Hero (1985 film)

Infobox_Film
name = Hero


image_size = 240px
caption = Waheed Murad's last film
imdb_id = 0397453
amg_id =
producer = Waheed Murad
director = Iqbal Yousuf
writer = Waheed Murad
starring = Waheed Murad
Babra Sharif
Mumtaz
Aslam Pervaiz
Saqi
Adil Murad (as child actor & guest star)
Nadeem (as guest star)
music = M. Ashraf
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Film Arts
released = January 11, 1985
followed_by = "Zalzala" (1987)
runtime = approx. 3 hours
country = Pakistan
language = Urdu
budget =

"Hero" is 1985 a Pakistani Urdu colour film starring Waheed Murad, Babra Sharif, Mumtaz, Aslam Pervaiz, Saqi, Adil Murad (as child star & guest star) and Nadeem (as guest star). It was produced by Waheed himself and directed by his close friend Iqbal Yousuf. Waheed Murad died leaving this film incomplete.http://anisshakur.tripod.com/id90.html] It was later completed by Iqbal Yousuf using 'cheat shot' techniques [http://www.bollyviews.com/lollywood.html] and released after two years of Waheed's death on 11 January 1985 countrywide.

In those days, Waheed Murad was in trouble and was being casted in either supporting roles or being offered by 'B-class' film directors. So he decided to produce his own film and chosen his best friend Iqbal Yousuf as film director. The script and story was written by Waheed himself. Waheed's expectations were high for this film, as he once said in an interview in Anwar Maqsood's programme 'Silver Jubilee':

"Once my film "Hero" is released, I will recapture my number one position."

Release

"Hero" was released on 11 January, 1985, i.e., after two years of Waheed Murad's death. The film was released on Lyric Cinema of Karachi and Firdous Cinema of Hyderabad. The film was an average hit and completed 35 weeks on cinemas with 5 weeks on main cinemas and thus became a Silver Jubilee film. [http://mazhar.dk/film/database/movies/waheedmurad_films.htm]

Filming

During those days, Waheed Murad was depressed, frustrated and suffered from his illness. He had to undergo for a stomach removal surgery. After surgery, he recovered, but lost significant amount of weight, which could be seen in "Hero". Babra Sharif revealed that during filming of a scene of "Hero", Waheed lost his balance while walking briskly toward her and fell down. He took several minutes to catch his breath prior to standing up on his feet again. In July of 1983, Waheed also had a car accident, which left a large scar on his face. He moved to Karachi to get the scar fixed (plastic surgery) in order to complete the last few scenes of "Hero", but died one day before his surgery.

Plot

"Hero" is a romantic and action movie. Waheed Murad played double role in this film. It is based on a story of two different persons but with similar faces, one is very innocent and the other is a gangster.

Music

The music of the film was composed by M. Ashraf with Tasleem Fazli and Khwaja Pervaiz as lyricist. Ahmed Rushdi, Noor Jehan, Mehdi Hassan and Mehnaz were the lead singers. The songs are:

*"Ban ke misra ghazal ka..." by Ahmed Rushdi
*"Mil gaye ho tum..." by Mehnaz [http://ru.truveo.com/Mil-gaye-tum-to-bus-yehi-ghum-he-Hero-1985/id/3844167994]
*"Main tujh ko kya bataoon..." by Noor Jehan [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcjn9lLGNng]
*"Tere jalwon ki dhoop chhaon ne..." by Mehdi Hassan

References