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'Ghunghat' (, "Face-veil") is a 1962 Pakistani musical film directed by Khawaja Khurshid Anwar who also wrote the story and screenplay.
The film features Nayyar Sultana and Santosh Kumar as leads with Neelo, Laila, Ghulam Mohammad and Bibbo in supporting roles. The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 36th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.] This film won four awards at the 1962 Nigar Awards ceremony held in Pakistan.
Plot
Shahid is deceived by his newly married bride Usha Rani, who elopes on their wedding night which disturbs him badly. He turns alcoholic and is left all alone after this tragic incident. To move on, he decides to visit a hill station with his friend so that he could feel better. However, on reaching there, he is haunted by the spirit of Usha Rani there.
Cast
* Santosh Kumar as Shahid[
]
* Nayyar Sultana as Usha Rani
* Laila
* Neelo[
]
* A. Shah Shikarpuri
* Agha Talish[
]
* Ghulam Mohammad
Soundtrack
Awards
Ghunghat (1962 film) won a total of 4 following Nigar Awards:
*Nigar Award for Best Actor (1962)[
]
*Nigar Award for Best Music (1962)[
]
*Nigar Award for Best Cameraman (1962)
*Nigar Award for Best Editing (1962)
See also
*List of submissions to the 36th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
*List of Pakistani submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
References
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