''Shahida'' is a Pakistani

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film released on 19 March 1949. The film was directed by Luqman. ''Shahida'' was actually the first Pakistani film which was started before the

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in 1947 and later released in 1949. This film was originally started as a project by Hakim Ahmad Shuja, along with financial backers in pre-

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(circa 1945-46) but could not be filmed due to various problems, in particular the

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in 1947, which also led to the end of the old, joint film industry and its mutual contacts. The project was revived in 1948, by ''M. Akbar'', as producer and ''Luqman'' as director. Hakim Ahmad Shuja was asked to revise his original script and to help write out the song lyrics, of classics such as "Dar Ba Dar Phirte Hain" and "Alwidah", with Ghulam Haider and

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. H ...

giving the music.Profile of actor Nasir Khan on Indian Cinema Heritage Foundation website
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Cast

* Shamim Bano * Nasir Khan * Shakir * Begum Parveen * Hamaliyawala * Mohammad Afzal

References

External links

* Pakistani drama films 1940s Urdu-language films 1949 films Pakistani black-and-white films Films scored by Ghulam Haider Films scored by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti Urdu-language Pakistani films {{Pakistan-film-stub