The National Film Archive of India (NFAI) on Wednesday mentioned they’ve obtained a uncommon footage of Meena Kumari-starrer Pakeezah, together with the visuals of the favored track ‘Inhin Logon Ne’. NFAI mentioned that that they’ve added a uncommon 18-minute footage in 16mm of the making of Kamal Amrohi’s iconic movie. The footage has uncommon visuals of the 15-year lengthy journey of Pakeezah, from its inception to launch.
Also that includes Raaj Kumar and Ashok Kumar, the romantic-musical-drama revolves round a courtesan (Kumari) and her forbidden love. This is a really uncommon addition to the NFAI assortment. The preliminary inspection reveals the situation of the movie is closely scratched and color light. We are attempting our greatest to salvage the fabric in order that it may be made accessible to the viewers, Prakash Magdum, director, NFAI, mentioned in an announcement in Mumbai. One of the highlights is the visuals of the favored track ‘Inhin Logon Ne’ shot in black and white within the early interval of the taking pictures of the movie, wherein younger Kumari is seen dancing. This was one of the primary sequences to be shot and the clapper board exhibits the date as sixteenth July 1956, the NFAI mentioned in a launch.
The footage additionally accommodates a Mohammed Rafi’s qawwali quantity ‘Jaye Toh Jaye Kaha, Ab Ye Tera Deewana’, which was not included within the launched movie, it mentioned. The late Ghulam Mohammad, finest recognized for scoring music for Mirza Ghalib, Shama, had composed the music of Pakeezah, to lyrics penned by a number of poets, together with Kaifi Azmi, Majrooh Sultanpuri and Kaif Bhopali.
The different visuals embrace scenes from the premiere of the movie, which was held on the Maratha Mandir in Bombay on February 4, 1972, the discharge mentioned. Amrohi and Meena Kumari had married in 1952, however their relationship soured later. The movie went on flooring in 1956 and reportedly took about 16 years to reach on the large display screen. Pakeezah opened to broad acclaim and upon its launch on 4 February, 1972 and was termed as a masterpiece.
Weeks after the discharge of Pakeezah, Kumari died on 31 March 1972 on the age of 39 attributable to liver cirrhosis. Known because the tragedy queen of Bollywood, Meena Kumari made her debut as a child-artist in 1939 with Leatherface and mesmerized the viewers together with her efficiency in movies like Bachchon Ka Khel, Baiju Bawra, Parineeta, Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam, Kaajal, Pakeezah, Mere Apne, Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai, Dil Ek Mandir, amongst others.
