''Aakhri Station'' () is a 1965 Pakistani Urdu film based on short story ''Pagli'' by feminist Urdu literature writer

Hajra Masroor Hajra Masroor ( ur, ; born 17 January 1930, died 15 September 2012) was a Pakistani writer. Masroor established herself with her short fiction stories, known as afsana in Urdu literature. Her elder sister, Khadija Mastoor was also an acc ...

while screenplay is written by

Suroor Barabankvi Syed Saeed-ur-Rehman, also known by his pen name Suroor Barabankvi, ( 30 January 1919 – 13 April 1980) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist. Life and career Born Syed Saeed ur Rehman in Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, British India in 1919 ...

. Directed and produced by Barabankvi also, the film stars Haroon and

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in lead roles along with

Shabnam Jharna Basak (born 17 August 1946), known by her stage name Shabnam, is a Bangladeshi–Pakistani stage and film actress. Actor Waheed Murad introduced her to the Pakistani film industry by offering her a lead role in his film ''Samundar'' in 1 ...

in supporting role. ''Aakhri Station'' is a prime example of film making of

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

: literary and socially conscious. The story of the film revolves around the romance of Fozia, station master's daughter and Jameel, an honest engineer surrounded by corrupt contractors.

Plot

Jamil, a young engineer comes to East Pakistan where he joins the railway department. On station, there is a mentally retarded girl who often wanders there. It comes across to Jamil that there is a backstory behind her mental retardation. Some time before, her marriage was called off because her father could not fulfill the groom's demand of huge dowry. Her father died in result and she became unconscious/mad.

Cast

* Haroon *

* Shaukat Akbar * Jalil Afghani * Mushtaq * Aziz * Sattar

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 5700498 1965 films Pakistani black-and-white films Urdu-language Bangladeshi films 1960s Urdu-language films Films based on short fiction Films scored by Khan Ataur Rahman Pakistani drama films