Pheray

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Pheray
Directed by Nazir Ahmed Khan
Produced by Swaran Lata
Starring Swaran Lata
Nazir Ahmed Khan
M. Ismael
Nazar
Zeenat
Maya Devi
Baba Alam Siaposh
Allauddin
Cinematography Raza Mir
Music by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti
Release date
  • 28 July 1949 (1949-07-28)
CountryPakistan
Language Punjabi

Pheray is a 1949 Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed by Nazir Ahmed Khan. [1] [2] The story of the film was a remake of Nazir's own 1945 Indian film Gaon Ki Gori , that was released before partition. Ghulam Ahmed Chishti composed the music and the lyrics were written by G. A. Chishti and Baba Alam Siaposh. [2]

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The singers were Munawar Sultana and Inayat Hussain Bhatti. The film was released on 28 July 1949.

Pheray (1949 film) was a big musical hit and became Pakistan's first 'Silver Jubilee' film. It was screened in Lahore for 25 weeks at Palace Cinema and in Karachi for 5 weeks at the Taj Mahal Cinema. [3] [4]

Plot

Film Pheray was an almost identical love story to the famous folk story of Heer Ranjha. Sawarn Lata loves Nazir but her brother Allauddin is against their union. He marries her off to a wealthy man M. Ismael. The Hindu wedding ritual of seven steps around the fire (Pheray) is taken by Sawarn Lata's best friend Zeenat, who is entirely hidden in a traditional wedding dress. Sawarn Lata moves to her new home but plays a sick woman to avoid any sexual relations with her husband. M. Ismael is getting tired of her sickness and finally finds out the real reason for her behavior. He decides to re-arrange Sawarn Lata's wedding ceremony, but not with him this time, but with Sawarn Lata's lover - and that was a happy end of Pakistan's first super-hit musical film.

Cast

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