''Bin Badal Barsaat'' is a 1975 Pakistani film starring

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. It is directed and produced by Zeenat Begum. The film follows a married couple, Zarina and Judge Akbar Ali, who struggle to have a child. The film also stars

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, Sangeeta, Lehri,

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and

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Synopsis

Zarina (Zeba) and Judge Akbar Ali (Ali) struggle unsuccessfully to have a child. The couple eventually succeeds in having a son, but the child goes missing following a convoluted series of events and ends up in a gang of beggars led by Dada (

). The child and family are eventually reunited thanks to the efforts of a dancing girl named Gori ( Sangeeta) and her fiancé Badshah.

Cast

as Akbar Ali *

as Badshah * Sangeeta as Gori *

as Dada * Lehri *

* Seema

Soundtrack

The music is composed by the only female composer of

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Shamim Nazli Shamim Nazli (Punjabi, ur, ), (1940 - November 27, 2010) was a Pakistani music director. She composed playback music for movies like ''Baharein Phir Bhi Ayein Gi'' (1969) and '' Bin Badal Barsaat'' (1975). She was the elder sister of playback s ...

. Retrieved 4 September 2020

Reception

The film was a commercial success upon its release. In a retrospective review published in 2017, the film's plot and acting were panned, but the film's soundtrack, composed by Shamin Nazli, was praised, and the film is described as a valuable case study of women's roles in

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References

External links

* 1975 films 1970s Urdu-language films Films about poverty Pakistani drama films Urdu-language Pakistani films {{Pakistan-film-stub