''Khushboo'' () is a 1979 Pakistani film directed by Nazar Shabab. It is produced by A. Hameed and music was composed by
M. Ashraf
M. Ashraf or Muhammad Ashraf (1 February 1942 – 4 February 2007) was a Pakistani film composer. In the early 1960s, he first started as one member of the ''music directors duo'' of ''Manzoor - Ashraf'' in the Pakistan film industry.
By th ...
. The lead cast of the film includes
Rani
''Rani'' in Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, sometimes spelled ''Ranee'', is a Hindu/Sanskrit feminine given name. The term is the female form of the term for princely rulers in South and Southeast Asia and applies equally to the wife of a ...
,
Shahid,
Mumtaz with
Nayyar Sultana and
Rangeela in the supporting cast.
It was released on 25 August 1979, on the occasion of
Eid-ul-Fitr, and was a
golden jubilee
A golden jubilee marks a 50th anniversary. It variously is applied to people, events, and nations.
Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, golden jubilee refers the 50th anniversary year of the separation from Pakistan and is called in Bengali ''"সু ...
hit at the box office.
''Main Jis Din Bhula Dun Ter Pyar Dil Se'' was a popular track from the film's soundtrack.
Plot
A young, arrogant and spoilt businessman Amjad marries a girl Zeenat to avenge the slaps that she has given him when he mistreated her. After marriage, he imprisons her in the house. She initially hopes to make him a good person with her love, but on constant deprivation of respect by him, she decides to teach him a lesson. She devises a plan to spend a night with him and does it with the help of an employee of his. Amjad, who spends nights with girls, consummates their relationship that night, unknowing that she is his wife. Zeenat then gets pregnant and hopes to birth a boy who can avenge her insult from him. He then throws her out of the house when he comes to know about her pregnancy. She then gives birth to a girl, Sitara.
Amjad's first wife dies after giving birth to a girl, Salma. Years passed and she gets older and spends these years deprived of her father's love due to his nature. On the other hand, Zeenat's daughter Siatara also becomes older and comes to know about his father and his treatment with her mother. She decides to take revenge on her father and starts living in his house as Salma, due to having a similar face. With a series of events, she brings her father to the right path and in the end gets her mother her due respect.
Cast
*
Rani
''Rani'' in Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia, sometimes spelled ''Ranee'', is a Hindu/Sanskrit feminine given name. The term is the female form of the term for princely rulers in South and Southeast Asia and applies equally to the wife of a ...
as Zeenat
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Shahid as Amjad
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Mumtaz as Sitara & Salma
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Nayyar Sultana
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Rangeela
* Ibrahim Nafees
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Soundtrack
''Main Jis Din Bhula Dun Tera Pyar Dil Sey'' was a popular track from the film's soundtrack, in the vocals of Mehnaz and 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 ...
. The song is considered as classic and one of the best song by Mehnaz. It was plagiarized by Raamlaxman for the 1990 Indian film ''Police Public
''Police Public'' is a 1990 Indian Hindi-language crime thriller film, directed by Esmayeel Shroff. The film stars Raaj Kumar, Raj Kiran (Bollywood actor), Raj Kiran, Poonam Dhillon, Naseeruddin Shah, Kabir Bedi and Prem Chopra. The film is a re ...
'' as well.
References
External links
* {{IMDb title, 1199488
1970s Urdu-language films
Urdu-language Pakistani films