Badnaam

Badnaam
بدنام
Directed byIqbal Shehzad
Screenplay byRiaz Shahid
Based onJhumkay
by Saadat Hassan Manto
Produced byIqbal Shehzad
Starring
CinematographyM. Sadiq
Music byDeebo Bhattacharya
Distributed byMontana Films
Release date
  • 2 September 1966 (1966-09-02)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Badnaam is a Pakistani film in Urdu language, released on 2 September 1966, adapted from Saadat Hasan Manto's short story Jhumkay ("Ear-rings") by screenwriter Riaz Shahid, and was the second film adaptation of the Manto's story after 1946 Bollywood adaptation.[1] The film was directed and produced by Iqbal Shehzad, in his debut as a film director. Badnaam's cast included Allauddin, Nabeela, Neelo, Ejaz Durrani, Diljeet Mirza, Hameed Wain, Rangeela and Zumurrud.

The film celebrated its Silver Jubilee at the Pakistani cinemas in 1966 and was a box-office hit. The song of the film "Bare Bemurawat Hain Yei Husn Waale" was enormously popular, composed by Deebo Bhattacharya and is of the most prominent song of the singer Suraiya Multanikar. Badnaam received critical acclaim for its script and received three awards at Nigar Awards with a special award for Allauddin.[2] It was also entered in the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.[3]

  1. ^ Muhammad Suhayb (9 May 2021). "FLASHBACK: A TALE OF TWO CLASSICS". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 7 February 2023.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference pakmag was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". Moscow Film Festival. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2023.