sulaimannnn
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Nargis (Meena kumari) is a tawaif (entertainer) based in the Muslim quarter of Lucknow. She dreams of marrying Shahbuddin, (Ashok Kumar) the man she loves, but his family's patriarch Hakim Saab strongly opposes their relationship because he finds it unacceptable to welcome a tawaif as a daughter-in-law into his respected family. Dejected, Nargis flees to a nearby qabristan (cemetery) and lives there, giving birth to a daughter. " (Wikipedias starting of the story)
The acting was good, Meena kumari and Veena acted well, Rajkumar was good too, even the side characters did well, storyline was good but not great and it did have some problems and also some confusing scenes, the movie was also long, the songs were GREAT very memorable and melodious, Lata Mangeshkar sang beautifully and the Lata Rafi duet "chalo dildar chalo" was great too, music composer ghulam mohammed was beautiful, Naushads background score and alaps were also good, lyrics by Kamal amrohi majrooh kaifi and Kaif bhopali are great, Josef wirschings cinematography was beautiful, the choreography by lacchu maharaj was great, the sets were also beautiful, Costumes by Meena kumari was beautiful but abit inaccurate, The cast includes Meena kumari Rajkumar Veena Ashok Kumar D. K sapru and nadira, The making of pakeezah itself could be movie but I'm not gonna explain everything but just abit about how it was made in the facts i put if you scroll down more, if you also want a detailed story of how it was made check Wikipedia.
Overall it's a good movie and everyone should watch it even though it's abit long.
Here are some facts about pakeezah.
Meena kumari was the costume designer.
The pond Meena kumari soaked her hair in the flim was filled with attars.
The fountain in the chalte chalte song was filled with rose water.
The candels are from Belgium
The carpets are from Persia/Iran
The carpet she danced on had real gold threads woven on it.
Most of the flim was made from Meena kumaris money.
Meena kumari charged only 1 rupees for this flim.
All the jewellery in the flim is real no one is wearing artificial they got the jewellery from Hyderabad Varanasi Bangalore and Jaipur.
Meena kumari also wore her private jewellery in the songs and flim.
The film's shooting started in 1956 or 1958 but it was abandoned in 1964 because Meena kumari and Kamal amrohi separated filming was started again in 1969 and the movie was finished in 1972 that is why Meena kumari sometimes look older and younger in the movie.
Nargis and sunil dutt recommend Meena kumari and Kamal amrohi to start making the movie again because they liked the idea of the movie and because of nargis and sunil the shooting started again in 1969.
Meena kumari had to get a body double in the song teer-e-nazar and chalo dildar chalo because she couldn't dance and stand because of her alcohol addiction.
They only used Meena kumaris close ups in teer-e-nazar song.
Meena kumari was healthy and well in inhi logon ne thade rahiyo and chalte chalte that's why she was the one dancing in these three songs and also because she was younger too.
The composer ghulam mohammed died before the movie released.
The cinematographer Josef wirsching also died before the release.
Ghulam Mohammad made 12 songs but only 6 were used.
The album of the other 6 songs was released in 1977 and it's name is pakeezah rang barang.
Kamal amrohi was asked to change the songs because they were outdated by 1969/1972 and ghulam mohammed had died in 1968, but kamal didn't change it saying it would be injustice to a dead man.
Lata Mangeshkar sang thade rahiyo inho logon ne and chalte chalte for the flim when the movie was being made in late 50s.
The flim was made between rs 12 million to rs rs 15 million.
The acting was good, Meena kumari and Veena acted well, Rajkumar was good too, even the side characters did well, storyline was good but not great and it did have some problems and also some confusing scenes, the movie was also long, the songs were GREAT very memorable and melodious, Lata Mangeshkar sang beautifully and the Lata Rafi duet "chalo dildar chalo" was great too, music composer ghulam mohammed was beautiful, Naushads background score and alaps were also good, lyrics by Kamal amrohi majrooh kaifi and Kaif bhopali are great, Josef wirschings cinematography was beautiful, the choreography by lacchu maharaj was great, the sets were also beautiful, Costumes by Meena kumari was beautiful but abit inaccurate, The cast includes Meena kumari Rajkumar Veena Ashok Kumar D. K sapru and nadira, The making of pakeezah itself could be movie but I'm not gonna explain everything but just abit about how it was made in the facts i put if you scroll down more, if you also want a detailed story of how it was made check Wikipedia.
