The Blood of Hussain

The Blood of Hussain

Infobox Film
name = The Blood of Hussain


caption =
director = Jamil Dehlavi
producer = Jamil Dehlavi
writer = Rafiq Abdullah
Jamil Dehlavi
distributor = Parindah Films Ltd
Cinegate Ltd.
runtime = 112 min
released = 1980
country = Pakistan
language = Urdu
English
awards =
imdb_id = 0080447

The Blood of Hussain is a Pakistani film directed by Jamil Dehlavi and released in 1980 (released in February 1981 in the UK). The film was banned throughout Pakistan as the military junta lead by General Zia-ul-Haq toppled the government of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto.

Other titles for the movie

The film is known as To Aima tou agonisti in Greece, Husseins Herzblut in Germany and Le Sang d'Hussain in France.

The Plot

The film is about the life and death of Hussain, the youngest son of a Pakistani family. He meets a holy soothsayer who foretells his destiny, which is to leberate the poor and oppressed against a tyrannical government. The struggle parallels that of Imam Hussain of the 7th century who was martyred by the Yazid I, the Umayyad Caliph.

Banning of the movie

The film was banned by the Pakistani military ruler General Zia-ul-Haq, after he seized power in a "coup de etat" and became President of Pakistan in 1977, as the film portrays a fictional military coup in less than favorable light. The ban on the movie still has not yet been lifted, and the director later moved to United Kingdom. The film was eventually released and shown on British television.

Cast - In Alphabetical order

*Aliya Begam
*Durriya Kazi
*Fauzia Zareen
*Kabuli Baba
*Khayyam Sarhadi
*Imran Peerzada
*Kika Markham
*Jamil Dehlavi
*Mirza Ghazanfar Baig
*Mubila
*Salmaan Peerzada
*Samina Peerzada
*Saqi
*Shoaib Hashmi
*Zil-e-Subhan

Credits

*Director: Jamil Dehlavi
*Production Company: Parindah Films Ltd
*Producer: Jamil Dehlavi
*Associate Producer: Sharira Masood, Sandra Marsh
*Production Accountant: Gerry Wheatley
*Production Manager: Kaiser Keg
*Assistant Director: Imran Peerzada
*Continuity: Omar Norman, Marian Nicholson
*Screenplay: Jamil Dehlavi
*Dialogue Writer: Raficq Abdulla
*Director of Photography: Walter Lassally, Jamil Dehlavi
*Assistant Camera: Ashiq Rahi
*Focus Puller: Tony Garratt
*Key Grip: Afzal Akhtar
*Electrician: Barkat Joseph, Mohammed Saeed
*Special Effects: Colin Arthur
*Editor: Sue Collins, Jamil Dehlavi
*cost: Rashida Masood
*Make-up: Colin Arthur
*Titles/Opticals: Les Latimer Film Associates
*Music Supervisor: Jamil Dehlavi
*Playback singer: Reshma
*Sound: Christian Wangler, Shahid Rasool
*Boom Operator: Javed Khan
*Dubbing Mixer: Paul Carr
*Sound Editor: Martin Evans
*Studio: Mark One Films Studios (London)

Release

*Release date: 1980
*Country: N/A
*System: N/A
*Format: 35mm Film
*Length: 10068 Feet
*Run time: 112.0 mins.
*Colour/Black and White: Colour
*Colour systems: N/A
*Sound/Silent: Sound
*Sound systems: N/A
*Language: N/A

TV Transmission

*First Transmission date: February 16, 1983
*Country: Great Britain
*Series/Slot: N/A
*Start time: 22:00
*Stop time: 00:00
*Duration: 120 mins.
*Company: N/A
*Channel: Channel Four

*Second Transmission date: October 2, 1988
*Country: Great Britain
*Series/Slot: N/A
*Start time: N/A
*Stop time: N/A
*Duration: N/A
*Company: Channel Four
*Channel: N/A

See also

*Jamil Dehlavi

External links

* [http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/66676 BFI - The Blood of Hussain]
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080447/ IMDb - The Blood of Hussain]


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