List of Punjabi films of the 1940s

This is a list of Panjabi films of the 1940s. For a complete alphabetical list, see Category:Punjabi films.

1940s

Title	Director	Cast	Genre	Notes
1948
Chaman	Roop K. Shorey	Meena Shorey, Karan Dewan, Kuldip Kaur, Om Prakash, Majnu, Gulab ^[1]	Drama	Chaman was the first Panjabi film released in East Panjab following the Partition of Panjab.^[2]
1949
Lachhi	Ravindra Dave	Wasti, Manorama, Majnu, Sophia, Baij Sharma, Om Prakash ^[3]	Drama
Mundri	Daud Chand	Ragni, Noor Mohammed Charlie, Rani Kiran, Sheikh Iqbal, Ilyas Kashmiri, Ghulam Mohammed	Drama	Pakistan's largest film company Evernew Pictures, owned by Agha G.A.Gul released its first Panjabi film Mundri in 1949. Music by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti.
Pheray	Nazir	Sawarn Lata, Nazir, M. Ismael, Nazar, Zeenat Begum, Maya Devi,Baba Alam Siaposh	Musical	Pheray was the first ever Siver Jubilee Punjabi film produced in West Punjab The film was released on August 3, 1949. Music director Ghulam Ahmed Chishti had many super-hit film songs in this film by Inayat Hussain Bhatti and by Munawwar Sultana.

^ "Chaman (1948)". cinepunjab.com. Cine Punjab. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^ K. Moti Gokulsing; Wimal Dissanayake (17 April 2013). Routledge Handbook of Indian Cinemas. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-136-77284-9. Retrieved 26 April 2015.
^ "Lachhi (1949)". IMDb. Retrieved 24 November 2016.