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film directed by

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. The film was loosely based on Wilkie Collins's 1860's novel '' The Woman in White''. It started

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and Mohammed Ali.

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, Lehri,

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and

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appeared in supporting roles. It was released on 20 October 1967. The film is one of the Anwar's signature films for which he wrote the screenplay and composed the music also. The plot revolves around two sisters, and the conspiracy against them to grab their property.

Plot

At a deserted place, Dr. Javed meets with a girl, who comes running towards there in a bad condition. He is giving her first aid in his car when some people come and takes her away. But, she drops a letter in his car which he gets later. His colleague, Dr. Afandi tells him about the letter and the girl Bano, who is the princess of the ''Qasierabad'' state. He goes to the palace of the state ''Qaiser Mahal'', where the Bano's uncle Nawab Ahsan is unhappy on his arrival. The girl also refuses to recognise him. He comes to know that she has some disease and decides to treat her. Nawab Ahsan Mirza wants to marry Bano with his mentally challenged son Nawab Sultan Mirza so that he becomes the owner her property. However, Javed comes to know about this and opposes his decision as a doctor, and treats her. At that night, Nawab tried to kill Javed but fails. In his next meeting with Bano, he finds that there are no marks on her arm that he observed last night. He discovers that the girl he treated last night was Shehzadi, the twin sister of Bano. Nawab Ahsan confesses there that Shehzadi and Bano are twin sisters and presents an older servant of the palace as witness, who was the caretaker of Bano in childhood. After revealing his secret that he had hide to grab the both sisters' property, Nawab Ahsan makes his last move with the help of Husan Ara who is apparently Bano's governess but actually she is Nawab's wife. He agrees Shehzadi to sacrifice for her sister by marrying Nawab Sultan in place of Bano for her happiness. He shuts down Bano in the older palace, where he had kept the Shehzadi for years. He orders his servant to set the palace on the fire but he doesn't do so and tries to assault her. She fights him and gets saved when Javed reaches there with the help of Afandi and Bano's friend. Nawab Ahsan manipulates his son's mind to kill Shehzadi and a maid sees him doing this. After marriage, Shehzadi's condition deteriorates further and she faints.

Cast

as Shehzadi/ Gul Bano * Mohammed Ali as Dr. Javed *

as Nawab Ahsan Mirza * Lehri as Altaf *

as Dr. Afandi * Nabeela as Fakhra * Rangeela as Nawabzada Sultan Mirza *

as Husan Ara Begum * Ajmal as Rehman Baba * Saiqa as the maid

Soundtrack

The music director of the film was

, and the lyrics were written by

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 ...

Track list

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External links

{{IMDb title, 0317620 category:1960s Urdu-language films Pakistani thriller films Pakistani black-and-white films category:Urdu-language Pakistani films