Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi

Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi
Directed by	Hassan Tariq
Screenplay by	Agha Hassan Imtisal
Based on	Mummy by Saadat Hassan Manto
Produced by	Safdar Masood
Starring	Rani Mohammed Ali Sabiha Khanam Shahid Nayyar Sultana Darpan
Music by	Nisar Bazmi
Release date	25 July 1975 (1975-07-25)
Country	Pakistan
Language	Urdu

Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi is a Pakistani Urdu film directed by Hassan Tariq, and based on short story "Mummy" by Saadat Hassan Manto released in 1975. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

Mummy, is a madam at a brothel. She loves one of her girls, Afshan, like her own daughter, yet she does not hesitate to send her to rich men who spend the night with her in exchange of money. One day, Afshan comes across a man, Asif, who accidentally runs her over with his car and then saves her life by taking her to hospital. After knowing her more, he decides to marry her. Mummy allows him to do so but hides her past. He brings her to his house where she is shocked to see her father-in-law who was one of her clients and was the reason why she had her accident with Asif's car in the first place. The old man dies in shock but that is not the end of Afshan and Asif's misfortunes. The rest of the story narrates that.

Cast

• Rani ^{[1] [2]}
• Mohammed Ali ^{[1] [2]}
• Sabiha Khanam ^{[1] [2]}
• Shahid ^[1]
• Nayyar Sultana ^[1]
• Darpan

Guest appearances

• Agha Talish ^{[1] [2]}
• Aslam Pervaiz
• Ilyas Kashmiri
• Kemal Irani

Release

Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi was released on 25 July 1975. It ran for 52 consecutive weeks in Karachi and became a platinum jubilee film. ^{[1] [2]}

Soundtrack

Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Singer (s)	Length
1.	"Mein Jo Kehta Hun Begunah"	Masroor Anwar [2]	Nisar Bazmi [2]	Mehdi Hassan
2.	"Kya Haseen Jisam Hai"	Saifuddin Saif [2]	Nisar Bazmi	Mehnaz Begum [2]

Reception

Critical reception

Sabiha Khanum's performance in the film was met with critical acclaim. ^[3] While commenting on her performance, a reviewer noted that despite overacting sometimes and being pretentious, she managed to give a good performance... a 'Madame with a heart of gold' who is constantly helping destitute women down on their luck'. ^{[1] [4]}

Awards

The film received 4 Nigar Awards in 1975 in the following categories. ^{[5] [6]}

Category	Awardee
Best screenplay	Agha Hassan Imtisal
Best cinematographer	Babar Bilal
Best Art director	Islam Shahabi
Special Award	Sabiha Khanam

References

1. Omar Khan (13 January 2002). "Aik Gunah Aur Sahi (1975 film) - Film Review". The Hot Spot Online Film Reviews website. Archived from the original on 13 February 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
2. Nate Rabe (20 May 2017). "Sound of Lollywood: Cashed-up Pakistanis don't realise the joke is on them in 'Kya Haseen Jism Hai'". Scroll.in website. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
3. Amjad Parvez (18 October 2019). "Rani: top class heroine of Pakistani cinema's golden era — Part II". Daily Times newspaper. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Sahiba's performance as Mummy is outstanding. Not just through her lines – delivered in the perfect accent of a non-native English educated Urdu speaker – but in her repeated confrontations with Asif and other men far more powerful than herself
4. K. S. Hosain (1975). Cinema the World Over. Vol. 1–3. National Film Development Corporation (Pakistan). p. 47 and 51.
5. "THE NIGAR AWARDS 1957 - 1971". The Hot Spot Online website. Archived from the original on 3 August 2008. Retrieved 13 July 2024.
6. "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". The Hot Spot Film Reviews website. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2024.

External links

• Aik Gunnah Aur Sahi at IMDb