The first Pashto film, which was litigated before its release

On June 26, 1970 after the creation of Pakistan, Yusuf Khan Sher Bano, the first Pashto language film was released.

‘Yusuf Khan Sherbanu’ was the first Pashto language film, but some 29 years before its release, another Pashto film ‘Laila Majnanu’ was released in Bombay in 1941. The filmmaker, director, storyteller and poet of Laila Majnu was Baba Amir Hamza Shinwari while the music of the film was composed by Rafiq Ghaznavi.

He was the hero of this film while the role of the heroine was played by Habib Jan Kabuli.

In 1963, a Pashto documentary film ‘Palusha’ was made by the famous Pashto poet and writer Syed Rasool Rasa with the support of the Border Government. The film was well received by the government as it exaggerated the achievements of the then military ruler Field Marshal Ayub Khan’s government. Gul Muhammad Khan played the lead role in this film while the heroine was Zaytun Bano, a well-known Pashto and Urdu fiction writer.

After the creation of Pakistan, the first Pashto film was called ‘Yusuf O Sher Bano’. Filming of this film started in 1968 at Evernew Studios in Lahore. The first clip of this film was given by actor Rangeela and it was decided to be made by four friends Chhata Khan, Rab Nawaz Khan, Syed Amir Sarhadi and Gulzar. The hero of this film was Rab Nawaz Khan, heroine Ghazala and villain Aman.

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On the other hand, this film started. On the other hand, news came from Karachi that filmmakers Nazir Hussain, Madan Ali Madan and Shafi Qazi have started making the film ‘Yusuf Khan Sher Bano’, which has been directed by Aziz Tabasim. are The story of both the films was similar, hence the conflict between the filmmakers of Lahore and Karachi. First there was rhetoric in the newspapers and then the matter reached the court, which ruled in favor of the filmmaker in Karachi and stopped the shooting of the film in Lahore.

Yusuf Khan Sherbanu’s interlocutor was Aziz Tabsum, writer and lyricist Ali Haider Joshi, composer Lal Muhammad Iqbal and photographer Madan Ali Madan. The songs of the film were sung by Hidayatullah, Rehana Yasmeen and Nighat Akbar. Badmanir and Yasmeen Khan played the lead roles in the film while other actors included Tarnam, Mah Para, Saqi, Shehbaz Durrani, Sethi, Shireen Taj, Nimat Sarhadi, Raja Musal Khan and Nagina Khanum.

There is a difference in the history of ‘Yusuf Khan Sher Bano’. According to ‘Pashto Filmona’, a history of Pashto films compiled by Haji Muhammad Aslam published from Peshawar, this film was screened on December 5, 1970 on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, but a study of the newspapers of that time shows that Karachi The film was released in theaters on June 26, 1970.

The main cinema of this film in Karachi was Godin while other cinemas where this film was screened include Super, Regal, Society, Imperial and Mehtab. The film was also released in Nishat (Hyderabad) and Ismat (Quetta) on the same day. Yusuf Khan Sherbanu won the Silver Jubilee in Karachi and Golden Jubilee in Peshawar and his success opened the door to Pashto films in Pakistan.

Some time after the release of Yusuf Khan Sherbanu, Pashto films started to be made in Lahore as well. The first Pashto film made in Lahore was ‘Dara Khyber’. It was directed by Mumtaz Ali Khan and starred Asif Khan and Suraya Khan in the lead roles, while other actors included Rab Nawaz Khan, Meh Jabeen and Umar Daraz.

From 1971 to 1980, a succession of quality films were produced in the Pashto language, including Dara Khyber, Bahadur Khan, Adam Khan Darkhani, Ajab Khan Afridi, Jawaargarh, Mehlama, Aghaya Ghir, Tupac Zama Qawan, Orbal, Dehqan. , Armaan, Baz O Shehbaaz, Pakhtoon Toora, Didan, Zambadal Zartaja, Rehm Dad Khan and many other films. Films of this period were very popular and despite being in black and white, ran for several weeks. These films did very good business not only in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa but also in Balochistan and Karachi.

Yusuf Khan Sherbanu director Aziz Tabsum started his career as an assistant to famous director Pervez Malik. When Yusuf Khan Sherbanu became successful, he devoted himself to Pashto films. He served Pashto cinema for more than 20 years and played a very important role in making it stand on its feet.

Aziz Tabsum’s real name was Abdul Aziz Khan. He made a total of 28 films out of which 23 were in Pashto, four in Urdu and one (Jungju Gurile) was a double version film in Urdu and Punjabi. His last Pashto film was Biharish which was released in 1992. In 1993, he moved to the United States where he directed several English-language animated films.

Heroes like Badar Munir and heroines like Yasmeen emerged from Yusuf Khan Sherbanu. Badar Munir was born in 1943 in Shahgram Madin, Swat. In the 1960s, he came to Karachi and started living here by doing hard work.

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He used to work as a tea boy in Waheed Murad’s office, then he started doing other odd jobs in film studios and during this time he also played the role of an extra in several films. In 1970, he got an opportunity to play the hero in Yusuf Khan Sherbanu, his first Pashto language film. This film made Badar Munir an overnight star and he never looked back.

Badar Munir acted in a total of 551 films, out of which 418 were in Pashto, 88 in Urdu, 33 in Punjabi, 11 in Sindhi and one film was made in Hindi. Badar Munir played lead roles in 160 films. His famous films include Dilhan Ek Raat Ki, Jehan Barf Girti Hai, Orbal, Du Chor, Tupac Zama Qanaon, Dilwale, Deedan, Jaan Ki Baazi, Mujahid, Leonai, Multan Khan and Lewanay. He also directed a film Ajab Khan. On 14 August 2008, the Government of Pakistan awarded him the Presidential Award for Excellence.

Yasmeen Khan had the honor of being the heroine of Yusuf Khan Sherbanu, the first Pashto language film. He acted in more than 150 Pashto, Urdu and Punjabi films in his film career. His last film was ‘Dilraba Daku’ which was released on 31 March 1995.

Yasmeen Khan’s nine films won the Best Pashto Film Award, a record. On April 15, 1999, she was shot by an unknown assailant. Yasmeen Khan also became famous because of her marriages. Her first marriage was to actor Saqi, second to Khurram Bari and third to Arifullah.

Apart from Badr Munir and Yasmin Khan, the artists who played a significant role in the history of Pashto films include Asif Khan, Nimat Sarhadhi, Jameel Babar, Inayat Khan, Bidar Bakhsh, Shahid Khan, Saqi, Ajab Gul, Humayun Qureshi, Raja Misr Khan. , Aman, Umar Daraz Khalil, Tariq Shah, Soraya Khan, Nagina Khanum, Musrat Shaheen, Sunina, Shahnaz, Sunita Khan and Saba Shaheen are the top names while the famous directors of Pashto films include Mumtaz Ali Khan, Inayatullah Khan, Maqsood Khan. Names of Sanobar Khan, Nasir Raza Khan, Naseem Khan and Saeed Ali Khan are included.

So far more than eight hundred films have been made in Pashto language. It is the third largest film industry of Pakistan after Urdu and Punjabi and its journey is still going on.