Pakeezah  (DVD Hindi)

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 her beauty poise her desries or her longing were not her own. Yet she believed that her body and soul were pure, untouched and untouchable. They were only for her true love when she would find it And she did but not before heartbreak ,humiliation, insults and snubs almost drove her embrace death. she was... Kamal Amrohi's PAKEEZAH. FILMFARE AWARD WINNER Best Art Direction - N. B. Kulkarni Nominated for the Filmfare Awards (1973), in the category for the Best Film, Best Director (Kamal Amrohi), Best Actress (Meena Kumari), and Best Music (Ghulam Mohamad) MEMORABLE MELODIES: Though Ghulam Mohamad, composed the music, Maestro Naushed had to compose the theme music due to Ghulam Mohamad’s death. Some of the outstanding songs from the film which are still popular after more than three decades of the film’s release: - "Inhi lago ne le linha dupatta mera" – Lata Mangeshkar - "Thare rahiyo" – Lata Mangeshkar - "Chalte chalte yuhin koi" – Lata Mangeshkar - "Mausam hai ashiquana" – Lata Mangeshkar - "Chalo dildaar chalo" – Mohamad Rafi-Lata Mangeshkar