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Title: Pakeezah (1972)
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1 win & 3 nominations.
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| Ashok Kumar | ... | Shahabuddin | |
| Meena Kumari | ... | Nargis / Sahibjaan | |
| Raaj Kumar | ... | Salim Ahmed Khan | |
| Veena | ... | Nawabjaan | |
| D.K. Sapru | ... | Hakim Saab (as Sapru) | |
| Kamal Kapoor | ... | Nawab Zafar Ali Khan | |
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Vijay Laxmi | ||
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Jagdish Kanwal | ||
| Nadira | ... | Madame Gauhar Jaan | |
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Pratima Devi | ... | Salim's Badi Amma |
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Prakash Gill | ... | Hashim Khan- Horse Rider |
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Altaf | ||
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Praveen Paul | ... | (as Parveen Paul) |
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Lotan | ||
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Chanda | ... | (as Chanda Bai) |
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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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Salim Ahmed Khan: Come, my love, come, / let us soar beyond the moon...
Sahibjaan: I am ready, / let us go...
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Due to her ill health, Meena Kumari was not able to do the dance sequences herself. Hence Padma Khanna acted as a double for the purpose. She can be seen in all the long shots of dances in the movie. 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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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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Pakeezah is in my mind the greatest achievement of Indian cinema. The film is visually overwhelming but also emotionally breathtaking. The music, the songs, the sets, the costumes, the cinematography, in fact every creative element is worthy of superlatives.