''Yousuf Khan Sher Bano'' was the first-ever
Pashto
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Spoken as a native language mostly by ethnic Pashtuns, it is one of the two official languages ...
film released in
Pakistan
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. It was released on 1 December 1970.
[Yousuf Khan Sher Bano film info on PAKfilms website]
Retrieved 16 December 2017 It was directed by Aziz Tabassum and produced by Nazir Hussain, with debut stars
Yasmin Khan
Yasmin Khan is a historian of British India and Associate Professor of History at Kellogg College, Oxford.
Education and career
Born in 1977 to Pakistani and Anglo-Irish parents in Kingston-upon-Thames, Khan completed her BA in history at S ...
and
.
The story is based on the Pashto folk story ''
Yousuf Khan and Sher Bano''. The tale has also been referred to as the Pashto version of ''
Romeo and Juliet
''Romeo and Juliet'' is a Shakespearean tragedy, tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families. It was among Shakespeare's most popular plays during his lifetim ...
''.
Its music was composed by
Lal Muhammad and Buland Iqbal, while the film was written by Ali Haider Joshi.
This first Pakistani Pashto language film completed more than 50 weeks in one cinema of
Peshawar
Peshawar (; ps, پېښور ; hnd, ; ; ur, ) is the sixth most populous city in Pakistan, with a population of over 2.3 million. It is situated in the north-west of the country, close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is ...
, Pakistan,
[Yousuf Khan Sher Bano (1970) on IMDb website]
Retrieved 16 December 2017 and was met with a positive reception from the
Pakhtun
Pashtuns (, , ; ps, پښتانه, ), also known as Pakhtuns or Pathans, are an Iranian ethnic group who are native to the geographic region of Pashtunistan in the present-day countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan. They were historically re ...
audience. This film also marked the start of Pashto language films in the
Pakistan film industry
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...
.
References
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1970 films
Pakistani drama films
Pashto-language films
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