''Sholay'' (''Embers'') is a 1984 Pakistani musical

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, directed by Yunus Malik and produced by

Ejaz Durrani Ejaz Durrani (18 April 1935 – 1 March 2021), known mononymously as Ejaz, was a Pakistani film actor, director and producer active from 1956 to 1984. He was married to legendary Pakistani actress-singer Noor Jehan. He is mostly remembered for ...

. It stars Sultan Rahi,

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and Ilyas Kashmiri in lead roles.Sholay (1984 film) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website
Retrieved 12 June 2018Sholay (1984 film) on IMDb website
Retrieved 12 June 2018

Cast

* Anjuman – as Gori * Sultan Rahi – as Haidar *

– as Asghar *

– as Dara * Bahar – as Malka-E- Jazbat *

Rafi Khawar 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 ...

– as Maula Bukhsh * Afzaal Ahmed – as Master Allah Bukhsh * Altaf Khan – as son Jageerdar * Iqbal Durrani – as son Jageerdar * Ilyas Kashmiri – as Jageerdar Kadar Khan * Khalifa Nazir *

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* Imdad Hussaini * Jaggi Malik * Zahir Shah * Anwar Khan *

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* Changezi

Soundtrack

The music of the film is by the musician Wajahat Attre. The song lyrics were penned 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 car ...

and Waris Ludhianvi. The playback singers are: *

Noor Jehan Noor Jehan ( Punjabi: ) (born () Allah Rakhi Wasai ; 23 September 1926 – 23 December 2000; sometimes spelled Noorjehan),Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willemen, ''Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema,'' British Film Institute, Oxford University Pres ...

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 thr ...

References

External links

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''Sholay'' on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website
Pakistani action films Pakistani crime films 1984 films Punjabi-language Pakistani films 1980s Punjabi-language films {{Pakistan-film-stub