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Nazir Ali
Nazir Ali, a very popular music composer in the 1960′s and 1970′s, employed a particular rhythmic pattern to his compositions. This pattern was greatly influenced by the rhythm of dhammal. He can be categorized as the second generation of Pakistani film composers. The first were those who had already established themselves in the pre-independence era, ...
Nasreen
Nasreen (not to be confused with Salma Agha’s mother Nasreen aka Zarina Agha) was introduced by Anwar Kamal Pasha as Sudhir’s sister in Gumnaam (1954). She played the lead in Shohrat (1957) – directed by Nazir Ajmeri it was based on social theme but did not appeal to filmgoers. Therefore, Nasreen was left with the ...
Cham Cham
A lively industry is testified by the presence of all sorts of artists in the midst of a thriving environment. From the early fifties to the end of the 1970’s, that was the exactly the case. Apart from hero and heroines, the character actors and actresses, the technicians and the other people connected with the ...
Sangeeta
Sangeeta was the most startling discovery of the 1970s, as the director of Society Girl (1976). Sangeeta and her family belong to Karachi. When she began her career, she had been introduced by Rehman, in Milan (1964), a film made in Bangladesh. After that, she got such a welcome that films literally rained on her. ...
Zurain
Zurain (real name Zulqarnain) was famous character artiste of late 50s and early 60s. He started his career in 1954, as a drama artist for Radio Pakistan (Rawalpindi). The same year he achieved recognition as an artist of considerable merit. Two years later, he stepped before the studio lights as Zurain and stood out even ...
Khurshid Anwar
The cultural capital of Pakistan, Lahore has contributed much to the flowering of cinematic arts, and the melodic culture of the Sub-continent. It has groomed a large number of film-makers, actors-actresses and melodists, whose invaluable contributions to cinema, before and after the partition of the Sub-continent, will forever remain enshrined in the cultural history of ...
A. Hameed
The hallmark of the musicians of early period in our cinema is their adaptability to all situations and all sorts of songs in the film. In this context, one must talk of one very gifted music director, A. Hameed. From a classic sixties music of Saheli to the modern-day rendition of club songs in Hasan ...
Waheed Murad
Born to a successful film distributor/producer, Nisar Murad, on October 2, 1938 in Karachi, and educated at the Marie Calaco School, Waheed graduated in arts from S.M. Arts College in Karachi and then obtained a Master’s degree in English Literature from the Karachi University. He produced a couple of films — Insan Badalta Hai and ...
Raagni
Raagni, one of the most charming film actresses of the 1940s who silently passed away on February 27, 2007, had contributed greatly to the silver screen with her inspiring beauty and mature histrionics. She was popularly known in film circles as Aahoo Chasham and as a heroine, she left a lasting impression on the minds ...
Nisar Bazmi
The undisputed king of Lollywood music in the 1960s and the ’70s, the musician Nisar Bazmi breathed his last on March 22, 2007, after a career that spanned six decades. Born Syed Nisar Ahmed in Bombay, India, in 1924 to a religious family, he had to change his last name to Bazmi after he got ...
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Anwar Wagdi (1904-1955):
Anwar Wagdi was of Syrian origin, the son of a textile trader, and believed from an early age th...
Pakistani Film Database - 1972:
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Aao Pyar Karain...- Pakistani Film Database - 1968:
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- Bollywood - Year by Year - 1898: Important Events
Two Italians, Colorello and Cornaglia, organize film shows in tents at the Azad Ma...
Bollywood - Salman Khan to launch clothing line for women:
Salman Khan will return to the ramp for a second time with his Being Human line at the HDIL Cout...
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