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Roopmati Baaz Bahadur
1960 film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Roopmati Baaz Bahadur is a 1960 Pakistani romance film based on the story of Roopmati and Baz Bahadur.
It stars Shamim Ara and Aslam Pervaiz in the title roles. The film was directed by Zakaullah Shah, with music composed by Tassaduq Hussain for which he won the President Award for best music director.[1][2][3]
It also won President's Award for best singer for Roshan Ara Begum.[4][5][3]
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Plot
The story revolves around the romance of a singer Roopmati with Baz Bahadur, who was the Sultan of Malwa but introduced himself as a soldier to her. After a few meetings with her, he manages to invite all the singers from the state to perform, so that he can spend time with her. When Roopmati gives her final performance, Thakur comes there and accuses him of killing his father while in actual he was accidentally killed by him when he was trying to humiliate Roopmati. Thakur is the same person whose father was the teacher of Roopmati and he himself wants to get her.
After his accusation, Sultan orders to imprison her.
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Cast
- Shamim Ara as Roopmati[2]
- Aslam Pervaiz as Baz Bahadur[2]
- Talish as Balbir Singh[2]
- Saleem Raza as Thakur[2]
- Saqi
- Naaz
- Rafi
- Anwar Majeed
Soundtrack
All lyrics are written by Tufail Hoshiarpuri, Saifuddin Saif; all music is composed by Tassaduq Hussain[1][2]
Awards
The film won two awards at the President's Awards in the following year:
- Best Music Director - Tassaduq Hussain[3]
- Best Singer - Roshan Ara Begum[3]
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