Pakistan Film History
Pre-Partition Films
A database on Indo-Pak films from 1913-47
Pakistan Film Magazine presents a database on
3026 prePartition films, which were produced in India and Pakistan before 1947. These incomplete information's are from Lahore, Bombay and Calcutta film studios and on Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi films only. There are 1249 Silent, 1729 Hindi/Urdu and 43 Punjabi films. 1287 film songs are listed as well.
An Urdu article on 100 Years of Indo-Pak films is also included.
Folk & Muslim stories prepartition films
8 Lahore made folks stories films
(1 Silent, 1 Hindi/Urdu and 6 Punjabi films)
10 Calcutta made folks stories films
(1 Silent, 5 Hindi/Urdu and 4 Punjabi films)
41 Bombay made folks films stories
(12 Silent, 25 Hindi/Urdu and 4 Punjabi films)
7 Hit folks stories films
(0 Silent, 1 Hindi/Urdu and 6 Punjabi films)
60 folks stories prepartition films
- 8 films from Lahore
- 41 films from Bombay
- 10 films from Calcutta
- 15 Silent films
- 31 Hindi/Urdu films
- 14 Punjabi films
Folk & Muslim stories prepartition films
2 Lahore made Muslim stories films
(0 Silent, 2 Hindi/Urdu and 0 Punjabi films)
12 Calcutta made Muslim stories films
(2 Silent, 10 Hindi/Urdu and 0 Punjabi films)
5. | 1934: Amina (Hindi/Urdu) |
80 Bombay made Muslim films stories
(21 Silent, 59 Hindi/Urdu and 0 Punjabi films)
42. | 1934: Noori (Hindi/Urdu) |
64. | 1943: Najma (Hindi/Urdu) |
78. | 1947: Abida (Hindi/Urdu) |
80. | 1947: Elan (Hindi/Urdu) |
5 Hit Muslim stories films
(0 Silent, 5 Hindi/Urdu and 0 Punjabi films)
5. | 1947: Elan (Hindi/Urdu) |
94 Muslim stories prepartition films
- 2 films from Lahore
- 80 films from Bombay
- 12 films from Calcutta
- 23 Silent films
- 71 Hindi/Urdu films
- 0 Punjabi films
37. | 1934: Amina (Hindi/Urdu) |
48. | 1934: Noori (Hindi/Urdu) |
77. | 1943: Najma (Hindi/Urdu) |
92. | 1947: Abida (Hindi/Urdu) |
94. | 1947: Elan (Hindi/Urdu) |
Alphabetically order
3. | Abida (Hindi/Urdu - 1947) |
11. | Amina (Hindi/Urdu - 1934) |
30. | Elan (Hindi/Urdu - 1947) |
54. | Najma (Hindi/Urdu - 1943) |
64. | Noori (Hindi/Urdu - 1934) |
Pattan(1955)
Gumm(2019)
Heer(1955)
Bindia(1946)
Dost(1944)
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