Pukar (1939 film)
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| Directed by | Sohrab Modi |
| Produced by | Sohrab Modi |
| Written by | Kamal Amrohi Vishnupant Aundhkar S. Ameer Hyder |
| Starring | Sohrab Modi Chandramohan Naseem Banu |
| Music by | S. Fernandes Mir Saheb |
| Cinematography | Y. D. Sarpotdar |
| Edited by | A. K. Chaterji D. Shirdhankar |
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165 min. |
| Country | India |
| Language | Urdu |
Pukar (Urdu: پُکر, Hindi: पुकार) is a 1939 Urdu film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi at production house, Minerva movietone. The film is about Mughal emperor Jehangir's legendary justice and focuses how Jehangir offers himself to be killed when a washerwoman accuses the empress Noorjehan (Naseem Banu) of killing her husband in a hunt.
The movie is a typical Sohrab Modi production (which always seemed to be historical) with heavy and lengthy Urdu dialogues said in a loud and dramatic style. Story and lyrics are by Kamal Amrohi. Pukar is considered to be the earliest Muslim social film.[1]
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Plot
Set at the court of the harsh Mughhal Emperor Jehangir (Chandra Mohan), the film tells two separate love stories: the first of Mangal Singh (Ali) and Kanwar (Sheela) amid the violent feud raging between their families, and the second, the famous one of Jehangir and Nurjehan (Banu). Mangal kills the brother and father of his lover. His father, the loyal Rajput chieftain Sangram Singh (Modi), captures his son and Jehangir passes the death sentence. Jehangir's claim that the law knows no class distinction is put on the test when a washerwoman (Akhtar) accuses Queen Nurjehan of having inadvertently killed her husband during a hunt. Jehangir offers his own life but the washerwoman magnanimously forgives him.
Cast
- Sohrab Modi ... Sardar Sangram Singh
- Chandra Mohan ... Shahenshah Jehangir
- Naseem Banu ... Malika Noor Jahan (as Naseem)
- Sheela ... Kanwar
- Sardar Akhtar ... Washerwoman
- Sadiq Ali (actor) ... Mangal Singh (as Sadik Ali)
- Jillo
- Maya Devi (actress)
- Shakir
- Ghulam Hussein
- A. B. Ramesh
- Kusum
- Ram Apte
- G. M. Das
- Babu Singh ... Washerman
References
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External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Pukar at IMDb
- Full movie on YouTube
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- 1939 films
- Urdu-language films
- Indian films
- Indian black-and-white films
- Films directed by Sohrab Modi
- Films set in the Mughal Empire
- Films about royalty
