''Mere Naam Hai Mohabaat'' ( ur, ) is a 1975

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

romantic drama 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 ...

film. It won the

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 1975 for Best Film of the Year. The film was also released in

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and became successful there.

Babra Sharif Babra Sharif ( ur, ), (born 10 December 1954) is a Pakistani film actress, most known for her roles from the mid-1970s to the 1980s. She started her career in television commercials. She has worked with many famous names of her time, including S ...

rose to become one of the most popular actresses of Pakistani cinema for almost two decades following the success of this film.

Plot summary

This film is a story of a sad romantic girl who has cancer. She tries to hide this from her lover. Her family is unaware of this problem also. The lovers are very idealistic and truly in love with each other and this film also has a tragic end just like ''Love Story (1970)''.

Cast

* Ghulam Mohiuddin *Zarqa *

Bahar Begum Bahar Begum (born Kishwar Begum; ) is an actress best known for many Pakistani movies since 1956. She was first introduced to the Pakistani film industry by the renowned film director Anwar Kamal Pasha in film Chann Mahi (1956). Anwar Kamal P ...

* Tamanna * Rehan *

Farzana Farzaneh ( fa, فرزانه, ''Farzāneh'', meaning wise, intelligent, or highly knowledgeable), also transliterated as Farzana, Farzona or Farzane, is a Persian given name for girls common in Iran, South Asia, and Central Asia. The masculine equiv ...

* Allauddin *

Masood Akhtar Syed Masood Akhtar (born 18 August 1946) is a former international cricketer who represented the American national side between 1979 and 1982. He was born in present-day India, and played first-class cricket in Pakistan before emigrating to the ...

Production

The film's plot was reportedly inspired by a Chinese folk story. ''Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'' introduced two new faces to the Pakistani silver screen, actor Ghulam Mohiuddin and actress

, propelling them into stardom due to the box-office success of this film.

Soundtrack

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 ...

*Aage tum peechhe ham, jao ge kahan

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

*Pyasa Kunwen kay paas aata hay

*Yeh Duniya rahe na rahe mere hamdam

Naheed Akhtar Naheed Akhtar (also spelled Nahid Akhtar) is a Pakistani playback singer. She is tagged as the "''Nightingale of Pakistan''". She was the top Lollywood playback singer during the second half of 70s and 80s. She won 3 Nigar Awards and a Pride o ...

and

*Phoolon ko dekh dekh kay sharma rahay hain aap

*Tujhe pyar karte karte meri umar beet jaye

*Yeh Duniya rahay na rahay mere Hamdam (sad)

Box office

''Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'' was a box office success in Pakistan. Overseas in China, it released in 1981, following the success of Indian

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

films such as ''

Awaara ''Awaara'', also written ''Awāra'', ur, , Āvārā, group=n, name=HindiUrdu and known overseas as ''The Vagabond'', is a 1951 Indian Hindi crime drama film, produced and directed by Raj Kapoor, and written by Khwaja Ahmad Abbas. It stars Raj ...

'', ''

Noorie ''Noorie'' is a 1979 Indian romance film produced by Yash Chopra, and directed by Manmohan Krishna; this is his only film as director. The film stars Farooq Shaikh, Poonam Dhillon, Madan Puri and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Khayyam and the ...

'' and ''

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'' in the last several years. ''Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat'' became the highest-grossing foreign film of 1981, selling nearly tickets in China. At an average ticket price of , the film grossed an estimated , equivalent to (). Adjusted for inflation, this is equivalent to ().

References

External links

* 1975 films Pakistani romantic drama films Films scored by M Ashraf 1975 romantic drama films 1970s Urdu-language films Films about cancer Nigar Award winners {{Pakistan-film-stub