Saheli(film)
| Saheli (1960 film) | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Urdu | سہیلی |
| Directed by | S. M. Yusuf |
| Screenplay by | Hasrat Lakhnavi |
| Produced by | S. M. Yusuf F. M. Sardar |
| Starring | |
| Music by | A. Hameed |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
Saheli(lit. 'Friend'[a]) is a 1960 Pakistani Urdu languagemusic blockbusterclassical film directed byS. M. Yusufand co-produced by F. M. Sardar.
It is written by Hasrat Lakhnavi while music is composed byA. Hameed.It featuresNayyar Sultana,Shamim AraandDarpanin the lead while supporting actors featuresAslam Pervaizalong with others. It was screened in 2016 by theLok Virsa Museum.Saheliis the first film of Yusuf to be made in the country after hemigrated to Pakistan,[1]and the 1960s first prominent film of Nayyar Sultana, Shamim Ara and Darpan,[2][3][4]leading the film to celebrate itsgolden Jubilee.
Awards and recognition
[edit]Saheli (1960 film) won 5Presidential awardsand also became the recipient of fourNigar Awards,[2]a film award in Pakistan presented by theNigar magazineto recognise those who have made contributions to thecinema of Pakistan.[1]
At the time of award ceremony, Shamim Ara refused to accept the Best Supporting Actress award, citing she played protagonist role while Nayyar Sultana appeared as supporting actress. Both actresses, according to theBBC Urdu,appeared in the lead.[5]The publication also included it in the list of ten best films from Pakistan.[5]
Plot
[edit]Saheli revolves around cultural reforms when two friends Jamila and Razia argue aboutpolygamous marriage.Both friends live and raised together inRawalpindi.Oneprotagonistfriend Razia trying to convince her friend Jamila by seeking her consent to marry her husband Darpan, supposed to be his second wife. The wife also makes efforts to convince her husband to marry her friend in an attempt to create a favourable environment for the two protagonists so that they can live together after marrying the same person. Subsequently, Razia leaves for her relatives inHyderabadafter they called her there, and the two lives in solidarity as a result. When the two feels lonely, they begin miss each other andcommunicates via writing letters. When writing to Jamila, Razia always starts her letter with emotional opening phrase "mere pyarehabib"(my dear beloved).[4]When Jamila’s brother Aslam learns about their communication patterns, he intercept the letters and sometimes avoid to post or pass the letters to each other. The two protagonists lost contact due to Jamila’s brother interception.
The eager to meet her friend leads Jamila todeliberately pretendto be an ill and requests the doctor to fake the situation asking her mother that the two should meet either sending Jamila to Razia or Razia should be called to her home. Following the faking illness, physician visits Jamila home where he falls inlovewith her and a marriage date is fixed as a result. On wedding day, the doctor dies in acar crash.Her family learns about an identical person (duplicate of Darpan). They rush to the hospital. The doctor's death leads Jamila to be experience distress event, and she suffers frompsychological trauma.Her family admits her daughter in the same hospital inKarachi.After she opens her eyes in hospital, an identical person appears before her. She doesn't adequately differentiate the new doctor (psychologicalspecialist) and the two marries. Her mother describes the incident to Razia, the whom latter visits her home and subsequently sings a song accordingly. She advises her husband to not reveal the truth, but one day doctor's servant explains the story to Razia's friend, leading her to know about her new husband. She speaks to Razia over phone in an attempt to make an apology for marrying the identical doctor unknowingly. While on the phone, she hears arguments between Jamila's brother and Razia when her brother enters in the room and threats to rape her friend. On hearing this, she subsequently arrives Razia's home with a weapon and kills her own brother.
Cast
[edit]- Shamim Araas Jamila[1][2]
- Nayyar Sultanaas Razia[1][2]
- Darpanas two doctors (dual role)[1][2]
- Aslam Pervaizas Aslam, Jamila's brother[1][2]
- Bahar Begum[1][2]
- Agha Talish
- Nirala
- Faizi
- Sharara
- Hasrat Lakhnavi
- Salma Mumtazas Jamila's mother[1]
- G.N. Butt
- Bibbo
- Rakhshi
- Zamurrad
- Imdad Hussain
- (Guests:Lehri,Saqi,Ali Baba, Faizi,Sultan Rahi(extra actors))
Soundtrack
[edit]All music is composed byA. Hameed[1][2]
| No. | Title | Lyrics | Singer (s)[6][1] | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hum Ney Jo Phool Chuney, Dil Mein Chubhay Jaatein Hain[1]" | Fayyaz Hashmi[1] | Naseem Begum | |
| 2. | "Kaheen Do Dil Jo Mil Jatey, Bigadta Kya Zamane Ka[7][1]" | Fayyaz Hashmi | Saleem Raza,Naseem Begum | |
| 3. | "Hum Bhool Gaey Har Baat, Magar Tera Pyaar Nahin Bhoolay[1]" | Fayyaz Hashmi | Saleem Raza, Naseem Begum | |
| 4. | "Mukhray Peh Sehra Dalay, Aa Ja O Aanay Walay[8]" | Fayyaz Hashmi | Naseem Begum and chorus | |
| 5. | "Saheli, Chun Le Apna Sathi" | Fayyaz Hashmi | Naseem Begum,Irene Perveenand chorus | |
| 6. | "Yeh Dunya Gol Mol Hai" | Fayyaz Hashmi | Fazal Hussainand chorus |
Release and box office
[edit]The film was released on 23 December 1960. It becamegolden jubileehit of the year by completing 50 weeks in the Karachi circuit. It was also released in theInternational Film Festival of Indiain the following year.[9]
Awards
[edit]| Year | Awards | Category | Awardee | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Nigar Awards | Best director | S. M. Yusuf[1] | |
| Best actress | Nayyar Sultana[1] | |||
| Best actor | Darpan | |||
| Best supporting actress | Shamim Ara[1] | |||
| 1961 | Presidential Award | Best Film[10] | S. M. Yusuf and F. M. Sardar[10] | [10][11] |
| Best Director | S. M. Yusuf[10] | |||
| Best Actress | Shamim Ara[10] | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Nayyar Sultana[10] | |||
| Best Supporting Actor[10] | Talish |
References
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- ^Pakistan Quarterly - Saheli and S. M. Yusuf.Vol. 12–13. Pakistan Publications. 1964. p. 53.
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