Mandi (1956 film)

Mandi (transl. Market) is a 1956 Pakistani film directed by Aziz Ahmed. It was based on a short story by Ghulam Abbas. The film features Khuraheed in her second film in Pakistani cinema and her film appearance overall, after which she quit acting.[1][2] It also stars Ayaz and Nighat Sultana.[3] Khursheed also sang all songs of the film in the music composition of Rafiq Ghaznavi.[4] It was also the last film of Ghaznavi as he shifted to Radio Pakistan after the film's box office failure.[5]

Mandi
Directed byAziz Ahmed
Screenplay byMohammad Hassan
Based onA short story by Ghulam Abbas
Produced byNisar Ahmad
Starring
Music byRafiq Ghaznavi
Production
companies
Release date
  • 29 June 1956 (1956-06-29)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Mandi was commercially unsuccessful.[2][6] It is among the earliest Karachi-based films.[6] The production of the film started in the Eastern Studio of Karachi, but later on due to unavailability of the technical facilities it shifted to Shahnoor Studios of Lahore.[7]

Plot

The plot revolves around a neighborhood that is right in the middle of the city and where the prostitutes live. For the women of this particular region, the people from different walks of life demand that these women should be banished from the city so that the society can be freed from the moral evils caused by them. Upon struggling to protect their living place, these contractors of morality raise their voices in favor of these women when they receive financial benefits.

Cast

References
  1. "Khursheed Begum – Her Last Interview". Cineplot.com website. 18 September 2010. Event occurs at 10:09 AM. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
  2. "Showbiz Highlights of 1956". Motion Pictures Archives of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020.
  3. "Mandi". Motion Pictures Archives of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020.
  4. "Mandi (1956) - Pakistani Urdu film".
  5. "'پشاوری موسیقار' رفیق غزنوی". Express.pk. 29 November 2020.
  6. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  7. "کراچی جو کبھی فلم سٹی ہوا کرتا تھا". Jang (newspaper). 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021.
  8. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
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