Sangam (1964 Urdu film)

Sangam
Directed by	Zahir Raihan
Produced by	Iftekharul Alam Kislu
Starring	Rosy Haroon Sumita Khalil
Cinematography	Afzal 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]}

Cast

• Rosy ^[1]
• Haroon ^[1]
• Sumita
• Khalil ^[1]

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. "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. 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.

External links

• Sangam at IMDb