PAKEEZAH:

Pakeezah (Hindi: पाक़ीज़ा, Urdu: پاقیزا lit.Virgin, pure of heart) was an Urdu film (of Bollywood, Indian cinema) that was released in 1972, and is well remembered by generations of its admirers for its touching story of a courtesan, and for its lovely songs by Lata Mangeshkar. It was the magnum opus of the perfectionist director, Kamal Amrohi.

Pakeezah took nearly 14 years to shoot because of change in relationship between Meena Kumari and the director from warm to worse and then back to compromise one.

The heroine of the movie, Meena Kumari, gave probably the best performance of her career. When initially released in February 1972 the film opened to a lukewarm response and was supposed to be a flop. However after Meena Kumari's untimely death a month later, Pakeezah became a cult classic.

WILL TAKE AN INDEPTH LOOK INTO PAZEEZAH:

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Originally posted by asj:
PAKEEZAH:

Pakeezah (Hindi: पाक़ीज़ा, Urdu: پاقیزا lit.Virgin, pure of heart) was an Urdu film (of Bollywood, Indian cinema) that was released in 1972, and is well remembered by generations of its admirers for its touching story of a courtesan, and for its lovely songs by Lata Mangeshkar. It was the magnum opus of the perfectionist director, Kamal Amrohi.

Pakeezah took nearly 14 years to shoot because of change in relationship between Meena Kumari and the director from warm to worse and then back to compromise one.

The heroine of the movie, Meena Kumari, gave probably the best performance of her career. When initially released in February 1972 the film opened to a lukewarm response and was supposed to be a flop. However after Meena Kumari's untimely death a month later, Pakeezah became a cult classic.

WILL TAKE AN INDEPTH LOOK INTO PAZEEZAH:

Our Jammat urge a boycott of the Film since it portrayed our dirty laundry, lol..I was told by my mother. I was too young.

The best

Some of best scenes from Pakeezah: the dance number..when she told the anjuman that they were the ones who removed her veil (her virginity).

Then that dramatic scene when Salim told her that "today" her shame will be removed forever. ON their way to the masjid which she was unaware of, she was humilated, and as they approached the masj id and the maulana began the nikkah,(up to that moment she had no name, she was nameless).Maulana as her what is her name, she had no answer, Salim said, "pakeezah" (the pure/virgin).... she did not want him to take this burden and ran off screaming... back to the patoorah Haveli.

Pakeezah was filmed over a long period and there was quite a long gap in between, in the movie Meena Kumar has grown old and face swollen from her abuse of alchol. She was hitting the booze big time.

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Bhaijan this item was very influential to our young student dancers. Directed by GHulam Mohammed.

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Originally posted by Mitwah:
Bhaijan this item was very influential to our young student dancers. Directed by GHulam Mohammed.

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bai Meena Kumari tear ass in her days.. this mumber came back in Umrao Jaan, Razia Sultana, among many others. Berbice Melas had all them dancers doing this number....

good to have you back.

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Originally posted by Jansher:

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Originally posted by Mitwah:
Bhaijan this item was very influential to our young student dancers. Directed by GHulam Mohammed.

Inhi Logo ne

bai Meena Kumari tear ass in her days.. this mumber came back in Umrao Jaan, Razia Sultana, among many others. Berbice Melas had all them dancers doing this number....

good to have you back.

Thanks. Only yesterday, on our way back from NY we were listening and talking about this song. People were naming their daughters (Meena) after her too.

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Originally posted by Mitwah:

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Originally posted by Jansher:

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Originally posted by Mitwah:
Bhaijan this item was very influential to our young student dancers. Directed by GHulam Mohammed.

Inhi Logo ne

bai Meena Kumari tear ass in her days.. this mumber came back in Umrao Jaan, Razia Sultana, among many others. Berbice Melas had all them dancers doing this number....

good to have you back.

Thanks. Only yesterday, on our way back from NY we were listening and talking about this song. People were naming their daughters (Meena) after her too.

Big time they were naming them ghal Meena.

Well you missed the death of bollywood,

Please keep bollywood alive.

