Evernew Pictures

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Evernew Pictures
Company type Private
Industry Entertainment
Founded1939
Founder Agha G. A. Gul
Headquarters,
Pakistan
Key people
Sajjad Gul (Director and CEO)
Divisions

Evernew Pictures is a Pakistani film production and distribution company. Founded in 1939 by Agha G. A. Gul, the company is one of the largest production company of films in the country. The company established its studio in 1956. [1] [2]

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History

Mundari (1949) was the first film produced by Agha G. A. Gul under the banner of Evernew Pictures. The company built its studio in 1956 by the revenue generated by the earning of Evernew's production Dulla Bhatti (1956). [1] [2] In 1965, one of the earliest color film of the country Naila was produced by the banner. [1] After the death of Gul, the company is currently owned by his son S. A. Gul. [3]

Films produced

YearTitleDirectorCastRef(s)
1956Dulla BhattiM.S. Dar Sabiha, Sudhir, Allauddin [1]
1956Lakht-e-JigarLuqman Noor Jehan, Santosh, Habib, Yasmin [1]
1958Laila Majnu Anwar Kamal Pasha Bahar, Aslam Pervaiz [4]
1962Mehboob Anwar Kamal Pasha Shamim Ara, Darpan, Rani, Yousuf Khan [1]
1962 Qaidi Najam Naqvi Shamim Ara, Darpan [1]
1962 Azra Munshi Dil Neelo, Ejaz
1963Ik Tera SaharaNajam Naqvi Shamim Ara, Darpan, Rani [1] [2]
1964DaachiAslam Irani Neelo, Sudhir, Naghma, M. Ismael, Nazar [2]
1965 Naila Sharif Nayyar Shamim Ara, Santosh, Darpan
1971Payal Ki JhankarNajam Naqvi Neelo, Darpan, Deeba, Aslam Pervaiz, Talish [1] [2]
1971Salam-e-MohabbatS.T. Zaidi Zeba, Muhammad Ali, Santosh [2]
1982Sangdil Hassan Tariq Babra Sharif, Nadeem [2]
1990 International Guerillas Jan Mohammad Mustafa Qureshi, Babra Sharif, Jawed Sheikh [3]
2000Ghar Kab Aao Gay Iqbal Kashmiri Shaan, Saima Javed Sheikh, Babar Ali, Sana, Meera, Ahsan Khan, Zeeshan, Jia Ali, Noor
No Paisa No ProblemFaisal BukhariNoor, Hamyun Saeed, Sana, Nirma, Fakhre Alam, Abid Kan
Tere Pyar Mein Hassan Askari Shaan, Zara Sheikh, Veena Malik, Badar Munir, Noor Bukhari, Irfan Khoosat, Raza

Studio

Following the success of his film Dulla Bhatti in 1956, Agha G. A. Gul established the studio of the production company, Evernew Studio in the same year. [5] It is among the only a few studios which are functional nowadays. [6]

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