Sangam (1964 Urdu film)

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Sangam
Directed byZahir Raihan
Produced byIftekharul Alam Kislu
Starring
CinematographyAfzal Chowdhury
Music byKhan Ataur Rahman
Release date
  • 23 April 1964 (1964-04-23)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Sangam is a Pakistani Urdu film released in 1964.

Cast

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It was the first full-length colour movie made in Pakistan.[1][2]

Production

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The film was made in Bengali-speaking East Pakistan,[1] and Raihan and much of the cast and crew were from there, but for commercial reasons it was produced in Urdu.[3]

Raihan's decision to film in colour was influenced by the first colour laboratory in Pakistan being located in Dacca, at the fledgling government-run East Pakistan Film Development Corporation.[4]

Most of the film was shot on location in the Chittagong Hill Tracts. Kaptai Lake and its surrounding hills feature prominently.[4][5]

Sangam was produced and directed by Zahir Raihan. It was released on Eid-ul-Azha Day, 23 April 1964.[1]

Music

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Khan Ataur Rahman composed the musical scores.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Sangam (1964 Urdu film)". Pakistan Film Magazine website. Archived from the original on 25 February 2017. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  2. ^ Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 253. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  3. ^ Raju, Zakir Hossain (2014) [First published 2008]. Bangladesh Cinema and National Identity: In Search of the Modern?. Routledge. p. 84. ISBN 978-1-317-60180-7.
  4. ^ a b Hoek, Lotte (December 2016). "Mirrors of Movement: Aina, Afzal Chowdhury's cinematography and the interlinked histories of cinema in Pakistan and Bangladesh". Screen. 57 (4): 491. doi:10.1093/screen/hjw052. hdl:20.500.11820/f623c365-5cbf-48f2-827a-b08470d99eeb.
  5. ^ Hoek, Lotte (2014). "Cross-wing Filmmaking: East Pakistani Urdu Films and Their Traces in the Bangladesh Film Archive". BioScope. 5 (2): 113. doi:10.1177/0974927614547989.
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