Yousuf Khan Sher Bano (1970)
- Directed by
- Aziz Tabassum
- Genre
- romance, drama
- Country
- Pakistan
- Runtime
- 2h 18m
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
This film is based on a classic Pashto folk tale about a doomed love story. It was the first Pashto language movie released in Pakistan and was a success with local audiences.
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What happens
Yousuf Khan Sher Bano was the first-ever Pashto film released in Pakistan. It was released on 1 December 1970. It was directed by Aziz Tabassum and produced by Nazir Hussain, with debut stars Yasmin Khan and Badar Munir. The story is based on the Pashto folk story Yousuf Khan and Sherbano. The tale has also been referred to as the Pashto version of Romeo and Juliet. Its music was composed by Lal Muhammad and Buland Iqbal, while the film was written by Ali Haider Joshi. This first Pakistani Pashto language film completed more than 50 weeks in one cinema of Peshawar, Pakistan, and was met with a positive reception from the Pakhtun audience. This film also marked the start of Pashto language films in the Pakistan film industry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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