| Salma | |
| Director: | Ashfaq Malik |
| Producer: | Ashfaq Malik |
| Music: | Rashid Attre |
| Country: | Pakistan |
| Language: | Urdu |
Salma is a 1960 Pakistani film directed by Ashfaq Malik and written by Nazir Ajmeri.
It was Allauddin's first appearance in a leading role. A film from the Golden Age of Pakistani cinema, it explores the themes such as importance of education for girls and necessity of mutual consent in marital relationships.[1] [2] [3]
A moderately successful film of 1960, it was later remade in 1980 as Saima, starring Babra Sharif and Nadeem.[4]
Fazlu is a quarrelsome, uneducated and unemployed man from a lower-class family, who lives with her mother who hardly makes the both ends meet. His sister, Hameeda is a devoted housewife whose husband Khalil is not happy with her due to lack of mutual understanding between them. He wants to marry again with Salma due to the reason. When Salma visits Khalil along with her mother, Fazlu comes there for her sister by which Salma comes to know that he is already married.
Salma who doesn't like Fazlu due to her previous unpleasant interactions with him, gets his marriage proposal from her teacher. On revealing the Fazlu as a bridegroom-to-be, Salma's mother leaves his house denying furiously. Fazlu's mother dies there short after, and after her death Salma helps him a lot as he has no means of livelihood. She helps him as she likes him but he considers her favors as a price of her sister's life as Khalil still wants to marry her.
Khalil feels guilty when Hameeda has a road accident while caring for him. He apologizes to her and thanks Salma for helping him realize his mistake. She then starts teaching and educating Fazlu.
The film was released on 17 June 1960, in the theaters of Karachi and Lahore, and celebrated golden jubilee at the main cinema.[2]