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K.D. Mehra made the first Punjabi "talkie" film, Sheela, also known as Pind Di Kurhi, in 1935. [1] Young Noor Jehan was introduced as an actress and singer in this film. Sheila was made in the city of Calcutta (now Kolkata) and released in Lahore. It ran very successfully and was a hit across the province. [2]
Suchet Singh, a silent film director and comparable to Dadasaheb Phalke and S. N. Patankar in the pre-studio era, died in a car crash in 1920. He established the Oriental Film Company in 1919 and directed four films in 1920, Mrichhakatik based on King Shutraka's play of the same name, Rama Or Maya, Doctor Pagal and Narsinh Mehta. [9]
The big-budget romantic Punjabi film by director Padam Prakash Maheshwary, Satluj De Kande, was released in 1964. This film starred Balraj Sahni, Nishi, Wasti, and Mirza Musharraf, with music by Hansraj Behl. This was the only Punjabi film starring Balraj Sahni. It was a major hit and earned a National Film Award.
The film was released on February 22, 1957. It had super-hit film songs by film song lyricist Ahmad Rahi and music by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti. A Golden Jubilee film. Zulfaan: Agha Hussaini: Bahar, Aslam Pervaiz, Zeenat Begum: Romance: This film had music by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti, and film song lyrics by Tufail Hoshiarpuri. 1958: Choomantar: M.M ...
1920: The Evil Returns is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language supernatural horror film written by Vikram Bhatt and directed by Bhushan Patel. A quasi-sequel to the 2008 film 1920 , [ 3 ] and the second of the 1920 film series , it stars Aftab Shivdasani , Tia Bajpai , Vidya Malvade and Sharad Kelkar . [ 4 ]
Due to the large area with many sub-regions, the folk music has minor lingual differences but invokes the same feelings. The sub-regions, Malwa, Doaba, Majha, Pothohar, and hills areas, have numerous folk songs. [4] Punjabi dance OP Bhangra music which is a genre of Punjabi modern music invented in Britain by the Punjabi diaspora.
The music that is popular amongst this Indian American subculture incorporates both Western and Eastern influences. Urban sounds including hip hop, R&B, and reggae are mixed with the more traditional Indian genres of bhangra and Hindi film music. [30] Punjabi music has also made its mark in mainstream Hindi cinema.
Heer Ranjha is a 1932 Punjabi feature film, the first movie directed by A.R. Kardar, [1] starring Anwari Begum and Rafiq Ghaznavi in the title roles. [2] [1] It is based on the love story of Heer Ranjha and the 18th-century Punjabi Sufi poet Waris Shah's epic poem narrating their saga. Rafiq Ghaznavi also composed the music for the film. [2]