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Originally posted by Jansher:



Big time they were naming them ghal Meena.

Well you missed the death of bollywood,

Please keep bollywood alive.

Certainly, I will do my best to keep it alive. It's distinct and I use to refer many of my friends to this forum especialy for songs and other topical items. I will not visit BET.

Another classical that I loved is Chalte Chalte (Walking, Walking).

Chalte Chalte

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Originally posted by Mitwah:
Another classical that I loved is Chalte Chalte (Walking, Walking).

Chalte Chalte

i love allthe songs from pakeeza

chalo dildar chalo
mausam hai aashiqana
tharo rahiyo

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Originally posted by lynn:

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Originally posted by Mitwah:
Another classical that I loved is Chalte Chalte (Walking, Walking).

Chalte Chalte

i love allthe songs from pakeeza

chalo dildar chalo
mausam hai aashiqana
tharo rahiyo

These songs are all beautiful. They also demonstrate the influence and the fusion of urdu and hindi. Ghulam Mohammed has carried out an extra ordinary task in directing the music.

I have said this many time, Pakeezah is my all time favorite movie. All the songs are classic

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Originally posted by Mitwah:

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Originally posted by Jansher:



Big time they were naming them ghal Meena.

Well you missed the death of bollywood,

Please keep bollywood alive.

Certainly, I will do my best to keep it alive. It's distinct and I use to refer many of my friends to this forum especialy for songs and other topical items. I will not visit BET.

Another classical that I loved is Chalte Chalte (Walking, Walking).

Chalte Chalte

waiting and waiting for my love to return... the night is ending, the oil lamp is extinguishing, he is not in sight... the train passes and meena sees no salim...

Hi Lynn this one for you.
The Season is amorous

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Originally posted by Riya:
I have said this many time, Pakeezah is my all time favorite movie. All the songs are classic

Me hear u get three diffent copies and you watch them about ten times halready..

Nargis retires to the qabarstaan and sahib jaan is born there... the azaan is heard in the background...

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Originally posted by Jansher:

Me hear u get three diffent copies and you watch them about ten times halready..

Nargis retires to the qabarstaan and sahib jaan is born there... the azaan is heard in the background...

Meh does alternate the 3 and done watch them more than 10 times

Something about the train whistle does get to me. I can actually feel her longing...

Hi Guys, thanks for keeping Bollywood alive, we hope that Admin sees the necessity on giving us back our "house"

Back to Pakeezah:

We know that Kamal Amrohi directs the film and it was his magnus opus, we are pleased to submit this piece from Amrohi's son.

"My father, Kamaal Amrohi, first started 'Pakeezah' in 1959. Since the film was in cinemascope and there was no equipment available in India, he leased an Anomorphic lens which could be attached to a 35 mm camera. On completion, the film had to be sent to a lab in London. My father was not satisfied with the results, insisting that it was out of focus. Twice the film was sent back to London and the lab assured him it was perfect, but he was not convinced. Finally a committee was formed in the USA to decide. The verdict...1/100th of a second out of focus! So impressed was 20th Century that they gifted my father the lens" (Tajdar Amrohi in B D Garg's 'So Many Cinemas')

More than a decade in the making, the film was eventually completed and released in 1970, the year in which Meena Kumari died, thus ensuring its runaway success. Amrohi brought the same fastidiousness to all his films. His next film 'Razia Sultan', made with a mammoth budget, took another decade to complete and when it was released in 1982, turned out to be a total disaster. Perhaps it is this which explains his extremely meagre output, a total of four films in more than fifty years' association with Hindi films.
Tajdar Amroh:

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A betting me 1GY$ that this thread will be transferred to the other side before morning.

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Originally posted by Riya:
I have said this many time, Pakeezah is my all time favorite movie. All the songs are classic

In 70's, We were not a visible minority (Indos and Pakistanis from wherever) in Montreal. We were just a few but we mixed well. One of the profs from Pakistan used the Mc Gill auditorium and showed this movie. I always remember this movie since it was done in tribute to Meena.