List of Pakistani films of 1951
A list of films produced in Pakistan in 1951 (see 1951 in film): A total of 8 films were released in the country.
| Opening | Title | Genre | Language | Director | Cast | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 March 1951 | Akeli | Social film | Urdu | M.M. Mehra | Ragni, Santosh, Neena, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Nazar, Bibbo, Maya Devi, G.N. Butt, Shobna Raاni, Fareeda, Agha Pir Jan, Master Sikandar | |
| 2 March 1951 | Eid | Social film | Urdu | Najm-ul-Hassan | Yasmin, S. Gul, Najmul Hassan, Suresh, Chandni, M. Ismael, Mirza Musharraf, Ashiq Hussain, G.N. Butt, Fozia | This film was started before partition. |
| 30 March 1951 | Chann Vay | Romantic, musical film | Punjabi | Noorjahan (supervisor: Syed Shoukat Hussain Rizvi) | Noorjahan, Santosh, Jahangir Khan, Yasmin, Ghulam Mohammad, Saleem Raza, Nafees Begum, Sultan Khoost, Zahoor Shah, Ghulam Qadir, Irshad, Nayab Sarhadi, Nazeer Bedi, Faqiir Mohammad, A.R. Kashmiri | Madam Noorjahan returned to Pakistan and started her film career as actress, singer and film director with this hit musical Punjabi film. This film ran 18 weeks on Regent cinema Lahore which was allotted to Mr. & Mrs Rizvi (as they also got Shori/ShahNoor studio!).
Noorjahan's name was mentioned as director of the film but it was told that her husband Syed Shoukat Hussain Rizvi actually was the real director, but he felt shame to give his name as director to a Punjabi film. Ironically, all of his Urdu films as director in Pakistan were flopped. |
| 4 May 1951 | Ham Watan | Social film | Urdu | Farrukh Bukhari | Maya Devi, Farraukh Bukhari, Sahira, Ajmal, M. Ismaela | |
| 3 August 1951 | Dilbar | Social film | Punjabi | Anwar Kamal Pasha | Shamim, Anwar Kemal Pasha, Asif Jah, Ajmal, Sahira, Ilyas Kashmiri, M. Ismael | Director Anwar Kamal Pasha appered as hero in Punjabi film Dilbar and he also married the film heroine Shamim.. |
| 3 August 1951 | Ghairat | Social film | Urdu | Amin Malik | Sabiha, Masood, Allauddin, Sadiq Ali, Ghulam Mohammad, Ajmal | |
| 7 September 1951 | Pinjra | Social film | Urdu | Amin Malik | Sabiha, Masood, Amin Malik, Ilyas Kashmiri, Ghulam Mohammad, Azad | |
| 7 December 1951 | Billo | Social film | Punjabi | Amjad Hussain | Najma, Darpan (Ishrat), Zeenat, Zarif, M. Ismael, Kamla, Ghulam Mohammad, Mirza Sultan Baig (Nizam Din) | Due to a protest from musician community the name of Punjabi film Meerasi was changed to Billo. Radio Pakistan Lahore's legendary artist Nizam Din (Mirza Sultan Baig) from "Jamhoor di awaz" played a role in this film
Film hero Darpan was introduced with his real name Ishrat (Abbas).. |
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