''Dil Mera Dharkan Teri'' () is a 1968 Pakistani

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musical romance film Romance films or movies involve romantic love stories recorded in visual media for broadcast in theatres or on television that focus on passion, emotion, and the affectionate romantic involvement of the main characters. Typically their journey ...

produced by Murtaza Aftab and directed by M. A. Rasheed. The film cast

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, Lehri,

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and Talish. In 2017, the film was screened at

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in Pakistan.

Plot

Najma and Shakeel love each other and want to marry. However, Najma's father is against this marriage as Shakeel belongs to a poor family. Najma then decides not to marry as her father is a heart patient. When her father learns that she has decided to never marry because of Shakeel, he suffers a fatal

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. After her father's death, she works hard and becomes a doctor. On the other hand, Shakeel doesn't understand her reason not to marry and blames her considering her unfaithful. Nadira, Shakeel's class fellow who also likes Shakeel and belongs to a rich family becomes close to him after Najma's departure. She teases Shaeekl when Najma doesn't come to him and in return, he slaps her. One day, Shakeel's mother has a road accident with Najma's car. Najma brings her to the hospital with an engineer which disturbs Shakeel and he blames her, falsely considering that she has married. On the deathbed, Shakeel's mother advises him to marry Nadira and she considers him a good woman for her son. In this way, they get married and after their marriage, Nadira's behavior changes completely and she reveals it to Shakeel that she has just married him to avenge his earlier slap. Shakeel then leaves home, falls on the road due to weakness and is taken to the clinic where Najma (who is a doctor in the clinic) discovers that he is suffering from

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. She decides to bring him back to a healthy life and for this purpose, she takes the help of Shahid, Shakeel's close friend. Najma disguises herself as a nurse and looks after him, considering that he hates her now and will not even like to see her. Shahid also tells him about Najma that she has not yet married due to him and she was compelled just like he was, due to his mother's last wish. When he recovers completely and leaves the hospital, Najma sings the same song that he used to sing for her from which he realises that she is her Najma and both reunite.

Cast

- Shakeel *

- Najma *

- Nadira * Lehri *

* Talish

Release

''Dil Mera Dharkan Teri'' was released by Naila Films on 1 April 1968, in Pakistani cinemas. The film completed 18 weeks on the main cinema and 58 weeks on the other cinemas in

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and thus became a

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film.

Remake

Its TV remake was made in 2013 with the same name, which starred

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, directed by

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and produced by

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.Dil Mera Dharkan Teri (2013 TV film) on pakium.pk website
Retrieved 10 June 2022

Music

The music was composed by

Master Inayat Hussain Master Inayat Hussain (Punjabi, ur, ; 1916 – 26 March 1993) was a Pakistani film music composer. Early life and career Inayat Hussain was born in the Bhati Gate area of Lahore in 1916.Qateel Shifai 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 ...

. Playback singers are

Ahmed Rushdi ), Rushdi Sahab ( ur, ) , birth_date = , birth_place =Hyderabad Deccan, British India , death_date = , death_place = Karachi, Pakistan , origin = Pakistani , instrument = Vocalist , genre = , ...

, Mala,

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 ...

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 ''Inqalab'', became one of the top male singers in both Urdu and Punjabi films for more than th ...

Songography

*''Kiya Hai Jo Pyar Tau Padega Nibhana'' by

and Mala *''Dil ka dard beich ke...'' by Mala *''Rooth gayi kyun mujh se...'' by

and Mala *''Guzrey na sham akeli...'' by

and Mala *''Ab to aaja keh tujhe yaad kiya hai dil ne...'' by

*''Jhoom aye dil woh mera jaan-e-bahar aaye ga...'' by

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dil Mera Dharkan Teri (1968 Film) 1960s Urdu-language films 1968 films Pakistani black-and-white films Pakistani romantic drama films