Do Ansoo Explained

Do Ansoo
Director:Anwar Kamal Pasha
Murtaza Gilani (assistant director)
Starring:M. Ajmal
Allauddin
Gulshan Ara
Himalaywala
Asif Jah
Santosh Kumar
Sabiha Khanum
Shah Nawaz
Shamim Bano
Music:Mubarak Ali
Distributor:Nobahar Films
Country:Pakistan
Language:Urdu

Do Ansoo, (Urdu: {{Nastaliq|دو آنسُو; Two Tears) is a Pakistani film made in 1949 and released on 7 April 1950.[1] [2] Starring Santosh Kumar, M. Ajmal, Sabiha Khanum and Allauddin, it was the first directorial success of director Anwar Kamal Pasha. The story of the film was adapted from the novel of Pasha's father Hakim Ahmad Shuja, Baap Ka Gunah (Transl. Father's Sin).[3]

The music was composed by Mubarak Ali. Do Ansoo became an instant hit and Sheikh Lateef's Naubahar Films, as a result, got some recognition due to the film's success.[2] Do Ansoo attained a 25-week viewing after being released on 7 April 1950, rendering it the first ever Urdu language film to celebrate a silver jubilee in the new Pakistani film industry.[1] [2]

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Notes and References

  1. https://www.dawn.com/news/882823 COVER STORY: Trouble in tinsel town
  2. Web site: Do Ansoo film review . https://web.archive.org/web/20190915223721/http://cineplot.com/do-ansoo-1950-review . Cineplot.com website. 3 February 2022. 15 September 2019. dead.
  3. Book: Evacuee Cinema: Bombay and Lahore in Partition Transit, 1940–1960 . 978-1009151207 . Cambridge University Press . Salma Siddique .