Love in Jungle

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Love in Jungle
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Directed byAkku
Screenplay by Fayyaz Hashmi
Produced byRehan Ayub
Starring
Music by Tassaduq Hussain
Production
company
Traders 69
Release date
  • 10 June 1970 (1970-06-10)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Love in Jungle is a Pakistani film released in 1970. Starring Aliya in her first leading role, she was co-starred by Azeem (in his first West-Pakistan film), Nanha, Adeeb and Gul Hameed. Gul Hameed made his debut with this film and played the role of a man who lives in jungle with wild animals, much like Tarzan. The screenplay was written by Fayyaz Hashmi and music was composed by Tassaduq Hussain. [1] It was the first film in the series of Love in. It celebrated its silver jubilee on the Box office.

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Love in Jungle is the third of three films which were released in East Pakistan (present day Bangladesh) with Bengali-dubbed version.

Plot

In a war, many people run to save their lives from aerial shelling. Many of them dead and from these people, a group of some guys go to jungle. They encounter several problems in jungle, including bloodthirsty and wild animals. They also encounter a wild man who lives and behaves like the animals, who saves them from the wild animals at a point. He kidnaps a girl from them who then tricks to save herself and escape from him. [2]

Cast

Production

The filming took place in the forests of Sundarbans. [3]

It was the first film in the Love in series, followed by others films such as Love in Europe (1970), Love in Nepal (1987). [3]

Release and reception

Love in Jungle was released on 19 June 1970, in the cinemas of Lahore and Karachi. It was premiered in Karachi's Palaza cinema. [3] It was dubbed in Bengali to release in the East Pakistan, and was the third of three films which were released in East Pakistan in dubbed version. [5]

The film celebrate its Silver jubilee in Karachi circuit. [3]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Love in Jungle (1971)". 10 October 2021. Archived from the original on 30 April 2023. Retrieved 30 April 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "لو اِن سیریز کی مقبول فلمیں !!". Jang (newspaper). 20 October 2020. Archived from the original on 7 June 2021.
  4. 1 2 Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 267. ISBN   0-19-577817-0.
  5. ↑ "شبانہ (بنگالی اداکار ، مغربی پاکستان کی فلموں میں)". Pakistan Film Magazine Website. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023.
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