''Teri Yaad'' ( ur, ; ''Your Memory'') was a Pakistani Urdu-language film released on 7 August 1948 in the newly formed country, Pakistan on Eid. It starred

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and

Asha Posley Sabira Begum better known as Asha Posley (Punjabi, ur, ) (1927 – 25 March 1998) was the first heroine of Pakistani films. Early life Asha Posley was born as Sabira Begum in Patiala, Punjab, British India in 1927. Asha Posley was the dau ...

in lead roles. It was the first film released after the

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on 14 August 1947.

Production

Background

The year 1947 saw the

partition of India The Partition of British India in 1947 was the Partition (politics), change of political borders and the division of other assets that accompanied the dissolution of the British Raj in South Asia and the creation of two independent dominions: ...

and the birth of the nation of Pakistan. During this time, the

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was segregated and the only film production centre left in Pakistan was at

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. With the industry reeling in its infancy, it was hard to work on film productions that had been initiated before the partition as many of the working filmmakers and actors had left for or stayed back in India. With many hardships, the new film industry was able to release its first feature film, ''Teri Yaad (1948)'' on 7 August 1948, premièring at the Parbhat Theatre in Lahore. It starred

and

, brother of renowned

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Dilip Kumar Mohammed Yusuf Khan (; 11 December 1922 – 7 July 2021), better known by his stage name Dilip Kumar, was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. Credited with pioneering method acting in cinema, he dominated the Indian movie scene from lat ...

who had stayed back in

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, India. The playback soundtrack was written and composed by Inayat Ali Nath. The playback singers were

Munawar Sultana Munawar Sultana (8 November 1924 – 15 September 2007) was an Indian cinema actress, who acted in Hindi films. She is cited as one of the "popular" actresses of the late 1940s to early 1950s period, along with Noor Jehan, Swarnalata and Rag ...

and Ali Bakhsh Zahoor. Produced by Dewan Sardari Lal's Dewan Pictures and directed by Daud Chand, the film stayed for a significant time on the celluloid screens in Lahore,

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and

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References

External links

* 1948 films 1940s Urdu-language films Pakistani drama films Lollywood Films set in Lahore Pakistani black-and-white films Urdu-language Pakistani films {{Pakistan-film-stub