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Pakeezah (English: Pure) is a 1972 Indian film, written and directed by Kamal Amrohi, who was known for his perfectionism.^[3][4] The music is by Ghulam Mohammed and Naushad Ali. The film starred Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Nadira, D.K. Sapru and Veena . Meena Kumari's performance as a golden-hearted Lucknownautch-girl drew major praise. However, this was to be Meena Kumari's last performance.

Kamal Amrohi's PR man said: 'Shah Jahan made Taj Mahal for his wife, Kamal Sahab wanted to do the same with Pakeezah.'^[5] The concept, Kamal Amrohi says was irretrievably fixed with his love for his wife Meena Kumari.^[5] According to Kamal Amrohi, he hoped to create a film which would be worthy of her as an actress, and worthy of the love he felt for her as a woman.^[5] Meena Kumari regarded the film as Kamal Amrohi's tribute to her.^[6]

The film tells the story set in Muslim Lucknow at the turn of the century, its central character is a Lucknowi nautch-girl, for her to fall in love was forbidden, it was a sin she was told, a nautch-girl is born to delight others such is her destiny and yet her restless soul could not suppress her surging desire - To Love and Be Loved. It was ostensibly (perhaps loosely) based on Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari's own love story.

From its mahurat on 16 July 1956 to its release on 4 February 1972, Pakeezah took 16 years to reach the silver screen.^[7]Pakeezah released on 3 February 1972, with a grand premiere at Maratha Mandir theatre in central Mumbai and was released for the audience the following day. Meena Kumari attended the last premiere of her life along with Kamal Amrohi.^[5]

Already battling cirrhosis of the liver, Meena Kumari was ill throughout the filming and died only a few weeks after it was finally released. It was Meena Kumari's last great performance and one that solidified her reputation as a legendary actress.^[8]An Indian critic has said Pakeezah was 'Poetry, fantasy and nostalgia rolled into one on an epic scale'.^[9]

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Plot[edit]

Set in the Muslim Quarter of Lucknow at the turn of the century, the movie centers on the mental plight of a tawaif (courtesan and dancer) and their longing to be loved, accepted and respected by society.

In the eponymous role, Nargis (Meena Kumari), finds love and dreams of marrying the man she loves, Shahabuddin (Ashok Kumar). However, the patriarch of Shahabuddin's family, Hakim Saab (D.K. Sapru) rejects this alliance, as he finds it unacceptable to welcome a tawaif in his respected family. Dejected, Nargis flees to a nearby cemetery and lives there, ultimately giving birth to a daughter before passing away. On her deathbed, she writes Shahabuddin a letter asking him to come for his newborn daughter. Nargis' sister, Nawabjaan (Veena), a brothel madam, finds the girl first and brings her back to the kotha. When Nargis' belongings are sold several years later, a book lover finds the letter in her book and posts it. Shahabuddin comes to collect his now adult daughter, Sahibjaan (also played by Meena Kumari). But Nawabjaan takes her niece and flees by train to another town.

While traveling by train, a dashing young man enters Sahibjaan's compartment by happenstance. He is struck by her beauty and leaves her a note with the famous lines: 'Aapke paon dekhe, bahut haseen hain. Inhein zameen par mat utariyega.. maile ho jaayenge [I saw your feet - they are very beautiful. Please don't step on the ground, as they will get dirty]. Sahibjaan falls in love with this mysterious stranger and yearns to meet him. The note gives Sahibjaan hope even as she avoids unwelcome attention from her patrons while entertaining them.

One particular patron, the aggressive Nawab Zafar Ali Khan (Kamal Kapoor), wishes to own Sahibjaan and takes her to his boat for the night. The boat is attacked by elephants and Sahibjaan is carried away by the fast flowing river in a broken boat. As fate would have it, she is taken to the riverside tent of a forest ranger, Salim Ahmed Khan (Raaj Kumar). Alone with his diary, she reads how he was the same man who had earlier left her a note on her feet, and left for her to read it while traveling in the same compartment. Sahibjaan finally meets the stranger, but feigns amnesia to avoid telling him her true identity. Before sunset, Nawabjaan tracks Sahibjaan and brings her back to the kotha.

The paths of Sahibjaan and Salim cross again, but Hakim Saab stands in the way of Salim's wishes. Salim and Sahibjaan plan to elope to live peacefully, but trials and tribulations await Sahibjaan, as she is recognized by men wherever she goes in the company of Salim. When Salim anoints her 'Pakeezah' (Pure of Heart) to legally marry her, she refuses and returns to the brothel.

