Andaleeb is a 1969 Pakistani Urdu colour film starring Waheed Murad, Shabnam, Aliya, and Mustafa Qureshi, and Talish. It was a golden jubilee hit directed by Farid Ahmed, produced by Rashid Mukhtar, and music composed by Nisar Bazmi. Andaleeb received 4 Nigar Awards in different categories.
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Plot
This film is a musical love story based on Salma Kanwal's novel by the same title, "Andaleeb".
Cast
Shabnam
Waheed Murad
Aliya Begum
Mustafa Qureshi
Talish
Salma Mumtaz
Lehri
Talat Siddiqui
Niggo
Ibrahim Nafees
Rajni
Baby Durdana
Atia Ashraf
Meena Chaudhry
Pandit Shahed
Sultana Iqbal
Meena Chaudhary
Music
The music of the film was composed by well-known musician Nisar Bazmi. The song Kuch log rooth kar be lagte hain kitne pyare written by Masroor Anwar was one of his big super-hit songs for 1969.
Songs of the film are:
Nanhi munni guria rani... by Runa Laila
Kuch log rooth kar bhi lagte hain kitne pyaare by Ahmad Rushdi
Gaisuyon ke anchal mein... by Ahmad Rushdi
Mere dil ki mehfil saja dene wale... by Ahmad Rushdi and Noor Jehan
Tere waadon ne sanam... by Runa Laila
Kuchh log rooth kar bhi... by Noor Jehan
Pyar kar ke ham buhat pachhtaye... by Noor Jehan, film song written by Kaleem Usmani
Jhoote waado se na dil behlaiye... by Runa Laila and Dina Laila
Box office
The film was a golden jubilee hit, completing 56 weeks in theaters.
Awards
Andaleeb won four Nigar Awards in the following categories:
Trivia
Initially, the actress Shabnam was not able to speak Urdu fluently, so for Andaleeb, her dialogues were by a lady Kaukab Afzal.