Heera Aur Pathar
1964 film by Pervez Malik
Heera Aur Pathar (transl. Diamond and Stone) is a 1964 Pakistani Urdu language black-and-white film.
It was the first film of Waheed Murad as a lead actor who also produced it. The film was released on 11 December 1964. Murad introduced film director Parvez Malik for the first time to Pakistani cinema, marking his directorial debut. Also he had introduced film editor, M. Aqeel Khan, who would later receive the Nigar Award for his work in the movie. It was a hit film of 1964.
Cast and crew
Waheed Murad
Zeba
Nirala
Ibrahim Nafees
Kamal Irani
Crew
Music: Sohail Rana
Editing: M. Aqeel Khan
Camera: Nazir Hussain
Assistant Camera: Badar Munir
Music
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.
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