Pakistani films in 1970

1970

First Pashto and Gujarati films..
Yousuf Khan Sher Bano was the first ever Pashto film and Badar Munir and Yasmin Khan were the first pair in this memorable Pashto film. Nazir Hussain was producer and Aziz Tabassum was director. This inaugural Pashto film completed more than 50 weeks in one cinema of Peshawar, relased on December 1, 1970.

The first Gujarati film Maa te Maa was released on December 1st, 1970. Producer was Qadeer Khan, director Iqbal Akhtar and the main pair was Shaista Qaisar and Agha Sajjad.

First time in Pakistani film history more Punjabi films were released than Urdu films and also first time two Punjabi films celebrated platinum jubilees in Karachi, they were Maa Puttar and Anwara.

Famous politician Amin Fahim, PPPP married singer Dina Laila and not her sister Runa Laila as it was misreported in the daily Jang Karachi on August 9, 1970. (thanks to Mr. Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Karachi)

Second religious film on holy places from Saudi Arabia, Iran, Iraq and Syrian with the name of Diyar-e-Peghambran was released on June 12, 1970 in Pakistani cinemas but was not successful this time. In Karachi, this film was screened on Naz cinema for four weeks. (thanks to Mr. Aqeel Abbas Jafri, Karachi)

Akmal's last film Bahadur Kissan was released

Debutants:

Actors: Nisho in Bazi, Asiya in Insaan aur Aadmi and Yasmin Khan in Yousuf Khan Sher Bano. Ghulam Ali in Heer Ranjha.
Music director: Tafoo started his career with super hit musical film Anwara and

Eid Days:

(19 films; 6 Urdu, 10 Punjabi, 1 Sindhi, 1 Pashto, 1 Gujarati)
8 films on Eid-ul-Azha (1389 hijri), Tuesdag, February 17, 1970
3 Urdu: Shama aur Parwana, Afsana & Akhri Chattan
5 Punjabi: Anwara, Sajna door deya, Do Nain sawali, Sajjan Beli & Chann te Chakor
11 films on Eid-ul-Fittar (1390 hijri), Tuesday, December 1, 1970
3 Urdu: Soghat, Road to Sawat & Raja Rani
5 Punjabi: Charhda Suraj, Duniya matlab di, Tikka Mathey da, Sardara & Matrei Maa
1 Sindhi: Punnu Aaqal
1 Pashto: Yousuf Khan Sher Bano
1 Gujarati: Maa te Maa

OBITUARIES:
Writer: Famous writer of Annar Kali drama Imtiaz Ali Taj died on April 19, 1970 after he was injured in an attack. Director and writer Nazir Ajmeri passed away on January 9, 1970.
Legendry poet Baba Alam Siyaposh (Mohammad Hussain) died on March 2, 1970. (Thanks to Mr. Aqeel Abbas Jafri)

Remarkable Musical Movies

Heer Ranjha	Shama aur Parwana	Anwara
Sajna Door deya	Maa Puttar	Naseeb apna apna
Bazi	Dil dian lagian	Insaan aur Aadmi
Rangeela	Anjuman	Att Khuda da wair
Chand Suraj	Dunia Matlab di	Soghat

Firdous & Ejaz

Punjab Pictures classic film
H E E R R A N J H A
(Punjabi - Colour) Realesed on: June 19th, 1970

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One of the greatest ever Pakistani Punjabi romantic movie based on the classic story of "Heer Waris Shah"...
It was a the most super hit platinum jubilee film on box office on this subject in Pakistan.

Actors	Firdous, Ejaz, Zamurrad, Munawar Zarif, Rangeela, Zulfi, Gul Zaman, Salma Mumtaz, Najmul Hassan, Tani, Farhi, Niggo, Aqeel, Ilyas Kashmiri and Ajmal
Producer	Ejaz Durrani and Masood Pervez
Director	Masood Pervez
Cinematography	Masood-ur-Rehman
Music	Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
Lyrics, Screenplay and Dialogs	Ahmad Rahi
Singers	Melody Queen Madam Noor Jehan, Naseem Begum, Irene Perveen, Munir Hussain, Masood Rana, Mujeeb Alam & Ghulam Ali (first film)