Changez Khan

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Changez Khan
Directed byRafiq Sarhadi
Written byHassan-ud-Din
Produced byHassan-ud-Din
Music by Rashid Attre
Release date
  • 24 January 1958 (1958-01-24)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Changez Khan is a 1958 Pakistani historical film directed by Rafiq Sarhadi. It was based on Naseem Hijazi's novel Akhari Chattan . Hassan-ud-Din played the titular role in the film, who also wrote the screenplay and produced the film as well. The other cast includes Asha Posley, Kamran, Allauddin, Fazal Shah and M. Ismael. [1]

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Changez Khan is the earliest film of the Pakistani cinema of the historical genre. [2] It's production had almost completed in 1956 but was released in 1958. [3] The film features the popular and evergreen milli song of Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Aye Mard-e-Mujahid Jaag Zra, Ab Waqat-e-Shahadat Hai Aaya. [2] [4]

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References

  1. "Changez Khan (1958) - Pakistani Urdu film". Archived from the original on 7 January 2022.
  2. 1 2 "پاکستان میں تاریخی موضوعات پر بننے والی فلمیں". Express.pk. 2 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
  3. Board of Economic Inquiry, West Pakistan, Lahore (1956). Rural Section Publications, Issues 113-120.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  4. "1965 War, songs that stimulated verve and pep among soldiers and nation alike". Dunya News. 6 September 2018.
  5. Amjad Parvez (14 April 2020). "Rakhshi — the first vamp/dancer of Lollywood". Daily Times (newspaper).