Ehsaan (1967 film)

Infobox Film
name = Ehsaan


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director = Pervaiz Malik
producer = Waheed Murad
writer = Waheed Murad
narrator =
starring = Waheed Murad
Zeba
Nirala
Rozina
Azad
Ibrahim Nafees
music = Sohail Rana
cinematography =
editing =
distributor = Film Arts
released = 3 June 1967
runtime = approx. 3 hours
country = Pakistan
language = Urdu
budget =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0395136

"Ehsaan", a Pakistani Urdu black & white film, was another melodious presentation by Waheed & Malik combination. The film is a melodious love story, starring Waheed Murad, Zeba, Nirala, Rozina, Azad and Ibrahim Nafees. The film was produced by Waheed Murad and directed by Pervaiz Malik.

Release

"Ehsaan" was released on 3 June, 1967 by Film Arts in cinemas of Karachi and Lahore and proved to be one the blockbuster films of 1967. The film completed 12 weeks on main cinemas and 40 weeks in other cinemas of Karachi and became a 'Silver Jubilee film'. [http://mazhar.dk/film/database/movies/waheedmurad_films.htm] The film had completed 50 weeks and became a 'Golden Jubilee film' in Lahore.fact|date=August 2008

Plot

The story was written by Waheed Murad. It boasts a sensitive script as psychiatrist Waheed falls in love with and woos young widow (and mother of a young daughter to boot) Zeba, a romance that was decidedly different for its time. Complications obviously arise but the movie remains surprisingly mature and for the most part doesn’t turn into a typical Lollywood melodrama. [http://www.dawn.com/weekly/review/archive/040902/review12.htm]

Filming

During the shootings of "Ehsaan", Zeba got married with Mohammad Ali, an arch rival of Waheed Murad. Zeba, instead of reaching Karachi for completing her shootings and honoring her commitment, probably went on a honeymoon. That meant dismantling of the film's set and a big financial loss to Film Arts. Waheed on being told of Zeba’s marriage blurted out, "not again!... She is turning into an Elizabeth Taylor," he said, after a pause. The film was shot in Eastern Film Studio of Karachi. [http://www.musicpakistan.net/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=160]

Music

The music and the songs are not uniformly brilliant as like in "Heera aur pathar", "Armaan" and "Doraha", but there are a couple of absolutely lovely numbers such as "Eik naye more par..." and "Do akhian...". The music is composed by Sohail Rana and the songs are written by Masroor Anwar.

ongography

*"Do akhian..." by Ahmed Rushdi & Irene Parvin
*"Eik naye more par..." by Mehdi Hassan
*"Aey meri zindagi..." by Ahmed Rushdi & Mala

Reference