Zeenat (1945)
November 16, 1945Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Noor Jehan
Zeenat
Lala Yaqoob
Akhtar Hussain
Karan Dewan
Liyaqat Hussain
Majeed
Sharafat Hussain (as Majid)
Dixit
Hakim
Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
Director
Himalaywala
Liyaqat's Brother
Changezi
Writer
Agha Salim Raza
Salim Raza
Wajahat Mirza
Writer
Khadim Mohy-ud-Din
Writer
Seth Shiraz Ali Hakim
Producer
Nazir
Nazeer
Ramzanali S. Lakhani
Producer
Munee Aga
Young Akhtar
Naseem Jr.
Sahida (as Nasseem)
Shanta Rin
Hakim's Wife
Bibboo
Jamila - Akhtar's Sister
Leela Mishra
Liyaqat's Mom (as Lila Misra)
Amir Banu
Amir Banoo
Jillo
Jilloobai
Shashikala
A qawwali dancer
Shyama
A qawwali dancer
Amirbai Karnataki
Playback Singer
Mohammed Rafi
Playback Singer
Rafiq Ghaznavi
Music
Hafiz Khan
Music
Meer Saheb
Music
P. Issac
Cinematography
Mohsin T. Bangriwala
Film Processor
M.P. Kulkarni
Film Processor
D.N. Patel
Film Processor
Zohrabai Ambalewali
Playback Singer
Anjum
Lyricist
Nakhshab Jarchavi
Lyricist
Mahurul Qadre
Lyricist
Shewan
Lyricist
Chanda Bai
Shah Nawaz
Amir
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Zeenat is a 1945 Indian Muslim social melodrama film directed by Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and starring Noor Jehan, Yakub, Majid, Himalayawala, and Karan Dewan. It was produced by Shirazali Hakim and Ramzanali S. Lakhani. The film's story and dialogue was written by Wajahat Mirza Changezi. The music was composed by Meer Saheb and Hafiz Khan while the background music was provided by Rafiq Ghaznavi.It is the story of a young girl who loses her husband a few days after her wedding as a result of a fall from a horse but not before they have spent a night together unbeknownst to others, leaving her pregnant. Her travails following the death of her husband and the music of the film made it the highest grossing Indian film of 1945. Zeenat was the highest-grossing movie of the year 1945 and is known for its famous Quawwsli "Aahen Na Bharin Shikwe Na Kiye".