Although heartbroken, Salim eventually decides to marry someone else, and invites Sahibjaan to perform a mujra at his wedding, to which Sahibjaan agrees. During this event, Nawabjaan recognizes Shahabuddin and calls him to witness the irony of the situation; his own daughter dancing and entertaining his family. Shahabuddin's father tries to shoot Nawabjaan to silence her, but instead ends up killing Shahabuddin. With his dying breath, Shahabuddin asks Salim to marry Sahibjaan. Finally, Salim's doli [palanquin] defies all conventions and arrives at Sahibjaan's kotha, thus fulfilling her wishes and leading to a happy, emotion-charged ending.

Cast[edit]

• Meena Kumari - Nargis / Sahibjaan (Pakeezah)
• Ashok Kumar - Shahabuddin
• Raaj Kumar - Salim Ahmed Khan
• Veena - Nawabjaan
• Nadira - Madame Gauhar Jaan
• Kamal Kapoor - Nawab Zafar Ali Khan
• D.K. Sapru - Hakim Saab
• Prakash Gill - Hashim Khan, guy on the horse
• Geeta Kapoor - Naazuk, Salim's cousin

Crew[edit]

• Screenplay: Kamal Amrohi
• Art Direction: N.B. Kulkarni
• Set Design : Kamal Amrohi
• Costume Design : Meena Kumari
• Director Of Photography : Josef Wirsching
• Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaifi Azmi, Kaif Bhopali, Kamal Amrohi
• Music: Ghulam Mohammed, Naushad Ali (Background Score, Title Music)
• Singers: Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi, Vani Jairam, Parveen Sultana, Rajkumari, Shobha Gurtu

Production[edit]

Concept[edit]

— Kamal Amrohi's PR man

In 1955, Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi were in South India and here Kamal Amrohi began outlining the plot of his next film with his wife Meena Kumari and decided that he would call it Pakeezah (the name has a fascinating history too. It was changed many times due to superstitious reasons, but finally the original stayed).^[5] After the failure of Daera in 1953, Pakeezah as an idea was roaming Amrohi's mind.^[5] A concept, Kamal Amrohi says was irretrievably fixed with his love for his wife Meena Kumari, he hoped to create a film which would be worthy of her as an actress, and worthy of the love he felt for her as a women. Kamal Amrohi declares that every line he wrote he had Meena in mind. He wished to present her on the screen as no one had before: beautiful, sad, sanguine, dejected, calculating, sexy he ambitioned to capture as many dimensions of her as he knew of.^[5] Kamal Amrohi's son Tajdar Amrohi, raised by Meena Kumari, said: 'What you see in Pakeezah is exactly how our home looked like -- the same windows, chandeliers, arches, and curtains.' The grandfather's character was taken from Amrohi's father. 'The dining table sequence in which Raaj Kumar says, 'Afsos, log doodh se bhi jal jaate hai (Alas, people get burnt by milk, too),' was inspired by everyday domestic scenes at our home. 'When an elder enters the room, the womenfolk put on their veil. This is what baba showed in Pakeezah and that's how women at our home behaved.'^[10] says Tajdar, 'And his romance with my chhoti ammi was very dignified. Despite being separated, they felt for each other. But they never divorced as rumors go. They loved each other and chhoti ammi respected my father and never allowed anyone to say anything against him.'

— Meena Kumari

In 1964, Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari got separated due to their mutual differences, but the separation never led to formal divorce. The project came to a halt. In moments of desperation, Kamal thought of a substitute for Meena Kumari. He even made some sort of search, but each time he came back from where he had started. The one and only woman who could play Sahibjaan was Meena Kumari.

According to Vinod Mehta, Meena Kumari had a special niche for Pakeezah. There is, however, one sentence worth considering: 'the surging desire to love and be loved'. And it was this line in which Meena saw a reflection of her life. ^[5] Kamal Amrohi himself pronounced, 'Pakeezah is Meena Kumari.'^[5]

Development[edit]

It was planned together by Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari in 1956 and at first, was launched as a Black & White venture. Later, with color technology coming in, Kamal Amrohi started it all again in the new color format. But soon after that, when Cinemascope also got introduced, Amrohi now wanted to shoot it in Cinemascope. So he brought the required lens from MGM on royalty basis and started shooting. However, after a while, an error was detected in the shoot being done with the new lens. The matter was reported to MGM, who after studying the problem, didn't collect their due royalties and also gifted that lens to Amrohi as an appreciation gesture.^[5]The film was still being made, when in 1964, Kamal Amrohi and Meena Kumari got separated due to their mutual differences. The project came to a halt for some time when it was more than halfway complete.^[12]

Kamal Amrohi wrote a letter to his estranged wife on 24 August 1968.^[5]

'Only Pakeezah's completion remain unsettled. You have made a condition that unless I give you a divorce you will not complete Pakeezah. Even this knot can be untied .. I will free you from your marital ties. After this, if you wish to complete your Pakeezah. I would be the most happy to do so. This is my request, that Pakeezah on which the fortune of many people depends, and which had the good wishes of so many people should not be left uncompleted if possible. You have better means. You have box-office appeal, and most of all Pakeezah needs you personally .. Pakeezah that is like a sinking ship will reach a shore under your care.'

