The Golden Era

Nayyar Sultana, an accomplished actress, played mostly dramatic roles in the sixties. She played the title role in Baji (1963), one of the finest films directed by S. Suleman.

The restriction on Bombay films opened a new free and non-competitive market for local productions. This period introduced a great variety in the selection of subjects, dealt with by local cinema. Classic films like Jaffer Malik's Saath Lakh (1957), W.Z. Ahmed's Wadah (1957), Anwar Kamal Pasha's Anarkali (1958), Saifuddin Saif's Kartar Singh (1959), Masud Pervaiz's Koel (1959), Khurshid Anwar's Ghoonghat (1962), Khalil Qaiser's Shaheed (1962), Riaz Shahid's Susral (1962), S. Suleman's Baji (1963), and Sharif Nayyar's Ishq Per Zor Nahin (1963) were all produced during this period. Many Indian artistes including Shiela Ramani and Timir Baran Bhattacharya came to Pakistan to work in Pakistani Films. This period also saw the birth of Bengali and Sindhi cinema in 1956, and marked the addition of Karachi and Dhaka film centers in the country. A.J. Kardar's Jago Hua Savera (1959) earned Pakistan whatever international prestige it has in the realm of cinema when it won gold medal at Moscow Film Festival - Ummer Siddique & Mushtaq Gazdar

Reviews of Films

Abbreviations used

Pa = Pakistani/West Pakistani

EP = East Pakistani (1947-1971)

I = Post- Independence Indian Films directed, produced or composed by Pakistanis And/Or Pakistani artistes in the cast.

Pakistani Artistes in Indian Films are Highlighted in Boldface Red

= Classic

1956

Awaaz (I, Synopsis only)

Intezar

(Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Major musical hit is an undisguised attack on cheap westernized music versus soul-stirring traditional classical music.

Mukh-o-Mukhosh (EP, Commentary) - First Bengali film of Pakistan.

1957

Saath Laakh

(Pa, Synopsis & Review) - A comedy of social comment inspired by Mr Smith Goes to Washington

1958

Zehr-e-Ishq

(Pa, Synopsis & Review) - A love story with a difference. The film captures an intense and almost obsessive passion on celluloid.

1959

Jhoomar

(Pa, Synopsis & Review)

Neend

(Pa, Synopsis only) - A true to life story based on social stratification.

Jago Hua Savera

(EP, Synopsis & Review) - International Award winning feature film. The film tried to portray the plight of fishermen in East Pakistan.

1960

Asiya (EP, Review) - Fateh Lohani tries vainly to capture the lyrical beauty of Bengal's countryside.

1962

Ghoonghat

(Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Major musical hit based on the imaginative story of Purban ki Rani.

Shaheed

(Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Story of a dancing girl working for the underground nationalist movement to foil British designs to gain control over oil-rich Arab land

1963

Kancher Deyal (EP, Synopsis & Review) - The story about a girl who grows up like an orphan in a joint family of two brothers and their families.

1964

Chingari

(Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Major musical hit directed by Khurshid Anwar. Corrupt immoral western values wreak havoc on traditional eastern ways.

1965

Roopban (EP, Synopsis & Review) - Commercially successful 'folk' film. The film deals with the glorification of the fantastic sacrifices of an (ideal) oriental woman.


	\|Home\| Nayyar Sultana, an accomplished actress, played mostly dramatic roles in the sixties. She played the title role in Baji (1963), one of the finest films directed by S. Suleman. The restriction on Bombay films opened a new free and non-competitive market for local productions. This period introduced a great variety in the selection of subjects, dealt with by local cinema. Classic films like Jaffer Malik's Saath Lakh (1957), W.Z. Ahmed's Wadah (1957), Anwar Kamal Pasha's Anarkali (1958), Saifuddin Saif's Kartar Singh (1959), Masud Pervaiz's Koel (1959), Khurshid Anwar's Ghoonghat (1962), Khalil Qaiser's Shaheed (1962), Riaz Shahid's Susral (1962), S. Suleman's Baji (1963), and Sharif Nayyar's Ishq Per Zor Nahin (1963) were all produced during this period. Many Indian artistes including Shiela Ramani and Timir Baran Bhattacharya came to Pakistan to work in Pakistani Films. This period also saw the birth of Bengali and Sindhi cinema in 1956, and marked the addition of Karachi and Dhaka film centers in the country. A.J. Kardar's Jago Hua Savera (1959) earned Pakistan whatever international prestige it has in the realm of cinema when it won gold medal at Moscow Film Festival - Ummer Siddique & Mushtaq Gazdar Reviews of Films Abbreviations used Pa = Pakistani/West Pakistani EP = East Pakistani (1947-1971) I = Post- Independence Indian Films directed, produced or composed by Pakistanis And/Or Pakistani artistes in the cast. Pakistani Artistes in Indian Films are Highlighted in Boldface Red = Classic 1956 Awaaz (I, Synopsis only) Intezar (Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Major musical hit is an undisguised attack on cheap westernized music versus soul-stirring traditional classical music. Mukh-o-Mukhosh (EP, Commentary) - First Bengali film of Pakistan. 1957 Saath Laakh (Pa, Synopsis & Review) - A comedy of social comment inspired by Mr Smith Goes to Washington 1958 Zehr-e-Ishq (Pa, Synopsis & Review) - A love story with a difference. The film captures an intense and almost obsessive passion on celluloid. 1959 Jhoomar (Pa, Synopsis & Review) Neend (Pa, Synopsis only) - A true to life story based on social stratification. Jago Hua Savera (EP, Synopsis & Review) - International Award winning feature film. The film tried to portray the plight of fishermen in East Pakistan. 1960 Asiya (EP, Review) - Fateh Lohani tries vainly to capture the lyrical beauty of Bengal's countryside. 1962 Ghoonghat (Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Major musical hit based on the imaginative story of Purban ki Rani. Shaheed (Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Story of a dancing girl working for the underground nationalist movement to foil British designs to gain control over oil-rich Arab land 1963 Kancher Deyal (EP, Synopsis & Review) - The story about a girl who grows up like an orphan in a joint family of two brothers and their families. 1964 Chingari (Pa, Synopsis & Review) - Major musical hit directed by Khurshid Anwar. Corrupt immoral western values wreak havoc on traditional eastern ways. 1965 Roopban (EP, Synopsis & Review) - Commercially successful 'folk' film. The film deals with the glorification of the fantastic sacrifices of an (ideal) oriental woman.