Overall it's a good movie and everyone should watch it even though it's abit long.
Here are some facts about pakeezah.
Meena kumari was the costume designer.
The pond Meena kumari soaked her hair in the flim was filled with attars.
The fountain in the chalte chalte song was filled with rose water.
The candels are from Belgium
The carpets are from Persia/Iran
The carpet she danced on had real gold threads woven on it.
Most of the flim was made from Meena kumaris money.
Meena kumari charged only 1 rupees for this flim.
All the jewellery in the flim is real no one is wearing artificial they got the jewellery from Hyderabad Varanasi Bangalore and Jaipur.
Meena kumari also wore her private jewellery in the songs and flim.
The film's shooting started in 1956 or 1958 but it was abandoned in 1964 because Meena kumari and Kamal amrohi separated filming was started again in 1969 and the movie was finished in 1972 that is why Meena kumari sometimes look older and younger in the movie.
Nargis and sunil dutt recommend Meena kumari and Kamal amrohi to start making the movie again because they liked the idea of the movie and because of nargis and sunil the shooting started again in 1969.
Meena kumari had to get a body double in the song teer-e-nazar and chalo dildar chalo because she couldn't dance and stand because of her alcohol addiction.
They only used Meena kumaris close ups in teer-e-nazar song.
Meena kumari was healthy and well in inhi logon ne thade rahiyo and chalte chalte that's why she was the one dancing in these three songs and also because she was younger too.
The composer ghulam mohammed died before the movie released.
The cinematographer Josef wirsching also died before the release.
Ghulam Mohammad made 12 songs but only 6 were used.
The album of the other 6 songs was released in 1977 and it's name is pakeezah rang barang.
Kamal amrohi was asked to change the songs because they were outdated by 1969/1972 and ghulam mohammed had died in 1968, but kamal didn't change it saying it would be injustice to a dead man.
Lata Mangeshkar sang thade rahiyo inho logon ne and chalte chalte for the flim when the movie was being made in late 50s.
The flim was made between rs 12 million to rs rs 15 million.
"A newspaper editor, Shrivastav, is wounded when he was about to expose the underworld links of a rich and influential man. He calls over his friend, Inspector Shekhar from C. I. D to talk to him about the threat he receives from the underworld." (Wikipedias starting of the story)
The movie was good, acting was good too, dev Anand did great acting in this flim, Shakilas acting was okay in the start, it got better as the movie went on, the best acting in the movie was definitely waheeda rehmans in my opinion, storyline was good but i didn't really see any chemistry between hero and the main heroine Shakila, music and songs were great especially "leke pehla pehla pyar" sung by shamshad begum and picturised on Sheela Vaz, "kahin pe nigahe" sung by shamshad begum, "yeh hai Bombay meri jaan" sung by Mohammad Rafi Geeta Dutt and aankhon hi aankhon mein also sung by Rafi and Geeta lyrics were also good, the movie has abit of problems and some unrealistic stuff too, but the last 30 minutes were very entertaining and suspenseful.
Overall it's a movie worth watching.
The movie was good, acting was good too, dev Anand did great acting in this flim, Shakilas acting was okay in the start, it got better as the movie went on, the best acting in the movie was definitely waheeda rehmans in my opinion, storyline was good but i didn't really see any chemistry between hero and the main heroine Shakila, music and songs were great especially "leke pehla pehla pyar" sung by shamshad begum and picturised on Sheela Vaz, "kahin pe nigahe" sung by shamshad begum, "yeh hai Bombay meri jaan" sung by Mohammad Rafi Geeta Dutt and aankhon hi aankhon mein also sung by Rafi and Geeta lyrics were also good, the movie has abit of problems and some unrealistic stuff too, but the last 30 minutes were very entertaining and suspenseful.
Overall it's a movie worth watching.
