Sangam (1964 Urdu film)

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Sangam
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Directed by Zahir Raihan
Produced by Iftekharul Alam Kislu
Starring
CinematographyAfzal Chowdhury
Music by Khan Ataur Rahman
Release date
  • 23 April 1964 (1964-04-23)
Country Pakistan
Language Urdu

Sangam is a Pakistani Urdu film released in 1964. Directions by Zahir Raihan. It is stars Rosy Afsari, Haroon, Sumita Devi, Khalil. It was the first full-length colour movie made in Pakistan. [1] [2]

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Cast

Production

The film was made in Bengali-speaking East Pakistan, [1] and Raihan and much of the cast and crew were from there, but for commercial reasons it was produced in Urdu. [3]

Raihan's decision to film in colour was influenced by the first colour laboratory in Pakistan being located in Dacca, at the fledgling government-run East Pakistan Film Development Corporation. [4]

Most of the film was shot on location in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Kaptai Lake and its surrounding hills feature prominently. [4] [5]

Sangam was produced and directed by Zahir Raihan. It was released on Eid-ul-Azha Day, 23 April 1964. [1]

Music

Khan Ataur Rahman composed the musical scores. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sangam (1964 Urdu film)". Pakistan Film Magazine website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN   0-19-577817-0.
  3. Raju, Zakir Hossain (2014) [First published 2008]. Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?. Routledge. p. 84. ISBN   978-1-317-60180-7.
  4. 1 2 Hoek, Lotte (December 2016). "Mirrors of Movement: Aina, Afzal Chowdhury's cinematography and the interlinked histories of cinema in Pakistan and Bangladesh". Screen. 57 (4): 491. doi:10.1093/screen/hjw052. hdl: 20.500.11820/f623c365-5cbf-48f2-827a-b08470d99eeb .
  5. Hoek, Lotte (2014). "Cross-wing Filmmaking: East Pakistani Urdu Films and Their Traces in the Bangladesh Film Archive". BioScope. 5 (2): 113. doi:10.1177/0974927614547989.