Meena Kumari wrote to her husband in early 1969.^[5]

'In regard to my working in Pakeezah, I have always been willing and clamouring to work. Pakeezah is my life dream and it will be my greatest pleasure to see it completed. As for my remuneration, I am glad you have given me an opportunity to prove my regards and respect for you. I shall accept only ONE GUINEA as a token of goodwill for my entire work in Pakeezah.'

As the shooting again started in 1969, Meena Kumari was suffering from liver cirrhosis and was in serious critical condition under observation. But since Kumari was still Amrohi's only choice, she agreed to complete the film, despite her severe ill health conditions.^[5] On 16 March 1969, five years and twelve days after Kumari left her husband, Gravelly ill, Meena Kumari reported for work again on Pakeezah.^[5] Kamal Amrohi organized a great reception. He gave his wife a peda (sweet) as a peace offering, and made a documentary film on her arrival at the studio.^[5] Meena Kumari was determined to complete the film and, was well aware of the limited time left for her to live, went out of her way to complete it at the earliest.^[5] Her condition became so bad that during the filming of the last song 'Teer-e Nazar,' she collapsed. A body double, Padma Khanna, was used who was personally trained by her for the scene. Throughout the song, Padma Khanna's face remained veiled and the veil was lifted at instances to show Meena Kumari's face.

Casting[edit]

In 1956, at the initial stages the following had been signed: Josef Wirsching as photographer, Ghulam Mohammed as music director, Ashok Kumar as the hero, Meena Kumari as the heroine, and a handful of Urdu writers as lyricists Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaif Bhopali including Kamal Amrohi. When the project got resumed in 1969, Amrohi was confronted with another difficulty; Ashok Kumar was getting no younger. He had to find a younger leading man for his film. Dharmendra, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar and Sunil Dutt were considered for the same role which eventually went to Raaj Kumar. Raaj Kumar and Kamal Amrohi had worked previously together in Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi, and according to Kamal Amrohi, the one thing that he liked about Raaj Kumar was his voice. Not only did Raaj Kumar knew literate Hindustani, but he also spoke it well and deep. And after finalizing Raaj Kumar, the role was modified from being a businessman's character to a forest officer according to the strong built and impressive persona of Raaj Kumar. During the making of the film, composer Ghulam Mohammed and cinematographer Josef Wirsching died, leaving director Kamal Amrohi at a loss. Eventually, though, composer Naushad was brought in to compose the background score; and after Wirsching's death, over a dozen of Bombay's top cinematographers stepped in as/when they had a break from their other assignments, and they maintained an even look.

Design[edit]

A one-and-a-half-crore rupee film, CinemaScope, Eastmancolor, fourteen years in the making, Kamal Amrohi sketched all the set designs and camera movements, and personally selected every costume, right down to the bangles worn by the minor characters.^[5] Tajdar Amrohi said the haveli in Pakeezah is inspired by their family haveli back home in the city of Amroha, Uttar Pradesh, Kamal Amrohi recreated the exact replica in Mumbai. Most of the film was shot at Filmistan Studios, where the magnificent sets were mounted. The chandeliers were imported from Belgium and bills of the carpets alone ran into lakhs.^[10] Vinod Mehta said: ' Kamal Amrohi saw in Pakeezah an epic, a larger-than-life film with hundreds of extras, with expensive and exotic sets, with superhuman effort made to preserve period flavor; and all this he wished to do with the collected professional proficiency he had acquired in nearly two decades. This was no do-it-yourself cinema; instead, it was visioned as the ultimate in spectacle and pageantry.'^[5]

Music[edit]

