Beqarar (1950 film)

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Beqarar
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Directed by Nazir Ajmeri
Screenplay byNazir Ajmeri
Story byF.D. Sharf
Produced by
  • Nazir Ajmeri
  • S. Gul
Starring
Music by Ghulam Haider
Distributed byFilmsaz Productions
Release date
  • 17 July 1950 (1950-07-17)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Beqarar is a 1950 Pakistani film directed and co-produced by Nazir Ajmeri under banner Filmsaz Production. The film starred Ragni, S. Gul, Majid, Shammi, Charlie and Irshad Begum. Ghulam Haider was the music composer of the film's soundtrack. [1]

Contents

It was Ajmeri's first film in Pakistan after his migration to the country. [2] A flop film of the year, it became popular due to its music. The film which revolves around the theme of growing maximum grains for the country, was termed as ahead of its time by BBC . [3] [1]

Plot

The plot revolves around a poor farmer who is rewarded by the government due to his hard work for the better production of wheat crop. After this out of jealousy, the brutal son of the village landlord becomes his rival. This rivalry deepens further when both of them fall for the same girl and try to win her love.

Cast

Music and soundtrack

Ghulam Haider composed the music of the film. Arsh Lakhnavi and Tufail Hoshiarpuri were the film songs lyricists. [4]

Release

Beqarar was released on 17 July 1950. It completed 18 weeks at the Karachi cinema, thus became a flop film. [3] However, its music by Master Ghulam Haider and film songs became popular. [1] [5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Arif Waqar (30 September 2005). "جب پہلی بامقصد فلم بنی When the first meaningful film was made". BBC Urdu website (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 30 March 2023. Retrieved 23 August 2024.
  2. ↑ Ashish Rajadhyaksha; Paul Willemen (1994). Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema (page 99). British Film Institute. p. 99. ISBN   978-0-85170-455-5.
  3. 1 2 Trishla Goyal (1966). The Marketing of Films (Beqarar (1950 film)). p. 251.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ali Sufiyan Afaqi (26 November 2017). "Film songs of Beqarar (1950 film) - فلمی و ادابی شخصیات کے سکینڈلز...قسط نمبر 283". Daily Pakistan newspaper (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 8 November 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
  5. ↑ Sarfaraz Fareed Nehash (7 April 2020). "پاکستانی فلموں کے عروج کی کہانی!!". Jang newspaper (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 19 December 2022. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
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