Sindhi cinema ( sd, سنڌي سينيما) refers to the

Sindhi language Sindhi ( ; , ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 30 million people in the Pakistani province of Sindh, where it has official status. It is also spoken by a further 1.7 million people in India, where it is a Scheduled languages of India ...

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industry in

Sindh Sindh (; ; ur, , ; historically romanized as Sind) is one of the four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the southeastern region of the country, Sindh is the third-largest province of Pakistan by land area and the second-largest province ...

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and among the

Sindhi diaspora The Sindhi diaspora mainly refers to the descendants of ethnic Sindhi people who emigrated from the historical Sind province of British India before the Independence of Pakistan, these people are not a part of Pakistani diaspora as they emigrat ...

History

The first Sindhi film produced was ''Ekta'' in 1940 directed by

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and the last film was Himmath which was released on 1997; while the first Sindhi film produced in Pakistan was ''

Umar Marvi Umar Marvi or Marui ( sd, عمر مارئي, ur, ), is a folktale from Sindh, Pakistan about a village girl Marvi Maraich, who resists the overtures of a powerful King and the temptation to live in the palace as a queen, preferring to be in simpl ...

'' in 1956 directed by Shaikh Hassan. The first blockbuster Sindhi film released was ''Abana'' released in 1958. Sindhi cinema used to see three to four releases a year until the 1990s. The last Sindhi film released was Himmat in 1997.

Issues

Satish Anand says that the condition of the theatres is bad, funding is difficult and people prefer

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cinema. Many producers have tried to revive the industry but eventually it fell apart. An alternate model of releasing films only on television and home video was attempted, but that too didn't work because of rampant piracy.

Revival

Since 2010, Sindhi

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has seen a general revival of Sindhi films. Many artists and proposed their proposals to revive the capability and ability of the Sindhi cinema. With

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having said to create the first mass Sindhi film called Dadho Sutho. However as of January 2023, this has not been confirmed.

Films

Some popular Sindhi films include: * Ekta (1942) *

(1956) * Perdesi (1958) *

Sherah Feroz ''Shero Feroz'' (Sindhi: شهرو فيروز) is a Pakistani film released on 18 October 1968. Produced by Khadim Films (a film production company founded by the brothers Ali Baloch and Khadim Hussain Baloch), it was directed by Shaikh Hassan and ...

(1968) *

Chanduki ''Chanduki'' is a Pakistani Sindhi film released in 1969. It is directed by A. Q. Pirzada, produced by S. Y. A. Group, and stars Mushtaq Changezi. See also * Sindhi cinema * List of Sindhi-language films This is a list of films produced by ...

(1969) *

Ghoonghat Lah Kunwar Ghooghat Lah Kunwar (Sindhi: گهونگهٽ لاھ ڪنوار) is a Sindhi language film which was released on 18 September 1970 from Karachi. Saeeda and Waseem played leading roles in this film. Famous singer Noor Jahan and Mahedi Hassan were pl ...

(1970) *

Mehboob Mitha ''Mehboob Mitha'' is a Pakistani film released on 12 November 1971. It was directed by A. Q. Pirzada, produced by G. S. Gurnani (Jhulelal Films) and starred Anila Niyaz and Mushtaq Changezi. See also * Sindhi cinema * List of Sindhi-language f ...

(1971) *

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(2014) * Haider Khan (2015) *

Pyar Jaa Rang ''Pyaar'' is a 1950 Hindi-language film produced and directed by V. M. Vyas, starring Raj Kapoor and Nargis in the lead roles, with Yakub, Shyama and Nawab in supporting roles. The music was composed by S. D. Burman. The film is based on a story ...

(2013) Actors - Anil Vanjani, Poonam, Tarana * Haseen Zindagi (2015) Actors - Anil Vanjani, Kalpana Bhagtani. *Heer . *Qwert

Classical Sindhi cinema actors/actresses

Bhagwanti Navani Bhagwanti Navani (1 February 1940 – 22 October 1986) was an Indian singer and actress known for her work in Sindhi-language music and films. She was a folk as well as playback singer. Due to her melodious and sweet voice, she was popularly k ...

* Chakori * Mushtaq Malano, his stage name was Mushtaq Changazi and played lead role in more than 60 Sindhi cinema movies. * Salahudin Tunio * Shahzadi * Mahmood Siddiqui * Soxie Deniel * Shafi Muhammd Shah. * Rubi Ali * Amir Shah * Urossa Siddiqui * Fahaad Mustafa * Danish Nawaz * Sanam Bolach

References

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