Pukar (1939 film)

Pukar

Film poster
Directed by Sohrab Modi
Produced by Sohrab Modi
Written by Kamal Amrohi
Vishnupant Aundhkar
S. Ameer Hyder
Starring Sohrab Modi
Chandramohan
Naseem Banu
Music by S. Fernandes
Mir Saheb
Cinematography Y. D. Sarpotdar
Edited by A. K. Chaterji
D. Shirdhankar
Release dates
  • 1939 (1939)
Running time
 165 min.
Country India
Language Urdu
Pukar

Pukar (Urdu: پُکر, Hindi: पुकार) is a 1939 Urdu film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi at production house, Minerva movietone. The film is about Mughal emperor Jehangir's legendary justice and focuses how Jehangir offers himself to be killed when a washerwoman accuses the empress Noorjehan (Naseem Banu) of killing her husband in a hunt.

The movie is a typical Sohrab Modi production (which always seemed to be historical) with heavy and lengthy Urdu dialogues said in a loud and dramatic style. Story and lyrics are by Kamal Amrohi. Pukar is considered to be the earliest Muslim social film.[1]

Plot

Set at the court of the harsh Mughhal Emperor Jehangir (Chandra Mohan), the film tells two separate love stories: the first of Mangal Singh (Ali) and Kanwar (Sheela) amid the violent feud raging between their families, and the second, the famous one of Jehangir and Nurjehan (Banu). Mangal kills the brother and father of his lover. His father, the loyal Rajput chieftain Sangram Singh (Modi), captures his son and Jehangir passes the death sentence. Jehangir's claim that the law knows no class distinction is put on the test when a washerwoman (Akhtar) accuses Queen Nurjehan of having inadvertently killed her husband during a hunt. Jehangir offers his own life but the washerwoman magnanimously forgives him.

Cast

References

  1. ↑ Nanji, Azim; Malise Ruthven (2004). Historical atlas of Islam. Harvard University Press. p. 189. ISBN 0-674-01385-9.
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