed Rushdi in the late 1950s. He left playback singing in 1966 as he lost his popularity with the film composers and moved to Canada where he died in 1983. Career Saleem Raza was born Noel Dias in a Christian family. After the independence of Pakistan in 1947, he migrated to Pakistan and settled in Lahore. He first sang for Lahore Radio Station. Raza also made friends with an artist of the time, Mohni Hameed. Raza and Hameed were often seen attending events together. Additionally, Raza learned music from the music composers of the day including Master Sadiq Ali, and Ustaad Aashiq Husain. He was introduced to the Pakistani film industry by veter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mala Begum
Naseem Begum ( Punjabi, ur, ; 9 November 1942 – 5 March 1990), known professionally as Mala ( ur, ), was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films. In the 1960s, Mala was a 'hit pair for singing duet film songs' with famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and they gave numerous hits to Pakistan film industry. She was also called ''Princess Mala Begum'' as she provided the singing voice for actresses who portrayed roles of royal and upper-class families in films. She sang many popular film songs spanning almost three decades of her singing career in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Mala's career suffered a setback with the arrival of Runa Laila in the Pakistani film industry. Early life Mala's given name was Naseem Begum. She was born on 9 November 1942 in Faisalabad, Punjab. She was the younger sister of music composer ''Shamim Nazli''. Career Mala was interested in singing and music from a young age. Her elder sister happened to be her first music teacher an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Munir Hussain (singer)
Munir Hussain (1930 - 27 September 1995) was a Pakistani playback singer. While working in Pakistani films for over thirty-eight years, he primarily sung for Urdu and Punjabi language films. His work include 217 songs in 163 films. He was one of the first Pakistani singers who earned his recognition in Lollywood, a film industry that produces Urdu and Punjabi-language films. Despite of his classical music background and prominence in film industry, he was not able to achieve recognition initially because of Ahmed Rushdi and later because of Masood Rana. Biography He was born in family of musicians. Music composer Rashid Attre was his uncle. He was active in the industry from 1957 to 65. He was the second prominent singer after Saleem Raza during that period. His duet song from ''Heer Ranjha'' titled "Wanjli Walarya" with Noor Jehan is recognised one of his prominent songs. He later sung "Qarar Lootnay Walay" from ''Saat Laakh (1957)'' film when he was introduced to the indu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irene Perveen
Irene Perveen also spelled as Irene Parveen is a Pakistani playback singer from the 1960s, who mainly sang for Pakistani films. She gained popularity for her film song, "''Tumhi ho mehboob mere''" for movie ''Aaina'' (1966). Early life Irene was born in a Christian family on April 23, 1940. Career In the beginning, ''Irene'' used to sing in Radio Pakistan's music programs. She started her career in the film ''Noor-E-Islam'' in 1957. She sang some popular duets with Masood Rana and Ahmed Rushdi. She later sang many hit songs for 31 films including one super-hit song in film ''Aina (1966)'', ''Tum Hee Ho Mehboob Meray'', film song lyrics by Khawaja Pervez and music by M Ashraf. In the 1960s, she was the most suitable female singer to sing comedy or parody songs, and sang many comedy songs with Ahmad Rushdi and Masood Rana Masood Rana ( ur, , 6 August 1941 – 4 October 1995) was a Pakistani film playback singer. He began his singing career in 1962 with the film ''Inqal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fayyaz Hashmi
Fayyaz Hashmi ( ur, ; 1920 2011) was a Pakistani poet and screenwriter who worked both in the Cinema of India, Indian and Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani film industry. He penned some memorable songs such as the famous nazm Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo and ''Tasveer teri dil mera behela nah sakegi''. The latter made the singer Talat Mahmood famous in India back in 1944 and was instrumental in introducing him to the Calcutta film industry. A little known fact about him is that he wrote the famous 'Na tum mere na dil mera', that was sung by Kamla Jharia, among many others. One of the couplets from this ghazal became popular that reads: 'aye bas naadaniyon par apni naaz karte hain, abhi dekhi kahan hain aapne naadaniyan meri' and then "Yeh Raatein, Yeh Mausam, Yeh Hansana Hansaana, Mujhe Bhool Jana, Inhein Na Bhulana" sung by Pankaj Mullick (a non-film song). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roznama Pakistan
The ''Daily Pakistan'' ( ur, ) is a daily newspaper in Pakistan, published both in Urdu language and in English. Mujeeb-ur-Rehman Shami is its chief editor.Shami deplores NAB move to seek details about ads Dawn (newspaper), Published 29 July 2019, Retrieved 5 June 2020 ''Daily Pakistan'' is currently published from , , , and |
Shamim Ara
Shamim Ara (22 March 1938 – 5 August 2016) was a Pakistani film actress, director and producer. She was known as ''The Tragic Beauty'' because of the tragic heroine roles she often portrayed in films. She was one of the most popular actresses of her time and was one of the most successful actresses of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. She is regarded as one of the most influential actresses of all time in Pakistani cinema. Early life She was born ''Putli Bai'' in Aligarh, British India in 1938 but later adopted the film name Shamim Ara. Her acting career spans from the late 1950s till the early 1970s. She is best known for her leading role in the then West Pakistan's first color motion picture Naila (film), Naila (1965 film), released on 29 October 1965, whereas the first full length color motion picture was Sangam (1964 Urdu film), Sangam (1964 Urdu film) which was produced in the then East Pakistan and released on 23 April 1964. Career In 1956, Putli Bai's family were vis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paigham (Pakistani Film)
''Paigham'' is a Pakistani social drama film, directed by Nazir Ajmeri, and co-produced by S. M. Yusuf and F. M. Sardar under banner ''F&Y Movies''. It starred Shamim Ara, Sultan and Rukhsana. The film was remade by S. Suleman as '' Aaj Aur Kal'' (1976). ''Paigham'' was a critical and commercial success. At annual Nigar Awards ceremony, it won an award in the category of Best comedian for Lehri. Cast * Shamim Ara * Sultana * Rukhsana * Lehri * Rangeela * M. Ismael * Zeenat Soundtrack Awards At 1964 Nigar Awards The Nigar Awards ( ur, , translit=Inʿām Negār, lit=Picture Awards) were presented in an annual award show to recognize outstanding achievement in Pakistani cinema. The honors are awarded by Nigar Magazine founded in 1948. The Nigar Awards ..., it received an award: * Best comedian - Lehri References {{Reflist Urdu-language Pakistani films 1960s Urdu-language films Pakistani drama films Pakistani black-and-white films Nigar Award winners< ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
