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Andaleeb (film)

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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]

Directed byFareed Ahmed
Written bySalma Kanwal
Produced byRashid Mukhtar
StarringWaheed Murad
Shabnam
Aliya
Mustafa Qureshi
"Jugnu" Durdana Zareen
Ibrahim Nafees
Talish
Salma Mumtaz
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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
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Plot

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

Cast

Music

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

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

Awards

Andaleeb won four Nigar Awards in the following categories:

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

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

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