Salgira

Salgira
Directed by Qamar Zaidi
Produced by Najma Hassan
Written by Shams Hanafi
Starring Waheed Murad
Shamim Ara
Tariq Aziz
Santosh Rissal
Nighat Sultana
Nirala
Talish
Asif Ali Zardari (as child artist)
Music by Nashad
Release dates
14 February 1969
Running time
approx. 3 hours
Country Pakistan
Language Urdu

Salgira (Urdu: سالگرہ) (English: Birthday) is an Urdu-language Pakistani black-and-white film released in 1969. It is a melodious love story directed by Qamar Zaidi and produced by Najma Hassan and written by Shams Hanafi. The film cast Waheed Murad, Shamim Ara, Tariq Aziz, Santosh Rissal, Nirala, Nighat Sultana and Talish.[1] Included in the soundtrack are two hits songs, Meri zindagi hai naghma, meri zindagi tarana... and Lay aai phir kahan par qismat hamein kahan se... sung by Noor Jehan.

Asif Ali Zardari, ex-president of Pakistan, acted as the young protagonist Waheed Murad. This is his only known film as a child actor.

Release

Salgira was released on the Valentines Day in 1969. The film completed 20 weeks at the main cinemas and 61 weeks at the other cinemas of Karachi and thus became a golden jubilee film.[2]

Music

The music of Salgira is composed by Nashad and the lyrics are written by Shevan Rizvi and Taslim Fazli. Playback singers are Noor Jehan, Mehdi Hassan, Irene Parveen and Ahmed Rushdi.

Songography

Awards

Salgirah won 2 Nigar Awards in the following categories:[4]

Category Recipient
Best music Nashad
Best female play back singer Noor Jehan

References

  1. http://www.citwf.com/film303353.htm, film Salgira (1969) on Complete Index To World Film website, Retrieved 29 March 2016
  2. http://mazhar.dk/film/db/details.php?pid=811, film Salgira (1969) on Pakistan Film Magazine website, Retrieved 29 March 2016
  3. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623702/?ref_=fn_tt_tt_1, Soundtracks of film Salgira (1969) on IMDb website, Retrieved 29 March 2016
  4. http://www.janubaba.com/c/forum/topic/20869/Lollywood/Nigar_Awards__Complete_History, 1969 Nigar Awards for film Salgira (1969), Retrieved 29 March 2016
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