Baharo Phool Barsao

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 completed by the Pakistani film director Hassan Tariq.[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]

This article is about the 1972 Pakistani film. For the film which includes a song of the same name, see Suraj (1966 film).
Baharo Phool Barsao
Theatrical release poster
Urduبہارو پُھول برساؤ
Directed by
[1]
Produced byMehmood Sadiq
Written byMehmood Sadiq
Starring
Music byNashad
Edited byAli
Release date
  • 11 August 1972 (1972-08-11)
Running time
approx. 3 hours
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

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. 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

Film Baharo Phool Barsao won 4 Nigar Awards in the following categories:

Category Recipient
Best film M. Sadiq
Best script writer M. Sadiq
Best lyricist Shevan Rizvi
Best comedian Munawar Zarif

References
  1. Film cast of 'Baharo Phool Barsao' on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website Retrieved 28 March 2018
  2. Baharo Phool Barsao (1972) on Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan (mpaop.org website) Retrieved 28 March 2018


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