When Pakeezah was resumed in 1969, many exhibitors suggested Kamal Amrohi to change the music according to the then famous trend and style. To this, Amrohi said that he would have readily done this if only Ghulam Mohammed was still breathing alive. But, now he cannot betray a man, who gave him such melodious songs, after his unexpected and untimely death. So he kept his music intact, but used fewer songs as planned to keep up with the fast changing times.^[14] Ghulam, the music director of Pakeezah, sadly could not be alive to see the success of his film. It is said that he did not get his due in the Hindi Film Industry in spite of his brilliant work in films like Mirza Ghalib (1954) and Shama (1961).^[14]The composer Naushad was brought in to do the background score for the movie and he also added some fine 'Thumris' in it as required. In January 1977, HMV (now SAREGAMA) released all the remaining 9 unreleased tracks in a different LP titled PAKEEZAH – RANG BARANG, about which many are still not aware of.^[14]

Premiere[edit]

On 3 February 1972, in the Arabian Sea a 'Pakeezah Boat' was sailing and in Maratha Mandir the premiere was scheduled.^[5] The film released with a grand premiere at Maratha Mandir theatre in central Mumbai and the prints being carried on a decked-up palanquin. ^[10] Meena Kumari arrived to attend the last premiere of her life.^[5]Kumari let Raaj Kumar, for the benefit of the press, kiss her hand and went in to see the film.^[5] Meena Kumari was seated next to Kamal Amrohi during the premiere.^[5] When Mohammed Zahur Khayyam complimented Meena Kumari with 'shahkar ban gaya' (it's priceless), she was in tears.^[15]After watching the film, Meena Kumari told a friend that she was convinced that her husband Kamal Amrohi was the finest film-maker in India.^[5] Kumari regarded the film as Kamal Amrohi's tribute to her.^[6]

The film finally released for the general masses the following day. An idea which once lingered in its creator's mind for almost 16 years finally reached the silver screen on 4 February 1972. Unfortunately, it received a lukewarm response from the critics. Although the film received a warm reception from the audience, it was Meena Kumari's untimely death on 31 March 1972 which acted as an ultimate push and made it one of the top grossers of that year.Pakeezah was house-full for 33 weeks and even celebrated its silver jubilee. Meena Kumari's performance as a golden-hearted Lucknow nautch girl drew major praise and the film is since then considered a classic and has a status much similar to K. Asif's 1960 magnum opus, Mughal-E-Azam.,^[16]

Awards[edit]

• 20th Filmfare Awards – 1973

• Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards – 1973

Legacy[edit]

Pakeezah is India's first color film in Cinemascope and Meena Kumari's most awaited film and has since acquired major cult status as well. Tajdar Amrohi shares: 'When the shooting of Pakeezah resumed in 1969, the first song shot was 'Mausam Hai Ashiqana' with this song Meena Kumari set a new fashion trend of girls wearing Lungi.^[17]

Indian Film Critic Bhavana Soumaya says 'Pakeezah is just like poetry on celluloid. I cannot imagine anybody else in this movie except Meena Kumari.'^[18]Pakeezah's music is cited as the greatest classical album in the history of Hindi cinema and was one of the best-selling Bollywood albums of the 1970s.

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—Meena Kumari about Pakeezah (1972)

Pakeezah was the inaugural film telecast by Doordarshan, India's state-owned television station, when it began broadcasting from Amritsar in Punjab in the early 70s. It was especially beamed towards Lahore nearby, in Pakistan. Thousands flocked at Lahore, from as far as Karachi, hundreds of miles away, to see Pakeezah. It was a flood. The crowds stampeded the streets of Lahore to get to the television screens placed at strategic points on virtually every street corner.^[19]

Vinod Mehta (the biographer of Meena Kumari) shared an incident which occurred during the last days of the film's shooting: 'On outdoor shooting, Kamal Amrohi's unit traveled in two cars near a place called Shivpuri in Madhya Pradesh. The cars ran out of petrol, and for miles around there was nothing except a long, deserted, straight road. It was discovered that a bus passed on this route every morning from which fuel could be purchased. Kamal Amrohi decided to spend the night in the desert and ordered his unit roll up the windows of the cars. A little after midnight the occupants of the vehicles were surrounded by a dozen armed men. The men knocked on the closed windows and forced their way in. When the armed gang leader learned that one of the persons in the car was Meena Kumari, his attitude completely changed. He turned out to be a Meena Kumari fan and welcomed his guests in true fan tradition. He organized music, dancing, and food. He even provided a place to sleep. He instructed his juniors the next morning to fetch petrol for the unit. From Meena Kumari, he wanted a special favor. He sharpened his knife and took it to her. 'Please autograph my hand with this,' he requested. Meena was not new to signing autographs but she had never attempted anything as ambitious as a knife. Nervously, she wrote her name on this man's hand. He said he was grateful for this favor. Once the unit left, they found at the next town that they had spent the night in the camp of Madhya Pradesh's renowned and dangerous dacoit—Amrit Lal.'^[5]

