Chan Wey
{{Short description|1951 film}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2023}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Chanway
| image = Chanway.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|Punjabi|چن وے}}
| director = {{plainlist|
- Noor Jehan
- Shaukat Hussain Rizvi {{small|(supervisor)}}
}}
| writer = {{plainlist|
- Imtiaz Ali Taj
- Ehsan {{small|(dialogues)}}
}}
| screenplay =
| story =
| based_on =
| producer = Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
| starring = {{ubl|Noor Jehan|Ghulam Mohammad|Santosh Kumar|Jahangir Khan}}
| narrator =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| music = Feroz Nizami
| studio = Shahnoor Studios
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|df=yes|1951|03|24|ref1=}}
| runtime =
| country = Pakistan
| language = Punjabi
}}
Chanway or Chan Wey ({{translation|O, Moon}}) is a 1951 Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed Noor Jehan (in her directorial debut) with the supervision of Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.
It was written by Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj. Feroz Nizami provided the music for the film's soundtrack. It premiered in Lahore's Regent Cinema on 24 March 1951.
The film was the first Pakistani film directed by a woman. "Mundeya Sialkotiya" was a popular track from the film's soundtrack.
Cast
The cast of the film includes:{{cite web|url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/special-feature/2013-09-02/5739|title={{Nq|چن وے ( شاہ نور فلمز کی پہلی پنجابی فلم )}} |date=2 September 2013 |work=Dunya newspaper |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427162056/https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/special-feature/2013-09-02/5739}}
- Noor Jehan as Seema
- Santosh Kumar as Feroze
- Ghulam Mohammad as Fazal
- Jahangir Khan{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1045040 |title=Jehangir A. Khan is dead |newspaper=Dawn newspaper |date=24 September 2013|access-date=9 June 2024}} as Aslam
- Saleem Raza as Chiragh
- Nafees Begum as Khairaan
- Himalyawala as Doctor
- Yasmin as Shaddo
Production
After migrating from India, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi established his Shahnoor Studios and decided to produce a film. He was advised to produce film in Punjabi language because at that time Punjabi films such as Pheray (1949) and Laraay (1950) were commercially successful rather than Urdu language films. So, he directed and produced Channway and his spouse Noor Jehan was credited as the director because he himself did not know the Punjabi language. Thus, it became the first Pakistani film by a female director.
The film also marked Noor Jehan's return to the screen since her last film Jugnu (1947), also directed by Rizvi and had music composed by Nizami.{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOdkAAAAMAAJ&q=chanway+Pakistani+cinema |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=38 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}{{cite news|url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/04-Jan-2019/906438 |title=فلمی و ادبی شخصیات کے سکینڈلز۔ ۔ ۔قسط نمبر582 |date=4 January 2019 |newspaper=Daily Pakistan newspaper|access-date=9 June 2024}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQTABKAGaVgC&pg=PA182 |title=Culture and Customs of Pakistan |author=Iftikhar Haider Malik |isbn=978-0313331268 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2006 |page=182}}{{cite web|url=http://www.mpaop.org/mpaop/pak-film-database/chronological-of-films/1951-2/chan-way/ |title=Chanway (1951) |work=Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan website |archive-date=14 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214234525/http://www.mpaop.org/mpaop/pak-film-database/chronological-of-films/1951-2/chan-way/|url-status=dead|access-date=9 June 2024}}
Release and reception
The film premiered on 24 March 1951 in Lahore's Regent cinema. It became commercially successful with a theatrical run of 18 weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/story/2005/09/printable/050930_lollywood_12_zs |title={{Nq|جب پہلی بامقصد فلم بنی}} |date=30 September 2005 |work=BBC News |language=ur |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330074747/https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/story/2005/09/printable/050930_lollywood_12_zs |archive-date=30 March 2023|access-date=9 June 2024}}
Soundtrack
Feroz Nizami composed the film's music on the lyrics of F.D. Sharf and Ustad Daman. All songs were performed by Noor Jehan except one, which was performed by Ali Bakhsh Zahoor.
= Track listing =
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