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Diya Aur Toofan (1969)

Diya Aur Toofan poster
Directed by
Saeed Khan Rangeela
Genre
romantic comedy
Country
Pakistan
Runtime
2h 21m
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman marries the man she loves. He dies before they can consummate the marriage. Her in-laws throw her out when they learn she is pregnant.

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What happens

Diya Aur Toofan (Urdu: دیا اور طوفان, lit. 'The Lamp and the Storm') is a 1969 Pakistani, Urdu romantic comedy film which is Produced & Directed by Rangeela. It also stars Munawar Zarif, Naghma, Ejaz Durrani, Nadeem Baig and Agha Talish. It tells a story of a woman who marries the man she falls in love with but who dies before the marriage could be consummated, she is then thrown out of her in laws because they find out she is pregnant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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