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'Mukhra' is a 1988 Pakistani Punjabi film starring Nadeem Baig and Babra Sharif.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251281/?ref_=nv_sr_5 Face (Mukhra) (1988) on IMDb website] Retrieved 13 February 2019[http://pakmag.net/film/db/details.php?pid=2645 Mukhra (1988 film) on pakmag.net website] Retrieved 13 February 2019 The film was a hit at the box-office.

Plot



Powla (Nadeem Baig) is a village bumpkin who dreams of being brave by defeating robbers. In reality, he is a coward.

His mother (Nighat Butt) suddenly dies due to a snake bite. Powla wishes to die too so that he may reunite with his mother in death. He tries to commit suicide by laying down on a railroad track but his plan is foiled when some men find him there and take him to their boss. The men are gangsters and seeing Powla's naivete they want to take advantage of him. They plan to use his death as a way to commit insurance fraud. Soniya (Babra Sharif) is the gangsters' secretary.

Powla keeps trying to find a way to kill himself. One day, a lady is injured by the car of the gangsters. Powla sees her and takes her to a hospital. Her daughter (Sameena Peerzada) comes to the hospital and she recovers. Being grateful to Powla, she starts to consider him as her son and her daughter also thinks of him as a brother.

Meanwhile, the gangsters are still trying to kill him and commit insurance fraud. Soniya overhears their plan to kill him and decides to save him. She saves his life twice, but never reveals her true identity to him. The villagers mistakenly start to believe that it is Powla who is fending off his attackers and start considering him to be a brave man.

Powla eventually discovers Soniya's identity. His sister's marriage is due to be held, but the gangsters come to once and for all destroy Powla. They wound his adoptive mother. They abduct his sister and she kills herself when they attempt to rape her. Finally, Powla is no longer afraid. He teams up with Soniya and takes revenge against the villains.

Cast



*Adeeb as Adeeb

*Nadeem Baig as Powla

*Babra Sharif as Soniya

*Samina Peerzada as Powla's sister

*Nighat Butt as Powla's mother

*Talish

*Ismail Shah

*Afzaal Ahmad

*Humayun Qureshi

Soundtrack



The music of the movie was composed by 'Wajahat Attre'. The songs were sung by Madam Noor Jehan, Humaira Channa, Masood Rana and Nadeem.

*'Bindi da lashkara meri Bindi da lashkara', Sung by Noor Jehan

*'Mundia, Dopatta chhad mera, nahin sharman da ghund lai da...' Sung by Noor Jehan, Nadeem, lyrics by Khawaja Pervez[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251281/soundtrack?ref_=tt_trv_snd Soundtrack of film 'Mukhra' (Face) (1988) on IMDb website] Retrieved 13 February 2019

*'Teinu takia pharak gayi Akh ni, tere qadman che Dil ditta rakh ni, dhak dhina dhin Dil gaya' Sung by Noor Jehan, Nadeem and Masood Rana

*'Ik mera Mukhra piara, pagal zamana sara...' Sung by Humaira Channa

*' Vekh Ve Din Charya Ke Nayi' sung by Noor Jehan

*' Cheechi Wich Challa Mere Ranjhan Da' Sung by Noor Jehan

Reception



'Mukhra' was successful at the box-office.

References



Category:1988 films

Category:Punjabi-language Pakistani films

Category:1980s Punjabi-language films

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