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Wikipedia article
'Ghazi Shaheed' is a 1998 thriller drama film based on the disasters that befell the PNS 'Ghazi' on Bay of Bengal. It was directed by Kazim Pasha and stars Shabbir Jan as Commander Zafar Khan and Adnan Jilani as Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed. The drama film was financed and produced by the ISPR and the Navy and was filmed mostly in the Arabian Sea.
Synopsis
in the U.S. Navy's service as 'Diablo' in 1964.
This film revolves around the crew of 'PNS Ghazi', a Pakistan Navy's Tench class submarine that intruded in India at the coast of Vishakapatnam during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. 'it ventured into Indian waters to destroy 'INS Vikrant' on the shores of Visakhapatnam. 92 men who were martyred while serving their country aboard PNS 'Ghazi', the first Pakistani submarine and also the only one at that time with the ability to lay mines and a long range. Ghazi had earlier paralyzed the Indian fleet during 1965 war where Indian Navy could not muster enough courage to come out of Bombay port thus resulting in a classic shore bombardment by Pakistan Navy ships at Dwarka (Indian RADAR station).
Cast
* Shabbir Jan as Commander Zafar Khan, Commanding Officer of the 'Ghazi', husband of Lala Rukh Zafar
* Mishi Khan as Lala Rukh Zafar, wife of Zafar Khan
* Mobina Dossel as Sitara Shamshad, wife of Lieutenant Commander Shamshad Ahmad
* Ayesha Khan as 'Phuppo'
* Adnan Jilani as Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed, husband of Begum Kalsoom Pervez
* Sadia Jilani as Begum Kalsoom Pervez, wife of Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed
* Nassarullah as Lieutenant-Commander Shamshad Ahmad, husband of Sitara Shamshad
* Humayun Saeed as Lieutenant Muhammad Bashir Rajput
* Ghalib Kamal as Lieutenant Nazir Ahmed Awan
* Azra Siddiq as Shehla Nazir Awan, wife of Lt Nazir Ahmed Awan
*Faisal Qazi as CPO Lal Khan Satti
* Rizwan Wasti as Commodore KM Hussain
* Ebrahim Razh as Petty Officer Emanual, leading Torpedo Officer (TPO)
* Fehmid Ahmad Khan as Admiral S.M. Nanda, Indian Navy
* Mohammad Ayub as Rear Admiral R. Krishna
* Imtiaz Taj as Commodore G M Hiranandan
* Mohammad Imdad Khan as Captain Inder Singh
See also
* ISPR Media Productions
References
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