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]
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| Directed by | Aziz Ahmed |
| Screenplay by | Mohammad Hassan |
| Based on | A short story by Ghulam Abbas |
| Produced by | Nisar Ahmad |
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| Music by | Rafiq Ghaznavi |
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| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Urdu |
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 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
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "Khursheed Begum – Her Last Interview". Cineplot.com website. 18 September 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ a b "Showbiz Highlights of 1956". Motion Pictures Archives of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Mandi". Motion Pictures Archives of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 21 January 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d "Mandi (1956) - Pakistani Urdu film". Pakistan Film Magazine website. Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ "'پشاوری موسیقار' رفیق غزنوی". Express.pk. 29 November 2020.
- ^ a b Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 48. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
- ^ "کراچی جو کبھی فلم سٹی ہوا کرتا تھا". Jang newspaper. 13 April 2021. Archived from the original on 14 August 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2024.
- ^ a b c d e Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 (see page 245 for Mandi film). Oxford University Press. p. 245. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
