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Andaleeb

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Andaleeb
Directed byFareed Ahmed
Written bySalma Kanwal
Produced byRashid Mukhtar
StarringWaheed Murad
Shabnam
Aliya
Mustafa Qureshi
"Jugnu" Durdana Zareen
Ibrahim Nafees
Talish
Salma Mumtaz
Music byNisar Bazmi
Release date
  • 29 August 1969 (1969-08-29)
Running time
180 minutes
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Andaleeb is a 1969 Pakistani Urdu colour film starring Waheed Murad, Shabnam, Aliya, and Mustafa Qureshi, and Talish. It was a golden jubilee hit directed by Farid Ahmed, produced by Rashid Mukhtar, and music composed by Nisar Bazmi. Andaleeb received 4 Nigar Awards in different categories.[1]

Plot

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This film is a musical love story based on Salma Kanwal's novel by the same title, "Andaleeb".

Cast

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Music

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The music of the film was composed by well-known musician Nisar Bazmi.[1] The song Kuch log rooth kar be lagte hain kitne pyare written by Masroor Anwar was one of his big super-hit songs for 1969.

Songs of the film are:

Box office

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The film was a golden jubilee hit, completing 56 weeks in theaters.

Awards

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Andaleeb won four Nigar Awards in the following categories:

Category Recipient
Best actor Waheed Murad[3]
Special award Shabnam[3]
Best screenplay Ali Sufiyan Afaqi[3]
Best sound editor A. Z. Baig[3]

Trivia

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Initially, the actress Shabnam was not able to speak Urdu fluently, so for Andaleeb, her dialogues were by a lady Kaukab Afzal.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Andaleeb (1969 film)". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website. 16 August 2011. Archived from the original on 16 December 2017. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  2. ^ a b Soundtrack of film Andaleeb (1969) on IMDb website Retrieved 25 May 2019
  3. ^ a b c d "Nigar Awards (1969)". Cineplot.com website. 17 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. ^ "'Andaleeb' screened at Lok Virsa". The News. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  5. ^ "The making of a legend". The News. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
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