Salgira (1969 film)

Infobox Film
name = Salgira


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director = Qamar Zaidi
producer = Najma Hassan
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starring = Waheed Murad
Shamim Ara
Tariq Aziz
Santosh Rissal
Nighat Sultana
Nirala
Talish
music = Nashad
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released = 14 February, 1969
runtime = approx. 3 hours
country = Pakistan
language = Urdu
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"Salgira" (Urdu: ﻩﺮﮕﻟﺎﺳ)(English: Birthday) is a block buster Pakistani Urdu black and white film released in 1969. It is a melodious love story which was directed by Qamar Zaidi and produced by Najma Hassan. The film casted Waheed Murad, Shamim Ara, Tariq Aziz, Santosh Rissal, Nirala, Nighat Sultana and Talish. The film has superhit and all time nation's favourite songs "Meri zindagi hai naghma..." and "Lay aai phir kahan par..." sung by Melody Queen Noor Jehan.

Release

"Salgira" was released on the Valentines Day of 1969. The film completed 20 weeks on main cinemas and 61 weeks on other cinemas of Karachi and thus became a golden jubilee film. [http://www.mazhar.dk/film/history/60s/1969.htm#salgirah]

Music

The music of "Salgira" is composed by Nashad and the lyrics are written by Shevan Rizvi. Playback singers are Noor Jehan, Mehdi Hassan, Irene Parveen and Ahmed Rushdi.

Songography

*"Lay aai phir kahan par..." by Noor Jehan
*"Meri zindgi hai naghma..." by Noor Jehan
*"Zulf ko teri ghataon ka..." by Mehdi Hassan
*"Lazat-e-soz-e-jiger pooch le perwaney se..." by Ahmed Rushdi & Irene Perveen
*"Tere wadey se meri zindagi saji..." by Ahmed Rushdi & Irene Perveen

Awards

Salgirah won 2 Nigar Awards in the following categories: [http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/Lollywood/NigarAwards.htm]

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