Andleeb (1969 film)

Infobox Film
name = Andleeb


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director = Fareed Ahmed
producer = Rashid Mukhtar
writer = Salma Kanwal
narrator =
starring = Waheed Murad
Shabnam
Aliya
Mustafa Qureshi
Lehri
Ibrahim Nafees
Talish
music = Nisar Bazmi
cinematography =
editing =
distributor =
released = 29 August 1969
runtime = approx. 3 hours
country = Pakistan
language = Urdu
budget =
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imdb_id = 0369234

Andleeb is a Pakistan Urdu colour film starring Waheed Murad, Shabnam, Aliya, Lehri, Mustafa Qureshi, Ibrahim Nafees, Talish and many others.http://www.mazhar.dk/film/history/60s/1969.htm] The film is a musical love story based on Salma Kanwal's novel. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ME1hOEH5tng&feature=related] The film was produced by Rashid Mukhtar under the banner of Nigar Pictures. Fareed Ahmed was the director and Nisar Bazmi was the music director of the film. The film became a huge success and for his role in the film, Waheed Murad was awarded the best actor award of the year in the Nigar Awards. [http://anisshakur.tripod.com/id31.html] The film ran for 56 weeks continously on Karachi cinemas and thus became a Golden Jubilee film.

Release

Andaleeb was released on August 29, 1969 on Rivali Cinema of Karachi by Nigar Pictures. The film became a huge success across the nation and ran continously for 56 weeks with 20 weeks on main cinema and thus became the Golden Jubilee film. During the same year Pakistan's first Diamond Jubilee film Zarqa starring Ijaz was released by Riaz Shahid, which became the best film of the year. Whereas, the award for best actor went to Waheed Murad for his outstanding performance in the film.

Music

The music of the film was composed by well-known musician Nisar Bazmi. The song "Kuch log rooth kar be lagte hain kitne pyare" was one of his remarkful numbers. Songs of the film are:

*"Nanhi munni guria rani..." by Runa Laila
*"Kuch log rooth kar bhi..." by Ahmad Rushdi
*"Gaisuyon ke anchal mein..." by Ahmad Rushdi
*"Mere dil ki mehfil saja dene wale..." by Ahmad Rushdi and Noor Jehan
*"Tere waadon ne sanam..." by Runa Laila
*"Kuchh log rooth kar bhi..." by Noor Jehan
*"Pyar kar ke ham buhat pachhtaye..." by Noor Jehan
*"Jhoote waado se na dil behlaiye..." by Runa Laila and Dina Laila

Awards

"Andleeb" won 4 Nigar Awards in the following categories: [http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm]

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