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Heera aur pathar

Heera Aur Pathar
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Waheed Murad and Zeba in Heera Aur Pathar (1964 film)
Directed by Pervaiz Malik
Produced by Waheed Murad
Starring Waheed Murad
Zeba
Nirala
Ibrahim Nafees
Kamal Irani
Music by Sohail Rana
Edited by M. Aqeel Khan
Distributed by Film Arts
Release date
12 November 1964
Running time
approx. 3 hours
Country Pakistan
Language Urdu

Heera Aur Pathar (Urdu: ہیرا اور پتھر) is a 1964 Pakistani Urdu black-and-white film. It is the first film of Waheed Murad as a lead actor. The film was released at Karachi's Naz Cinema on November 12, 1964, and completed 56 weeks at cinemas with 25 weeks at the main cinemas in Karachi. Waheed Murad introduced film director Pervaiz Malik for the first time in the Pakistani cinema world.Also he had introduced film editor, M. Aqeel Khan, who had later received the Nigar award for this movie for his work.It was a 'hit' film of 1964.

Casting includes Waheed Murad, Zeba, Nirala, Ibrahim Nafees and Kamal Irani. Waheed Murad played the role of a gadha gari wala (Donkey cart owner). This film is based on his innocent love with Zeba. At that time, the film attracted many Indian cinema-goers to see this film. Waheed Murad won Nigar award as the best actor of 1964. Heera Aur Pathar proved to be a lucky film for all of the film cast and the production crew, as it gave breakthroughs to the careers of Waheed Murad, Pervaiz Malik, Sohail Rana, M. Aqeel Khan and Zeba.

The music of the film was composed by Sohail Rana. Sohail earned plaudits from his fans for the composition of Mujhay tum say mohabbat hai.... Although, he did not earn a Nigar Award for this film. The songs were written by Masroor Anwar and Mauj Lakhnavi. Playback singers are: Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi) Ahmed Rushdi, Najma Niazi, Khursheed Begum, Saleem Shahzad, Mala, Wasim Farooqui and Talat Siddiqui.


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