Insaniyat (1967 film)

Infobox Film
name = Insaniyat


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caption = "Insaniyat"'s poster
director = Shabab Kiranvi
producer = A. Hameed
writer = Shabab KiranviFact|date=August 2008
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starring = Waheed Murad
Zeba
Tariq Aziz
Firdous
Nanna
music = M. Ashraf
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distributor = Shabab Productions
released = 24 February, 1967
runtime = approx. 3 hours
country = Pakistan
language = Urdu
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"Insaniyat" (Urdu: ﺖﻴﻧﺎﺴﻧﺍ) (English: humanity) is a Pakistani Urdu black and white film produced by A. Hameed. This film is one of the masterpieces of the director Shabab Kiranvi. The film starred Waheed Murad, Zeba, Tariq Aziz, Firdous and Nanna. This film is one of the hit films of Waheed Murad.

Release

"Insaniyat" was released on February 24, 1967 by Shabab Productions in Pakistani cinemas. The film completed 12 weeks on Karachi's Reevali Cinema (main cinema) and 30 weeks on other cinemas. Thus the film got the status of Silver Jubilee in Karachi [http://mazhar.dk/film/history/60s/1967.htm#insaniyat] and Golden Jubilee in other cinemas of Pakistan.Fact|date=August 2008

Plot

"Insaniyat" is a story of a dedicated doctor (Waheed Murad) and a faithful wife (Zeba). Waheed leaves the country for abroad to get higher degree in medical sciences whereas his beloved Zeba waits for his return. Before his return, Zeba is forcefully married to Tariq Aziz by her parents. On wedding night, it is discovered that Tariq is a cancer patient. After returning home, Waheed saves his patient's (Tariq Aziz) life who was married to his beloved. Firdous played the role of a mad girl under medical treatment in Waheed's clinic.

Music

The music of "Insaniyat" is composed by M. Ashraf and the lyrics are written by the director Shabab Kiranvi himself. Playback singers are Ahmed Rushdi, Mala and Irene Parveen.

*"Jan-e-bahar, jan-e-tamanna..." by Ahmed Rushdi
*"Pyar mein sub kuch chalta hai..." by Ahmed Rushdi & Irene Parveen
*"Mohabbat mein sara jahan jal gaya..." by Mala
*"Mere hamdam mere sathi..." by Mala
*"Ummat ke ghamkhwar..." by Mala
*"Hai ri mohabbat..." by Mala
*"Dil na lagana..." by Irene Parveen

References

External links

* [http://mazhar.dk/film/history/60s/1967.htm#insaniyat Details of "Insaniyat" on Pakistan Film Magazine]
* [http://anisshakur.tripod.com/id31.html http://anisshakur.tripod.com/id31.html]