''Mukhra'' is a 1988 Pakistani Punjabi film starring Nadeem Baig and

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 ...

.Face (Mukhra) (1988) on IMDb website
Retrieved 13 February 2019 The film was a hit at the box-office.

Plot

Powla ( Nadeem Baig) is a village bumpkin who dreams of being brave by defeating robbers. In reality, he is a coward. His mother (

Nighat Butt Nighat Butt was a Pakistani actress and singer. Nighat acted in numerous television dramas and films. Early life Nighat was born in 1948 in Lahore, Pakistan. She completed her studies from University of Lahore. Career She started stage acting a ...

) dies suddenly due to a snake bite. Powla wishes to die too so that he may reunite with his mother in death. He tries to commit suicide by laying down on a railroad track but his plan is foiled when some men find him there and take him to their boss. The men are gangsters and seeing Powla's naivety they want to take advantage of him. They plan to use his death as a way to commit insurance fraud. Soniya (

) is the gangsters' secretary. Powla keeps trying to find a way to kill himself. One day, a lady is injured by a car of some gangsters. Powla sees her and takes her to a hospital. Her daughter (

Sameena Peerzada Samina Peerzada (, Punjabi, ) is a film and television actress, producer and director from Pakistan. Personal life Samina was born into an educated Kashmiri Butt family in Lahore, but was raised in Karachi, Sindh Pakistan. After graduating in ...

) comes to the hospital and she recovers. Being grateful to Powla, she starts to consider him as her son and her daughter also thinks of him as a brother. Meanwhile, the gangsters are still trying to kill him and commit insurance fraud. Soniya overhears their plan to kill him and decides to save him. She saves his life twice, but never reveals her true identity to him. The villagers mistakenly start to believe that it is Powla who is fending off his attackers and start considering him to be a brave man. Powla eventually discovers Soniya's identity. His sister's marriage is due to be held, but the gangsters come again once and for all to completely destroy Powla. They wound his adoptive mother & abduct his sister. She kills herself when they attempt to rape her. Finally, Powla is no longer afraid. He teams up with Soniya and takes revenge against the villains.

Cast

Adeeb Muzaffar Adeeb (1934 – 26 May 2006), known mononymously as Adeeb, was a Pakistani film actor. He appeared in 38 Indian films from 1940 to 1962, although he did not start performing in films very actively until the 1950s. In 1962, he shifted ...

as Adeeb * Nadeem Baig as Powla *

as Soniya *

Samina Peerzada Samina Peerzada (, Punjabi, ) is a film and television actress, producer and director from Pakistan. Personal life Samina was born into an educated Kashmiri Butt family in Lahore, but was raised in Karachi, Sindh Pakistan. After graduating in ...

as Powla's sister *

as Powla's mother * Talish *Ismail Shah *Afzaal Ahmad *Humayun Qureshi

Soundtrack

The music of the movie was composed by Wajahat Attre. The songs were sung by Madam

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Humaira Channa Humaira Channa, also known as Humera Channa (born on 22 Jun 1970 at Lahore), is a 6 Nigar Award winning film playback singer from Pakistan. She has won 3rd most Nigar Awards in history, ranked only after Noor Jehan and Mehnaz. Early life and c ...

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 ...

and

Nadeem Nadeem (also spelled Nadim or Nedim; ar, نديم) is an Arabic masculine given name. It means "best friend of the drinker" "companion", "confidant" or "friend". Originates from the plural word "Nadama""نَدامَى" which means, drink to forg ...

. *''Bindi da lashkara meri Bindi da lashkara'', Sung by

*''Mundia, Dopatta chhad mera, nahin sharman da ghund lai da...'' Sung by

, lyrics by

Khawaja Pervez Khawaja Pervez ( ur, ), (28 December 1930 – 20 June 2011) was a prominent Pakistani film composer- lyricist and film songwriter for both Urdu and Punjabi language films. His real name was Khawaja Ghulam Mohiuddin. His professional caree ...

Soundtrack of film ''Mukhra'' (Face) (1988) on IMDb website
Retrieved 13 February 2019 *''Teinu takia pharak gayi Akh ni, tere qadman che Dil ditta rakh ni, dhak dhina dhin Dil gaya'' Sung by

and

*''Ik mera Mukhra piara, pagal zamana sara...'' Sung by

*'' Vekh Ve Din Charya Ke Nayi'' sung by

*'' Cheechi Wich Challa Mere Ranjhan Da'' Sung by

Reception

''Mukhra'' was successful at the box-office.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mukhra 1988 films Punjabi-language Pakistani films 1980s Punjabi-language films