Baharo Phool Barsao

This article is about the Pakistani film. For the 1972 Indian film, see Baharon Phool Barsao. For the 1966 Indian film song, see Baharon Phool Barsao.
Baharo Phool Barsao
Theatrical release poster
Urduبہارو پُھول برساؤ
Directed by
Written byMehmood Sadiq
Produced byMehmood Sadiq
Starring
Edited byAli
Music byNashad
Release date
  • 11 August 1972 (1972-08-11)
Running time
approx. 3 hours
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Baharo Phool Barsao (transl. Shower Flowers O Spring), is a 1972 Pakistani Urdu-language romance film produced and directed by Indian director Mehmood Sadiq (a.k.a. M. Sadiq). He had come from India to produce and direct this film, but died halfway through its production. It was later completed by the Pakistani film director Hassan Tariq.[1][2]

It cast Waheed Murad, Rani, Rukhsana, Munawar Zarif, Saiqa, Kamal Irani, Tamanna, Ilyas Kashmiri, Aslam Pervaiz and Sangeeta (as guest star). The film is based on India's Lucknow culture.[1][2]

Summary

Nawab Parvez Akhter (Waheed Murad) spends a lot of money on his wedding and his newly wedded wife (Rani), plunging himself into huge debt, also his rival Nawab Fakhru (Aslam Pervaiz) plots against him.

Cast

Reception

Film was released by Sadiq Productions on 11 August 1972 in Pakistani cinemas. The film completed 23 weeks on main cinema and 64 weeks on other cinemas of Karachi and thus became a blockbuster Golden Jubilee film of the year.[1] The film was again released in 1983, after Waheed Murad's death, in Lahore's cinemas and it again celebrated Golden Jubilee in its second run.

Music

The music of the film is composed by Nashad and the songs are written by Shewan Rizvi. Playback singers are Masood Rana, Noor Jehan, Ahmad Rushdi, Mala, Tassawar Khanum, Irene Perveen, and Shaukat Ali. The songs of the film became very popular esp. Mere dil ki hai awaz..., Yeh ghar mera gulshan hai... and Chanda re chanda.... A list of the songs of the film is as follows:

Awards

Baharo Phool Barsao won 4 Nigar Awards in the following categories:[3]

Category Recipient
Best film[1][3] M. Sadiq
Best script writer M. Sadiq
Best lyricist Shevan Rizvi[1][3]
Best comedian Munawar Zarif[1][3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Soonha Abro. "Another take for Pakistani cinema - Film review of Baharo Phool Barsao (1972) on Dawn (newspaper) (scroll down to this title)". Dawn. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
  2. ^ a b Aijaz Gul (10 February 2018). "Tribute to 'Bao Sadiq' with 'Baharoo Phool Barsaoo'". The News International (newspaper). Islamabad. Archived from the original on 13 April 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d "THE NIGAR AWARDS 1972 - 1986". The Hot Spot Online website. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 20 December 2021.
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