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Pre 1950's

After1947 the independence of Pakistan, the Indian film industry was segregated and the only film production center left in Lahore. Before the partition as many of the

working filmmakers and actors had left for the new country of India.

1948Teri Yaad

first Urdu feature film, Teri Yaad released on 7 August 1948, screening at the Parbhat Theater in Lahore. directed by Daud Chand, the film stayed for a

significant time on the cinema screens in Lahore, Quetta and Dhaka.

1949Pheray

Pheray was First Pakistani Punjabi film released on July 28, 1949. A big musical hit and became Pakistan's first ever silver jubilee film. Directed by Nazir Ahmed. screened in Lahore for 25 weeks at Palace Cinema and in Karachi for 5 weeks at Taj Mehal Cinema.

Do Ansoo made in 1949 and released on 7 April 1950, first  film  to attain a  silver jubilee  status. attained a 25-week viewing

Madam Noor Jehan  started her film career in Pakistan as actress, singer and director with a mega hit musical Punjabi film Chann Way. This film ran 18 weeks on Regent cinema.

1950

Do Ansoo 1951

Chann way

1952 Dopatta

The Film of The Year..Dopatta  was the only Pakistani Urdu film to celebrate an outstanding success in the sub-continent in 1952. In 1953 Shehri Babu

A big romantic film. Zubaida Khanum sung her first hit songs in this film and was seen in the film as an extra actress

1954 Gumnam is a Urdu romantic & musical film released on 26-03-1954 and made in Lahore.

First Karachi made film.. 1955"Hamari Zuban" was the first ever Karachi made film (released on June 10). "Baba-e-Urdu" Molvi Abdul Haq played a role in this political motivated film.

In 1956 SarfaroshUrdu action & musical film, Released date: 15-06-1956, Made in Lahore

In 1957 Yakkey Wali

Producer  Bari Malik  bought Pakistan's biggest ever film studio  Bari Studio from the profit of this film. The business of this film was Rs. 4 million and film expenditures was just around about one lac. This was the first Pakistani film that completed continuously more than 50 weeks at Capital Cinema Lahore.

In 1958 Anarkali

Another big musical film by  Madam Noor Jehan  with two music directors, Rasheed and Master Inayat Hussain.The story of film Annar Kali was written in 1922 by famous Urdu writer  Imitiaz Ali Taj

A big film released on June 18, 1959

One of the greatest ever Punjabi musical and dramatic film produced on June 18, 1959. The film story is about the partition of India. A symbolic village with love and solidarity between Hindu, Muslim and Sikh's. This film told the story how they were separated

The Golden 60’s

The Golden 60’s

More than six hundred movies were produced in this golden decade

The Golden 60’s This was a decade in which we transformed from black

and white to coloured cinema

The Golden 60’s

Debutants Many legendary actors and singers joined film industry in

this remarkable decade Zeba, Mohammad Ali, Deeba, Talat Hussain and Kamal

Irani , Waheed Murad , Rani in , Shabnam and Rehman , Naghma , Adeeb , Tani , Panna , Tarana.

The Golden 60’s

Actors Zeba, Arif, Deeba, Mohammd Ali, Kamal Irani, Waheed (an Radio artist) and Talat Hussain

Producer, Director, Story & DialogsFazal Karim Fazli

Fazal Karim Fazli on the occasion of the first ever song recording by Noorjehan

Singers Madam Noor Jehan, Talat Mehmood (Indain singer), M. Kaleem and Kajjan Begum (Mehnaz mother)

This decade was started by giving big musical mobig musical film...Actors Nayyar Sultana, Darpan, Shamim Ara, Bahar, Aslam PervezProducer F. M. Sardar, S. M. YousufDirector S. M. YousufMusic A. HameedLyrics Fyaz HashmiSingers Nasim Begum, Salim Razavies

The Golden 60’s The big projects

Producer DarpanDirector S. Suleman

Producer & Director Syed Atta Ullah Shah Hashmi /M.M. Billoo Mehra

The Golden 60’s

Producer & Director Khalil Qaisar

Director Saeed AshrafiProducerInayat Hussain Bhatti

Lollywood 1970’s• 1970’s also known as ‘Age of the Disaster’ & ‘Age

of VCR’ for Pakistani Cinema• Before the separation of Bangladesh, Pakistan

had three main film production centers: Lahore, Karachi and Dhaka

• After the War, Pakistani film industry lost its Dacca wing in 1971 and the number of cinema decreased rapidly. Veterans like Runa Laila departed for Bangladesh, and the Pakistani industry was at the brink of disaster.

