Ghunghat (1962)

Original title

گھونگٹ

Directed by

Khawaja Khurshid Anwar

Genre

musical film

Country

Pakistan

Runtime

2h 05m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman faces danger and deception after getting married. Her husband must uncover the truth behind a mysterious plot threatening their lives.

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What happens

Ghunghat (Urdu: گھونگھٹ, "Face-veil") is a 1962 Pakistani musical suspense thriller film directed by Khawaja Khurshid Anwar, who also wrote the screenplay and composed the music of the film. The main concept was derived from Ghulam Mohammad's short story Dosheeza. The film features Nayyar Sultana and Santosh Kumar as leads with Neelo, Laila, Ghulam Mohammad and Bibbo in supporting roles. The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. This film won four awards at the 1962 Nigar Awards, including Best Actor for Kumar and Best Music. The film was featured in British Film Institute's critics and users' polls of "Top ten Pakistani films of all times". In November 2015, it was screened at the Lok Virsa Museum to keep the historical records of the feature films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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