From : Suhanee11
Added: Nov 4, 2008
This movie is about the pure of heart (Pakeezah) Nargis (Meena Kumari) who was brought up by brothel madame Nawabjaan (Veena). Unable to break away from the vicious circle, Nargis grows up and becomes a beautiful and popular dancer/singer Sahibjaan. Aristocratic Salim Ahmed Khan (Raaj Kumar) is enthralled by Sahibjaan's beauty and innocence, and eventually convinces her to elope with him, which she does. But trials and tribulations await Sahibjaan as she is recognized by men wherever she goes in the company of Salim. When Salim re-names her "Pakeezah" and takes her to a priest to be legally married, she refuses, and returns to the brothel. Salim eventually decides to marry someone else, and invites Sahibjaan to dance at his wedding, Sahibjaan agrees to this, not knowing that many secrets will be revealed at this wedding. This movie is also memorable for its songs: "Chalo dildar chalo chand ke par chalo, hum hai taiyar chalo...."; "Chalte chaltey yunhi koi mil gaya tha sar raha chalte chaltey..."; "Inhi logon ne le liya dupata mera...."; "Tharey rahiyo o banke yaar tharey rahiyo..."; "Aaj hum apni dhuaon ka asar dekhenge, teera nazar dekhenge, zakhmi jigar dekhenge...." Pakeezah took nearly 14 years to shoot because of change in relationship between Meena Kumari and the director from warm to worse and then back to compromise one. Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi were married when Pakeezah was first conceived. Due to a variety of different factors, Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi parted ways and the film remained incomplete. It was only when Nargis and Sunil dutt saw the rushes of the film that they convinced Meena Kumari to complete it. The heroine of the movie, Meena Kumari, gave probably the best performance of her career. When initially released in February 1972 the film opened to a lukewarm response and was supposed to be a flop. However after Meena Kumari's untimely death a month later, Pakeezah became a cult classic. People are more appreciated and remembered after they pass away as suppose to when they are alive.
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