''Pheray'' is a 1949

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i Punjabi-language film directed by

Nazir Ahmed Khan Nazir Ahmad Khan ( ur, ) (1904 – 26 August 1983) was a Pakistani film actor, director and producer. Biography It was back in 1929, when a young artistic man left the city of Lahore to go to Calcutta to fulfill his passion and make movie ...

.Film cast of 'Pheray' (1949 film) on Cinestaan website
Retrieved 6 July 2022 The story of the film was a remake of Nazir's own 1945 Indian film '' Gaon Ki Gori'', that was released before

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. The music was given by

Ghulam Ahmed Chishti Ghulam Ahmed Chishti (Punjabi, ur, ), (often abbreviated to G.A. Chishti) (Punjabi, ur, ), (17 August 1905 – 25 December 1994) was a Pakistani music composer, attributed as being one of the founders of Indian and Pakistani film music. He ...

and lyrics were written by G. A. Chishti and Baba Alam Siaposh. The singers were

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and

Inayat Hussain Bhatti Inayat Hussain Bhatti ( ur, ), (12 January 1928 – 31 May 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer, film actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and a promoter of the development of the Punj ...

. The film was released on 28 July 1949. Pheray (1949 film) was a big musical hit and became Pakistan's first ' Silver Jubilee' film. It was screened in

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for 25 weeks at Palace Cinema and in

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for 5 weeks at Taj Mahal cinema.

Plot

Film Pheray was almost an identical love story as the famous folk story of Heer Ranjha. Sawarn Lata loves Nazir but her brother Allauddin is against their relationship. He marries her off with a wealthy man M. Ismael. The Hindu wedding ritual of seven steps around the fire (Pheray) are taken by Sawarn Lata's best friend Zeenat, who is entirely hidden in a traditional wedding dress. Sawarn Lata moves to her new home but plays a sick woman to avoid any sexual relations with her husband. M. Ismael is getting tired of her sickness and finally finds out the real fact of her behavior. He decides to re-arrange the wedding ceremony, but not with him this time, but with his wife's lover - and that was a happy end of Pakistan's first super hit musical film.

Cast

* Swaran Lata *

* Muhammad Ismael * Allauddin *Baba Alam Siaposh * Nazar * Zeenat Begum * Maya Devi

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pheray 1949 films Pakistani black-and-white films Films scored by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti Pakistani remakes of Indian films Punjabi-language Pakistani films Pakistani musical films 1940s Punjabi-language films 1949 musical films