Lollywood 1970’s• The film Dosti, released on 7 February 1971, turned out to

be the first Urdu film to complete 101 weeks of success at the box office.

• Its Genre was ‘Drama’.

• The mid-1970s saw the introduction of video cassette recorders in Pakistan. Suddenly films from all over the world were copied onto tape. Attendance at cinemas decreased when people preferred to watch films in the comfort of their homes

Lollywood 1970’s• Javed Jabbar's Beyond the Last Mountain, released on 2nd Dec 1976, was Pakistan’s first

venture into English film-making. The Urdu version Musafir (Usman Pirzada’s debut film) did not do

well at the box office.• This movie has a rating of 7.3 on IMDB

• Aina, released on 18 March 1977. Directed by Nazar-ul-Islam & Written by Bashir Niaz

• The film stayed in cinemas for over 400 weeks, with its last screening in Karachi where it ran for

more than four years. It is considered the most popular film in

the country's history.

Lollywood 1970’s• Following Zia-ul-Haq's military coup, New tax rates were

introduced, further decreasing cinema attendances

• Films dropped from a total output of 98 in 1979, of which 42 were in Urdu, to only 58 films (26 in Urdu) in 1980

• filmmakers employed flaccid storylines to present Punjabi cult classics such as Maula Jatt .

• As a result, a new sub-culture emerged known as ‘Gandasa Culture

Lollywood 1970’s• Maula Jatt in 1979by Younis Malik and produced

by Sarwar Bhatti, telling the story of a gandasa-carrying protagonist waging a blood-feud with a local gangster

• The Film was a success. It completed continuously 130 weeks at Shabistan Cinema Lahore and combined 310 weeks in its first run

Mohammad Zia al-Haq's military dictatorship In the 1980s, censored any films that tried to address weighty issues. That decade’s extreme right-winger pattern demoralized the involvement of gifted Pakistanis, especially women. The malady was swift: “Lollywood,”

Pakistan’s caring denomination for its Lahore-based film industry, churned out flavorless films full with aggression, created disco numbers, theatrical plotlines and pathetic acting. By the end of the 1990s, production had dragged to about 50 films per year. Hundreds of cinemas across the country were snagged down.

The annulment of entirely censor credentials of all movies delivered previous to the obligation of military law, the novel code of restriction.

Literature Review

Khandan Released date: 28-03-1980 

Genre: Family drama 

Film credits :Actors Najma, Rahat Kazmi, Badar Munir, Ishrat Chohuadry,

"Aaye ho abhi, betho to sahi" was famous song.

Famous Movies of 1980

Released date: 11-01-1980 Genre: Family drama  Film credits :Shabnam, Nadeem, Diana Christana, Ray Martin, Talish, Allauddin “Bandish” was the first ever Urdu film to reach platinum jubilee in Lahore

BANDISH

Released date: 11-01-1980 Genre:-Comedy film Film credits :Shabnam, Nadeem (double role), Kamal, Nimmi, Saiqa,

Najma Mahboob, Jamil Bismil,Aslam Pervaiz.

HUM DONO

Shaani (Urdu Drama) Genre:-Comedy film

Film credits: Babra Sharif, Sheri Malik, Ghulam Mohiuodin, Asif Khan, Saeed Rizvi and Mohammad Ali The film was known for its special effects which were first used in Pakistan. Basically it was a sci-fi movie.

SHAANI

1990-1999

At the starts of the 1990s, Pakistan's film industry was gripped with certain doom.

The local industry succeeded to gain audience attention however in the mid- and late-1990s. Haathi Meray Saathi produced and distributed by Eveready Pictures celebrated its Golden Jubilee bringing audience back to the cinema for 66 weeks . Another big runner was Syed Noor's "SARKATA INSAAN" first Pakistani Horror and Fiction

1990-1999 Deewane Tere Pyar Ke, Mujhe Chand Chahiye, Sangam,

Tere Pyar Mein, and Ghar Kab Aao Gay, which tried hard to get away from the formulaic and violent storylines but were not accepted fully amongst the lower middle class cinema audience

1990-1999 Sultan Rahi was murdered in

1996. The already reeling industry lost viewership not just for its Urdu but Punjabi films following Rahi's death.

Nazrul Islam died during the time. The industry was pronounced dead by the start of the new millennium. Syed Noor depressed at the sudden decline of cinema gathered investors for what was considered the only Pakistani film to have survived this chaos.

1990-1999

The year 1998 saw the release of Noor's Choorian,

Choorian opened in 22 screens across Pakistan and earned a total of ₨200 million in its one year run