''Love in Jungle'' is a Pakistani film released in 1970. Starring

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in her first leading role, she was co-starred by Azeem (in his first West-Pakistan film),

Nanha Rafi Khawar ( Punjabi, ur, رفیع خاور) (4 August 1942 – 2 June 1986), popularly known as Nanha (Urdu: ننھا), was a Pakistani actor and comedian. He started his film career in 1966 and earned several awards including 3 Nigar ...

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and Gul Hameed. Gul Hameed made his debut with this film and played the role of a man who lives in jungle with wild animals, much like

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. The screenplay was written by

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and music was composed by

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. It was the first film in the series of ''Love in''. It celebrated its silver jubilee on the Box office. ''Love in Jungle'' is the third of three films which were released in East Pakistan (present day

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) with

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-dubbed version.

Plot

In a war, many people run to save their lives from aerial shelling. Many of them dead and from these people, a group of some guys go to jungle. They encounter several problems in jungle, including bloodthirsty and wild animals. They also encounter a wild man who lives and behaves like the animals, who saves them from the wild animals at a point. He kidnaps a girl from them who then tricks to save herself and escape from him.

Cast

* Gul Hameed *

* Azeem *

* Tarana *

Niggo Niggo (died 5 January 1972) was a popular traditional Pakistan dancer and film actress. She mainly worked on Punjabi and Urdu films in the 60s. Early life Niggo hailed from Lahore’s Heera Mandi. She was born in a small house there. Like man ...

* Shahida * Rehana * Zeenat (guest)

Production

The filming took place in the forests of

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. It was the first film in the ''Love in'' series, followed by others films such as ''Love in Europe'' (1970), ''Love in Nepal'' (1987).

Release and reception

''Love in Jungle'' was released on 19 June 1970, in the cinemas of Lahore and Karachi. It was premiered in

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former cap ...

's Palaza cinema. It was dubbed in

to release in the

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

, and was the third of three films which were released in East Pakistan in dubbed version. The film celebrate its Silver jubilee in Karachi circuit.

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 6572650 Urdu-language Pakistani films 1970s Urdu-language films