Cinema
Do Ansoo
Anwar Kamal Pasha · 1950
Synopsis
A rich nawab has two daughters, one by a courtesan, the other by his wife. In trying to abduct the first, he commits a murder and goes to prison for fourteen years. Ruined, his wife and her daughter rebuild their lives in a village with the help of a servant. Now a young woman, the daughter is engaged to a student, who is drawn towards the other sister by the sight of a dance.
Context
Released on 7 April 1950, the film adapted a novel by Hakim Ahmad Shuja, the director's father, whose title can be translated as “The Father's Sin”. It was produced by Sheikh Latif for Naubahar Films, with music by Mubarak Ali. Sabiha Khanum and Santosh Kumar formed the first successful couple of Pakistani cinema, surrounded by Shamim Bano, Gulshan Ara, M. Ajmal and Allauddin.
Who it is for
In Urdu; a family melodrama, worth seeing for what it says about the beginnings of Lahore cinema.
Prizes and reception
Twenty-five weeks in cinemas: the first silver jubilee of an Urdu-language film in Pakistan.
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