Beqarar Explained

Beqarar
Director:Nazir Ajmeri
Screenplay:Nazir Ajmeri
Story:F.D. Sharf
Music:Ghulam Haider
Distributor:Filmsaz Productions
Country:Pakistan
Language:Urdu

Beqarar is a 1950 Pakistani film directed and co-produced by Nazir Ajmeri under banner Filmsaz Production. The film starred Ragni, S. Gul, Majid, Charlie and Irshad. Ghulam Haider was the music composer of the film's soundtrack.

It was Ajmeri's first film in Pakistan after his migration to the country.[1] A flop film of the year, it became popular due to its music. The film which revolves around the theme of growing maximum grains for the country, was termed as ahead of its time by BBC.[2] [3]

Plot

The plot revolves around a poor farmer who is rewarded by the government due to his hard work for the better production of wheat crop. Upon this, the ruffian son of the Landlord of the village becomes his rival. This rivalry deepens further when the both falls for the same girl, and try achieve her.

Cast

Music and soundtrack

Ghulam Haider composed the music of the film. Arsh Lakhnavi and Tufail Hoshiarpuri were the lyricists.[4]

Release

Beqarar was released on 17 July 1950. It completed 18 weeks at the Karachi cinema, thus became a flop and couldn't reach to any status.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Encyclopaedia of Indian Cinema. British Film Institute. 1994 . Ashish Rajadhyaksha . Paul Willemen. 978-0-85170-455-5.
  2. Book: The Marketing of Films. 1966. Intertrade Publications. Trishla Goyal.
  3. Web site: . 30 September 2005. BBC Urdu. Ur.
  4. Web site: فلمی و ادابی شخصیات کے سکینڈلز...قسط نمبر 283. 26 November 2017. Daily Pakistan. Ali Sufiyan Afaqi. Ur.
  5. Web site: پاکستانی فلموں کے عروج کی کہانی!!. 7 April 2020. 30 March 2023. Jang (newspaper). https://web.archive.org/web/20221219182900/https://jang.com.pk/amp/752080. 19 December 2022. live. Ur.