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Pakeezah [videorecording] / written, produced, and directed by Kamal Amrohi.

Contributor(s): Amrohi, Kamal | Ashok Kumar, 1911- | M¯in¯akum¯ar¯i, 1932-1972.
Publisher: Mumbai : Shemaroo Entertainment, [2010]Description: 1 videodisc (147 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.Other title: Kamal Amrohi's Pakeezah.Subject(s): Courtesans -- India -- Drama | Feature films -- India | Motion pictures, East IndianDDC classification: 791.4372
Production Credits: Director of photography, Joseph Wirsching; editor, D.N. Pai; music, Naushad, Ghulam Mohammed.
Cast: Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Veena, Sapru, Kamal Kapoor, Nadira.Summary: In Muslim Lucknow at the turn of the century a dancer/courtesan dreams of escaping her dishonorable life but, rejected by her husband's family, dies in a graveyard giving birth to a daughter who grows up to become a courtesan as well, but eventually does find happiness in marriage and acceptance in her father's family.
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791.4372 PAK 2010 (Browse shelf) DVD 1 Available SLASx,05000,01,GR 1000525215

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1971.

Director of photography, Joseph Wirsching; editor, D.N. Pai; music, Naushad, Ghulam Mohammed.

Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Veena, Sapru, Kamal Kapoor, Nadira.

In Muslim Lucknow at the turn of the century a dancer/courtesan dreams of escaping her dishonorable life but, rejected by her husband's family, dies in a graveyard giving birth to a daughter who grows up to become a courtesan as well, but eventually does find happiness in marriage and acceptance in her father's family.

DVD.

In Hindi with subtitles in English, Arabic, French & Spanish.