Heera Aur Pathar

Heera Aur Pathar
Heera Aur Pathar
Directed by	Parvez Malik
Produced by	Waheed Murad
Starring	Waheed Murad; Zeba; Nirala; Ibrahim Nafees; Kamal Irani;
Edited by	M. Aqeel Khan
Music by	Sohail Rana
Distributed by	Film Arts
Release date	12 November 1964;
Running time	approx. 3 hours
Country	Pakistan
Language	Urdu

Heera Aur Pathar (transl. Diamond and Stone) is a 1964 Pakistani Urdu language black-and-white film.

It was the first film of Waheed Murad as a lead actor who also produced it. The film was released on 11 December 1964. Murad introduced film director Parvez Malik for the first time to Pakistani cinema, marking his directorial debut. Also he had introduced film editor, M. Aqeel Khan, who would later receive the Nigar Award for his work in the movie. It was a hit film of 1964.

Cast and crew

Waheed Murad
Zeba
Nirala
Ibrahim Nafees
Kamal Irani

Crew

Music: Sohail Rana
Editing: M. Aqeel Khan
Camera: Nazir Hussain
Assistant Camera: Badar Munir

Music

The music of the film was composed by Sohail Rana. Sohail earned plaudits from his fans for the composition of Mujhay tum say mohabbat hai.... Although, he did not earn a Nigar Award for this film. The songs were written by Masroor Anwar and Mauj Lakhnavi. Playback singers are: Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi) Ahmed Rushdi, Najma Niazi, Khursheed Begum, Saleem Shahzad, Mala, Wasim Farooqui and Talat Siddiqui.

Discography

Mujhay tum se mohabbat hai... by Ahmed Rushdi and Najma Niazi
Gori simti jaye sharam se... by Ahmed Rushdi
Aaj mujhe kya hua... by Najma Niazi
Rahey himmat jawan apni... by Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi) and Saleem Shehzad
Ja ja rey chanda... by Mala
Mujhay ek larki se pyar ho gaya... by Saleem Shahzad and Talat Siddiqui
Aao manaen picnic... by Waseem Farooqui and Khursheed Begum

Awards

Film Heera Aur Pathar won two Nigar awards for the year 1964:

Waheed Murad won Nigar Award in the Best Actor category
M. Aqeel Khan won Nigar Award in the Best Film Editor category

References

↑ "Top five of Waheed Murad's evergreen movies". Bol News. 23 November 2021.
1 2 3 4 5 6 "Heera Aur Patthar (1964)". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF). Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
1 2 "List of Nigar Awards (1964)". Cineplot.com website. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

External links

Heera Aur Pathar at IMDb

[1] "Top five of Waheed Murad's evergreen movies". Bol News. 23 November 2021.

[citwf-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Heera Aur Patthar (1964)". Complete Index To World Film (CITWF). Archived from the original on 27 December 2018. Retrieved 28 June 2022.

[cineplot-3] 1 2 "List of Nigar Awards (1964)". Cineplot.com website. 13 May 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2022.