A list of films produced in Pakistan before 1950: A total of 7 films were produced in the country.
A list of films produced in Pakistan before 1950: A total of 7 films were produced in the country.
| Opening | Title | Genre | Language | Director | Cast | Box Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 1948 | Teri Yaad | Social & romantic film | Urdu | Dawood Chand | Asha Posley, Nasir Khan, Jahangir Khan, Najma, Kiran Rani, Nazar, Shola, Ghulam Mohammad, Master Ghulam Qadir, Sardar Mohammad, Zubaida, Dewan Sardari Lal | Average | First film to be produced in Pakistan. |
| Opening | Title | Genre | Language | Director | Cast | Box Office | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 March 1949 | Shahida | Social film | Urdu | Luqman | Shamim Bano, Nasir Khan, Shakir, Hamaliya Wala | Average | This film was started as Shafaq and its director was Fazal Shah but due to some untold facts, Luqman took over and made this romantic film as Shahida. |
| 6 May 1949 | Hichkolay | Social film | Urdu | Daud Chand | Ajmal, Akhtari, Sudhir, M. Ismail | Average | Sudhir was introduced in his first Pakistani film and played a role of a singer in this film. He had a very long film caeer. |
| 13 May 1949 | Sachai | Social film | Urdu | Nazir | Swaran Lata, Nazir, Majeed, Maya, Devi | Average | |
| 28 July 1949 | 2 Kinaray | Social film | Urdu | Ashiq Bhatti | Akhtari, Suresh, Kalavati, Zarif | Flop | |
| 28 July 1949 | Pheray | Romantic, musical film | Punjabi | Nazir | Swaran Lata, Nazir, Zeenat, Nazar, Allauddin | Super Hit | This was Zeenat's first debut. |
| 18 November 1949 | Mundri | Social film | Punjabi | Dawood Chand | Ragni, Ilyas Kashmiri, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Zeenat | Average | The first film of famous film producers Evernew Pictures |
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