Dwyer and Patel have argued that the Pakeezah courtesan genre is responsible for 'some of the most extravagant and beautiful sets and costumes in the history of the Hindi film' – or the pooling of a golden, artificial light that paints his actress as she returns to the Pink Palace. Hence, if Pakeezah's narrative structure (which is also to say its use of time) derives from the codes and conventions of Bollywood filmmaking, as does nominally its emphasis on art design as a source of spectatorial pleasure, Amrohi's spatial articulations and handling of light underscore his individualized sensibility. In this respect, Pakeezah does more justify the popular Indian cinema; it manifests the artistic sensibility of a truly 'rare… connoisseur.' ^[20]Meena Kumari delivers a phenomenal performance as the leading female protagonist, especially given the circumstances, as she was terminally ill when filming resumed. It is perhaps one of her greatest works along with Baiju Bawra (1952), Parineeta (1953) and Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (1962). These are all films which have helped to consolidate her status as the tragedienne of Indian cinema.^[21]The film is also known as one of the historical films which display the sophistication and elegance of Muslim culture in India.^[22]Books and documentaries made about the film include Meghnad Desai's Pakeezah: An Ode to a Bygone World.^[23]Filmmaker/critic Peter Wollen, named Pakeezah as one of the ten best movies ever made in the 1992 'Sight and Sound' poll.^[24][25]Pakeezah ranks on the lists of top Indian films, including the 2002 British Film Institute poll of Top 10 Indian Films.^[26]Pakeezah is also remembered for being one of the last great films to have starred the legendary actress Meena Kumari.

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3. ^Bose, Mihir (2006). Bollywood: a history. Tempus. p. 236. ISBN0-7524-2835-7.
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• Pakeezah at Rediff Movies
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• TorrentGalaxy: A decent database of torrents, good search features, and a clean website design make Torrent Galaxy another site you want to include in your search.
• KAT: This is the official torrent site! Don't be tricked by mirrors of the same name.
• EZTV: You won't find every torrent you're after here, but users say the quality of the torrents you do find is consistently good. This site, like others, can go down sometimes; a little bit of patience will likely see it back up.

• Torrents.me: This meta torrent site isn't too special among all the others but we love the amazing dashboard on their home page. If you're a data nerd and a torrent fan, you'll appreciate what they've done.
• Monova: A nice, clean design is reason enough to spend time on this torrent site. Advertising can be an issue at times but if you can get over that, it's a great torrent site.
• Toorgle: This is another meta torrent search engine, pulling the databases in from over 450 torrent sites into one place.
• Seedpeer: With a sizable database of torrents, Seedpeer is and always has been a great place to search. The interface isn't as nice as some others, but it's still a very usable site.
• TorrentFunk: This is a pretty popular torrent site, in no small part due to its verified status indication, as well as user reviews.
• Zooqle: This is another torrent site you don't want to skip in your search. Users love the size of their database and the frequency of legitimate torrents.
• BitTorrent Database: With a huge database and pretty clean interface that's devoid of advertisements, it's no wonder this multi-million strong collection of torrents is one we frequently hear about.

• YourBittorrent: The clean interface is a big reason to try this torrent searcher..especially if you're new to BitTorrent.
• rutracker: Another site that appears to be Russian, this site is currently active and appears to have current torrents available. Rutracker also offers distribution awards, a hall of fame, and more.
• Pirateiro: This English-language site, offers a variety of downloads, including current and older files. A word cloud at the top of the home page lets users know what the most popular searches on the site are.
• Nyaa: Nyaa is a Chinese-language site that also seems to have some English- and other languages available in downloads. You can easily track seeders and peers on the downloads you find here, as well as the ability to comment on files.
• ArenaBG: This Bulgarian site was restricted in Bulgaria. It’s now based in Frisco, Texas. The site is fairly easy to use, once you translate it to your preferred language, and offers both current downloads and older files.

Disclaimer & Torrent Legal Warning

Lifewire does not condone illegal sharing of copyrighted material. While P2P file sharing technology itself is completely legal, many of the files traded through P2P are indeed copyrighted. Uploading these copyrighted files puts you at risk of a civil lawsuit in the USA, Canada, Australia, and the UK, at a minimum.

Lawsuits can be targeted at individual users or groups of users. These P2P civil lawsuits are very real and, whether or not they are successful, they are often an extreme financial and emotional burden on the defendants.

Additionally, your Internet Service Provider may choose to release a history of your download and upload activity to potential copyright plaintiffs. In general, the more data you download and upload, the more risk you have of being sued by copyright protection groups. As mentioned earlier, a torrent-friendly VPN service can help protect you.