Shaheed (1962)
January 5, 1962Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Mohammad Afzal
Actor
Allauddin
Sardaar
Ejaz Durrani
Haris
Khalil Qaiser
Director
Riaz Shahid
Writer
Rashid Attre
Composer
Agha Talish
Lawrence/Ajnabi
Husna
Aaliya
Details.
Release DateJanuary 5, 1962
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 5m
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Shaheed (lit.β'Martyr') is a 1962 Pakistani Urdu language music blockbuster classical film directed and produced by Khalil Qaiser under the production banner of K. K. Productions, and was the new banner that Qaiser formed. It is written by Riaz Shahid, while the music is composed by Rashid Attre. It features Musarrat Nazir, Allauddin and Husna in the lead among other protagonist characters. It is recognized one of the successful films of the Pakistani cinema while its film budge and theatrical box office metrics are uncertain. In 2016, the Lok Virsa Museum screened the film as part of retaining historical film records in the museum.
Attre's composition from the poems by Munir Niazi and Faiz Ahmad Faiz played a prominent role in the film. It was later nominated for the Nigar Awards, presented by the Nigar magazine. The film became the recipient of nine Nigar Awards, leading it to become one of the Pakistani films with maximum awards received. The film revolves around political and social themes, in particular anti-imperialism theme reportedly based on Lawrence of Arabia. A few years later when the film was released, its director was killed by an unidentified person or a group of people.