Pakeezah (1972)The story of a prostitute, with a pure heart (PAKEEZAH), and grand dreams... Director:Kamal AmrohiWriter:Kamal Amrohi |
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Title: Pakeezah (1972)
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Shahabuddin
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Sahibjaan
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Salim Ahmed Khan
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Nawabjaan
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D.K. Sapru | ... |
Hakim Saab
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Kamal Kapoor | ... |
Nawab Zafar Ali Khan
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Jagdish Kanwal |
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Nadira | ... |
Madame Gauhar Jaan
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Pratima Devi | ... |
Salim's Badi Amma
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Altaf |
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Praveen Paul | ... |
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Lotan |
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Chanda | ... |
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A girl, whose mother dies of sorrow from her husband's family's rejection, grows up singing and dancing like her mother. She works as a dancing girl and is courted by a prince, but can think only of a man she has never met, who left her a message on the train. She dreams of him and cannot dance, becomes frightened and runs into the night Written by William Kennedy <william.kennedy@spl.org>
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Country:
IndiaLanguage:
UrduRelease Date:
4 February 1972 (India) See more »Also Known As:
Pure Heart See more »Filming Locations:
Kamal Amrohi Studios, Mumbai, Maharashtra, IndiaCompany Credits
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Salim Ahmed Khan: Come, my love, come, / let us soar beyond the moon...
Sahibjaan: I am ready, / let us go...
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Sung by Lata Mangeshkar
Composed by Ghulam Mohammed
Lyrics by Kamal Amrohi
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In 1958, Ashok Kumar had signed on to play the role of Salim, who was to be a businessman. When filming was resumed in 1968, Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar and Sunil Dutt were considered for the role. When Raaj Kumar accepted the role, it was modified from a businessman to a forest ranger to match Kumar's rugged build. Ashok Kumar was still on, though now he was to play Hakim Saab; but he instead played Shahabuddin, while Hakim Saab was played by D.K. Sapru. See more »Quotes
[singing]Salim Ahmed Khan: Come, my love, come, / let us soar beyond the moon...
Sahibjaan: I am ready, / let us go...
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"Mausam Hai Aashiqana"Sung by Lata Mangeshkar
Composed by Ghulam Mohammed
Lyrics by Kamal Amrohi
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The concubine Sahibjaan (Meena Kumari) is the toast of the town, but she secretly dreams of a life away from the brothel, with a man she never met, but who wrote an ode to her feet while she lay sleeping in a train compartment (I kid you not!).
Now here's an epic that has everything an epic needs to have: fantastic sets, great romance, fine songs, beautiful sunsets, elephant-stampedes and plenty of foot-fetishism (okay, that last one isn't strictly necessary, but it's a nice bonus).
Pakheezah is a glorious, sumptuous, cruel and twisted fairy-tale.
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