| Nek Pervin | |
| Director: | S. M. Yusuf |
| Country: | India |
| Language: | Hindustani |
| Screenplay: | Wahid Qureshi |
| Story: | Wahid Qureshi |
Nek Pervin is a 1946 Indian-Hindustani-language film directed by S. M. Yusuf. The film stars Ragni in the titular role of Pervin, who faces all of her marital hardships given by her husband with patience. Ulhas and Yakub played the pivotal roles. The music was composed by Feroz Nizami. The film was remade by the direction in 1975 with the same title starring Muhammad Ali, Nisho and Aslam Pervaiz.[1]
The film revolves around a simple girl Pervin who teaches in a school and gets rewarded at the end due to her patience. She leaves the school job when her aunt gets married her with Afzal, knowing that he is a gambler. She thinks that after marriage he will turn into a good one but, it could not happen and he even becomes the alcoholic too and loses all of his property in gambling. At on night, in drunken state he goes to Shaukat (the person who wanted to marry Pervin in the past and has won the Afzal's house in gambling) who has already murdered Muneer but couldn't find a way to handle the corpse. When Afzal reaches there, Shaukat calls the police and tells him that Afzal has murdered Muneer. However, Afzal somehow succeeds to escape and goes away, leaving the city with the help of Pervin. He catches the train of Lahore to Calcutta where he entres the room of a rich old businesswoman. He saves him from the killing attack of a thief and pushes him from train (who was in his clothes which he had stolen from him) which distortens his face. The businessesman offers him to handle all of his business due to the favour of saving his life. He reaches Calcutta, works hard there with honesty, becomes a rich person after years and decides to visit her wife and daughter in Lahore. He changes his look as there he is wanted by the police due to accusation of murder.
On the other hand, in Lahore police mistakes the thief as Afzal and issues the statement that Afzal who is the murderer of Muneer, has been killed in train accident. Pervin with her daughter works hard to meet the both ends. Shaukat teases her as she has no rent for the house. She moves to a small house with her daughter. When Afzal reaches there he comes to know that Shaukat has called Pervin fraudulently and trapped her. He tries to assault her but one of his companion (who is involved with him in every of his sin) restrains him to do so to which he shoots him. He tells about his crimes to his other companion not knowing that Afzal has come there along with the police. Hearing his crimes, the police arrest him and Afzal reveals his true identity. There, he reunites with Pervin and his daughter.
The cast of the film includes:[2] [3]
In a 1946 review in Filmindia, the film was panned due its poor direction, bad acting, forceful dialogues. The journal reviewed that the story development lacks consistency and imagination.[4]