Doorian

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Doorian
Directed byHassan Askari
Written by Bashir Niaz
Produced by S. A. Gul
Starring
Music by Robin Ghosh
Production
company
Evernew Productions
Release date
  • 6 April 1984 (1984-04-06)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Doorian is a Pakistani film directed by Hassan Askari, based on a story by Bashir Niaz, and produced by S. A. Gul under the banner Evernew Pictures.

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A golden jubilee hit film of the year, it received seven Nigar Awards including "best film". Doorian was also remade in Bollywood as Aandhiyan (1990). [1]

Plot

Due to the relation of a married couple where the influential and rich husband mistreats his wife, the latter separates from him. The plot then revolves around the struggle of the wife to obtain custody of her son and to lead her life as a single parent. [2]

Cast

Guest cast

Soundtrack

All songs were written by lyricist Saeed Gillani and the music was composed by Robin Ghosh.

Track list

SongPerformance by
"Tere qadmo ko chhumu ga" Zoheb Hassan, Nazia Hassan
"Bas ek tere siwa koi nahi hai mera"Ikhlaaq Ahmed, Mehnaz Begum [3]
"Sapna, dekha tha chota sa sapna"Ikhlaaq Ahmed, Mehnaz Begum
"Basti ka kaam hai jalna"Mehnaz Begum
"Jab bhi bhoolna chaha, tum yaad aaye"Mehnaz Begum
"Khoye ho na janay tum kahan" Nayyara Noor

Remake

The film was remade in Hindi in 1990 with the title Aandhiyan , starring Shatrughan Sinha, Mumtaz, Prosenjit Chatterjee. [4] [5]

Awards

At the annual Nigar Awards ceremony, Doorian won seven awards in the following categories: [1] [6]

CategoryRecipient
Best FilmEvernew Productions
Best DirectorHassan Askari
Best Scriptwriter Bashir Niaz
Best Musician Robin Ghosh
Best Art directorHaji Mohiuddin
Best Playback female singer Nayyara Noor
Best Playback male singerIkhlaaq Ahmed

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