Zeenat (1945)

Directed by

Shaukat Hussain Rizvi

Genre

drama film

Country

British Raj

Runtime

2h 58m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 2 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman's husband dies from a fall off a horse shortly after their wedding, but they have already spent a night together in secret. She becomes pregnant and faces hardship. The film's music and her struggles made it very popular in 1945.

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What happens

Zeenat is a 1945 Indian Muslim social melodrama film directed by Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and starring Noor Jehan, Yakub, Majid, Himalayawala, and Karan Dewan. It was produced by Shirazali Hakim and Ramzanali S. Lakhani. The film's story and dialogue was written by Wajahat Mirza Changezi. The music was composed by Meer Saheb and Hafiz Khan while the background music was provided by Rafiq Ghaznavi. It is the story of a young girl who loses her husband a few days after her wedding as a result of a fall from a horse but not before they have spent a night together unbeknownst to others, leaving her pregnant. Her travails following the death of her husband and the music of the film made it the highest grossing Indian film of 1945. Zeenat was the highest-grossing movie of the year 1945 and is known for its famous qawwali "Aahen Na Bharin Shikwe Na Kiye". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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