Daman Aur Chingari is a 1973 Pakistani Urdu romantic drama film directed by
Shabab Kiranvi
Shabab Kiranwi (born Nazir Ahmed; 1925 5 November 1982) was a Pakistani film director, producer, and occasional screenwriter, lyricist and a novelist. He debuted in the Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani film industry as a producer and lyricist with ...
. The film included a heavy superstar cast including
Zeba
Shaheen Bano (born 10 September 1945), known professionally as Zeba ( ur, ), is a Pakistani actress. She was one of the top stars of the Pakistani film industry in the 1960s and the early 1970s. Muhammad Ali, and Nadeem to depict a triangle love story. Other notable actors were Aliya,
Munawar Zarif
Munawar Zarif ( Punjabi, ur, منور ظریف) (25 December 1940 – 29 April 1976) was a Pakistani film actor and comedian. His fans named him ''Shahenshah-e-Zarafat''
( ur, شہنشاہِ ﻇﺮﺍﻓﺖ), meaning ''The Emperor of Humo ...
Aslam Pervaiz
Aslam Parvez (12 February 1932 – 21 November 1984) was a Pakistani film actor.
Career
Born as Chaudhary Muhammad Aslam into a family of traders in Lahore, Punjab, British India on 12 February 1932. Aslam Parvez entered the Pakistani fil ...
. ''Daman Aur Chingar'' won a
Nigar Award
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 a ...
in the best editor category.
Cast
*
Zeba
Shaheen Bano (born 10 September 1945), known professionally as Zeba ( ur, ), is a Pakistani actress. She was one of the top stars of the Pakistani film industry in the 1960s and the early 1970s. Muhammad Ali
* Nadeem
* Aliya
*
Munawar Zarif
Munawar Zarif ( Punjabi, ur, منور ظریف) (25 December 1940 – 29 April 1976) was a Pakistani film actor and comedian. His fans named him ''Shahenshah-e-Zarafat''
( ur, شہنشاہِ ﻇﺮﺍﻓﺖ), meaning ''The Emperor of Humo ...
*
Aslam Pervaiz
Aslam Parvez (12 February 1932 – 21 November 1984) was a Pakistani film actor.
Career
Born as Chaudhary Muhammad Aslam into a family of traders in Lahore, Punjab, British India on 12 February 1932. Aslam Parvez entered the Pakistani fil ...
Khalid Saleem Mota
Khalid Saleem Mota is a Pakistani former comedian actor who worked in TV dramas and films during the 1970s and 1980s.
Life and career
Mota was born in 1947 in Chiniot, District Jhang. He received early school education at his home town. Later, ...
* Meena Daud
* Chakram
Release and box office
''Daman Aur Chingari'' was released on 28 October 1973. The film was crowned as a golden jubilee hit by completing 63 weeks at theaters and received positive reviews in the press. It was re-screened at Lok Virsa on 4 February 2017.
Music and soundtracks
The playback music of the film was composed by M. Ashraf:
* ''Asli Chehray Par Ham Nay Bhi Naqli Chehra Saja Liya''... Singer(s):
Noor Jehan
Noor Jehan ( Punjabi: ) (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 23 September 1926 – 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema,'' British Film Institute, Oxford University Pres ...
, Poet:
Masroor Anwar
Masroor Anwar (6 January 1944 – 1 April 1996) was a ghazal poet, film song lyricist and a film screenwriter. He wrote the lyrics for 'Ko Ko Korina', South Asia's first pop song, and working alongside Sohail Rana, film director Pervez M ...
* ''Bari Bari Ankhen, Meray Dil Ko Tarpayen''... Singer(s):
Shabab Kiranvi
Shabab Kiranwi (born Nazir Ahmed; 1925 5 November 1982) was a Pakistani film director, producer, and occasional screenwriter, lyricist and a novelist. He debuted in the Cinema of Pakistan, Pakistani film industry as a producer and lyricist with ...
Qateel Shafai
Muhammad Aurangzeb or Qateel Shifai ( ur, ), (24 December 1919 – 11 July 2001) was a Pakistani Urdu poet and lyricist.
Early life and career
Qateel Shifai was born in Haripur District as Muhammad Aurangzeb in 1919 in British India (now Paki ...
* ''Hamaray Dil Say Matt Khelo, Khilona Toot Jaye Ga''... Singer(s):
Mehdi Hassan
Mehdi Hassan Khan ( ur, مہدی حسن خاں , translit=) 18 July 1927 – 13 June 2012) was a Pakistani ghazal singer and playback singer for Lollywood. Widely considered one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of gh ...
, Poet:
Taslim Fazli
''Taslim'' () is the concluding portion of the Muslim prayer (''salat''), where one recites ''As-salāmu ʿalaikum wa-raḥmatu-llah'' ("Peace and blessings of God be unto you") once while facing the right, and once while facing the left.
See ...
* ''Meri Pyari Pyari Sahiba, Tera Mirza Arz Karay''... Singer(s): Ahmad Rushdi, Tasawar Khanum, Poet: Masroor Anwar
* ''Saheli Tera Bankpan Lut Geya, Aina Tor Day''... Singer(s): Noor Jahan, Poet: Qateel Shafai
* ''Yeh Waada Karo Keh Mohabbat Karen Gay''... Singer(s):
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 ''Inqalab'', became one of the top male singers in both Urdu and Punjabi films for more than th ...
, Noor Jahan, Poet: Taslim Fazli
* ''Yeh Waada Kiya Tha, Mohabbat Karen Gay''... Singer(s): Masood Rana, Poet: Shabab Keranvi