Item Summary

Chakori - directed by Ehtesham & produced by F. A. Dossani. Shabana, Nadeem, Reshma, Azeem, Mustafa, Mirza Shahi, Dear Asghar, Irfan, Jalil Afghani, Irfan, Eitsham - cast. The film "Chakori" was made in Bengali language in East Pakistan (now Bangladesh), and released on March 22, 1967 in Dacca (Dhaka). Then, it was dubbed in Urdu language and released in Karachi on May 19, 1967. Distributors in West Pakistan were not interested in releasing this film due to critiques of newcomers Nadeem and Shabana. The first few days of film business were very bad, and then local boy Nadeem became a hero to cinemagoers and this film celebrated its platinum jubilee (81 weeks) - only the second Urdu film in Pakistan to celebrate a platinum jubilee and a new success record for the new pair. All male songs (except Nadeem's) were sung by Basheer Ahmad in the Bengali version. The Urdu songs were recorded in Lahore studio. This is a romantic, musical film in Urdu and Bengali language.

Descriptive Information

Title
چکوری
Transliterated Title
Cakorī
Alternative Title
Chakori
Sort Title
چکوری
Creator of work
گل ، illustrator
Contributor
Gul, illustrator
احتشام
Ihtsham, director
Eḥteshām, director
ایف۔ اے۔ ڈوسانی
F. A. Dossani, producer
Af. Ae. Ḍossānī, producer
مستفیظ
Mustafiz, producer
Mustafīz̤, producer
Publisher
کراچی : ڈوسانی فلمز
Karachi : Dossani Films
Karācī : Ḍossānī Filmz
Language
English
Urdu
Date Created
1967
Format
Posters
Provenance
Collection of Mr. Umar Ali
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated

Discovery Information

Subject
Arts and culture
Advertising
Arts
Motion pictures
Geographic Subject
Pakistan
Pakistan--Sindh
Keywords
Pakistani Film Ephemera Collection
Geographic Origin
Pakistan

Physical Characteristics

Height
77
Width
103
Page Count
1
File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Pakistani Film Ephemera Collection
Box number
30
Folder number
6
Barcode
32101111344477
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/ephemera_folders/78e9e0ba-00c7-4cd3-a2be-d4e09698f3fe/manifest