Gul-E-Bakawali | |
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Produced by | D. M. Pancholi |
Starring | Suraiya Noor Jehan Salim Raza Hem Lata Jabeen |
Music by | Ghulam Haider |
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Country | India |
Language | Punjabi |
Gul-E-Bakawali (transl. Flower of Bakawali) is a 1939 Indian Punjabi-language film by D. M. Pancholi,[1] starring Salim Raza, Noor Jehan, Suraiya, Hem Lata and Jabeen.[2] Based on the Indian folktale The Rose of Bakawali about the hedychium flower, said to be from a Persian legend in the Arabian Nights, it tells the story of fairy Bakawali and a prince who wants her magical flower to cure his blind father.