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Beqarar

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Pakistan
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How it feels

A film about a community's effort to grow more food for the nation. The story follows characters working together toward agricultural self-sufficiency.

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What happens

Beqarar is a 1950 Pakistani film directed and co-produced by Nazir Ajmeri under banner Filmsaz Production. The film starred Ragni, S. Gul, Majid, Shammi, Charlie and Irshad Begum. Ghulam Haider was the music composer of the film's soundtrack. It was Ajmeri's first film in Pakistan after his migration to the country. A flop film of the year, it became popular due to its music. The film which revolves around the theme of growing maximum grains for the country, was termed as ahead of its time by BBC. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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