''Beyond the Last Mountain'' (1976) is a Pakistani English language film written and directed by

Javed Jabbar Javed Jabbar (Urdu: جاوید جبار ) is a Pakistani writer and politician.Pakistan’s first English language film, which was shown at the

6th International Film Festival of India The 6th International Film Festival of India was held from 3–16 January 1977 in New Delhi. The festival highlighted Indian films which have won awards at foreign film festivals. The festival instituted Silver Peacock Awards for Best Director, Be ...

in New Delhi. It was also released in an Urdu language version with the title "Musafir".New genres for Pakistani directors
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Plot

The story is set in the post-1971 disintegrated Pakistan. A young man returns to Karachi from abroad along with his politician father. The father gets assassinated, and the young man embarks on a struggle to unveil the murderers. During his investigations, he meets four young ladies from the upper-middle class who are willing to help him.

Cast and crew

* Usman PeerzadaBeyond the Last Mountain (1976 film) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website
Retrieved 25 October 2020 * Zahoor Ahmed * Subhani ba Yunus * Mariana Haq * Shamim Hilaly * Nighat Sultana * Raja Jameel * Pia Khan * Mirza Ghazanfar Begg * Dear Asghar * Sohail Rana was the music composer for this film. * Nazia Hassan & Zoheb Hassan who would go on to become a famous singing duo in the 1980s made cameo appearances in a song in the film.

Filming locations

* Islamabad * Lyari, Karachi * Malir, Karachi * Murree Hills * Nathia Gali

Soundtracks

The music of the film was composed by Sohail Rana and the lyrics were written by Abaidullah Aleem. Some tracks of the film were: * ''Ham Rahi, Aisi Rahon Kay, Jin Ki Koi Manzil Hi Nahin'' ... Singer: Akhlaq Ahmed * ''Woh Chand Chehra, Sitara Ankhen'' ... Singer: Habib Wali Mohammad

References

External links

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