Ghalib (film)

Ghalib
Directed byAtta Ullah Hashmi
Written by
Produced byAttab Ullah Hashmi
Starring
Music byTassaduq Hussain[1]
Release date
  • 24 November 1961 (1961-11-24)
Running time
130 min
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Ghalib is a 1961 Pakistani black and white biographical drama film based on the life of famous Urdu poet, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib.[2] The film was directed and produced by Atta Ullah Hashmi, and the story was written by Shatir Ghaznavi with dialogue by Agha Shorish Kashmiri.[3][4] The film stars Sudhir in the title role of Ghalib while Noor Jehan played his love interest and also sang songs for the film.

It also marked her last film as an actor after which she shifted her focus towards singing completely.[5][6]

  1. ^ "Remembering melody maker Tassaduq Hussain — the unsung hero". Daily Times (newspaper). 28 July 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Dawn was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Ghalib (film)". Pakistan Film Magazine website. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  4. ^ "'Ghalib' is a film about the life of the great poet of the subcontinent Mirza Ghalib". IG News. 18 April 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  5. ^ "برصغیر کے عظیم شاعر مرزا غالب کی زندگی پر بننے والی فلم غالب". Daily Jang (newspaper) (in Urdu language). 9 March 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2022.
  6. ^ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 40. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.