Eveready Pictures

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Eveready Pictures
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded1947
Founder J.C. Anand
Headquarters
Karachi
,
Pakistan
Key people
 Satish Anand (Director and CEO)
Divisions Film production
Film distribution
Television production
Marketing
Merchandising
Licensing
Website Eveready Group

Eveready Pictures is a Pakistani film and television production and distribution company. Since its inception in the 1940s, the company has grown to be one of the largest film studios in Pakistan. [1] [2] [3] [4] The company has produced nearly 100 movies and distributed over 700 movies. [5]

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Films produced

YearTitleDirectorCastRef(s)
1954 Sassi Daud Chand Sabiha Khanum, Sudhir, Asha Posley [6]
1955 Heer Nazir Ahmed Khan Swaran Lata, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, M. Ajmal, Zeenat Begum [6]
1956HatimDaud Chand Sudhir, Sabiha Khanum, Asha Posley, Sultan Rahi, M. Ajmal [1]
1956Miss 56R.K.Shorey Meena Shorey, Shamim Ara, Deeba, Aslam Pervaiz [1]
1957 Nooran M. A. Khan Sudhir, Noor Jehan, Saeed Khan Rangeela [4]
1957 Ishq-e-Laila Munshi Dil Sabiha Khanum, Santosh Kumar, Asha Posley, M. Ajmal, Allauddin [1]
1957MuradDaud Chand Asha Posley, Syed Kamal, Sultan Rahi, Sabiha Khanum [1]
1957 Noor-e-Islam Nazir Naeem Hashmi, Swaran Lata, Nazar, Nazir [1]
1958HasratMunshi Dil Allauddin, Yusuf Khan, Santosh Kumar [1]
1959Alam AraDaud Chand Shamim Ara, Akmal, Nasira, Ilyas Kashmiri, Asha Poslay [6]
1960 Saheli S. M. Yusuf Nayyar Sultana, Shamim Ara, Darpan, Bahar, Aslam Pervaiz [7]
1963 Dulhan S. M. Yusuf Nayyar Sultana, Habib, Darpan, Shamim Ara [7]
1975 Mera Naam Hai Mohabbat Shabab Kervani Babra Sharif, Ghulam Mohiuddin, Zarqa [8]
1985QurbaniTehsin Khan Yasmin Khan, Badar Munir, Sanita Khan, Nageena [8]
1993 Hathi Mere Sathi Shamim Ara Reema Khan, Mohsin Khan, Afzal Khan, Shafqat Cheema [8]
1995 Jeeva Syed Noor Babar Ali, Resham, Nadeem, Jawed Sheikh [8]

Films distributed

In addition to the films produced by Eveready Pictures since 1947, the following films from other banners were distributed, in domestic and/or overseas markets, by the company.

Television

YearTitleGenreNetworkEpisodesRefs
2007WaqtDrama ARY Digital 30 [21]
2008KoonjDrama Hum TV 28 [21]
2011BhanwarDramaHum TV27 [21]
2011 Choti Si Kahani Drama ARY Digital 27 [21]
2012 Raju Rocket SitcomHum TV22 [22]
2014Dil Apna Preet ParayiDramaHum TV30 [22]
2014Nestlé Nido Young StarsReality show ARY Digital 27
2015 Sehra Main Safar DramaHum TV27
2016 Mol DramaHum TV27
2016 Bad Gumaan DramaHum TV30
2018Karamat-e-IshqDrama TV One 27
2019 Janbaaz Drama Express TV 20 [23]
2020 Mein Jeena Chahti Hoon DramaExpress TV14
2022 Main Aisi Kyun Houn DramaExpress TV5 [24]

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