Neela Parbat

On his deathbed, Painda Khan's friend takes a promise from him to take care of his daughter Laila 'Laali' for his whole life. After his death, Painda Khan adopts Laali and she starts living in his house. Painda Khan's son Bakhtiar 'Bakhtoo' and Laali soon develop a strong mutual bond. Painda Khan too loves Laali and treats her passionately. He later discovers that he has fallen for her when he finds it unbearable for anyone to be around her, even his own son. Due to his frankness with Laali (who has feelings for him), he wants to marry Bakhtoo with his brother's daughter, who Bakhtoo already has some intimate relations with. This conflict between the father and son and the love of a father for his adopted daughter cause the destruction of relations thereafter.

The cast of the film include:

• Husna as Laila “Laali”
• Mohammad Ali as Bakhtiyar “Bakhtoo”
• Talish{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/283051-legendary-actor-talish-remembered-on-his-20th-death-anniversary|title=Legendary actor Talish remembered on his 20th death anniversary|website=The News International|date=February 25, 2018}} as Painda Khan
• Sofia Bano
• Komal
• Kemal Irani
• Panna
• Azad
• Gotam
• Piyarang Qadir
• Fomi

It was one of Pakistan's earliest experimental feature films. It had experimentation by the film director with the Freudian sensual themes, which was very unusual for Pakistani cinema at that time.{{cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1519772|title=THE ICON INTERVIEW: ICON OF VERSATILITY|work=Dawn (newspaper)|date=4 December 2019|author=Khursheed Hyder}} So the film received a 'for adults only' rating. In the film, actress Komal had a really interesting foray into the parallel cinema. She portrayed the sensual plaything for Muhammad Ali's character.{{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/neela-parbat/ |title=Film Review of 'Neela Parbat' on cineplot.com website |date=8 November 2009 |access-date=25 June 2016 |website=Cine Plot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200617172718/http://cineplot.com/neela-parbat/ |archive-date=17 June 2020}}

It was filmed in Karachi's Eastern Studio and Lahore's Bari Studio.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d6YcAQAAMAAJ&q=Neela+Parbat |title=Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan |volume=16 |publisher=Pakistan Herald Publications |year=1963 |page=45}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GH06AQAAIAAJ&q=Neela+Parbat|title=Illustrated Weekly of Pakistan |year=1964 |page=41}}

The film was produced by Ahmed Bashir, directed by Ahmad Bashir with Hafeez Romani as co-director, and written by Mumtaz Mufti. The crew included:

• Cameramen: M. Hussain, Naseem Hassan, Nusrat Butt
• Other's assistant director: Arshad Mirza
• Background music: Saleem Iqbal
• Ass. Cameraman: Masood Butt

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Neela Parbat was released on 3 January 1969. Along with the theatres of nine other cities, it was released in Dacca, Lahore and Karachi. The film was a flop with only 5 weeks at theaters.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=emzHLF9zWOsC&q=Neela+Parbat |title=Cinema the World Over |volume=1-3 |publisher=National Film Development Corporation |author=K. S. Hosain |year=1975}}

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Category:1969 films

Category:Pakistani drama films

Category:1960s Urdu-language films

Category:Pakistani black-and-white films

Category:Lollywood films

Category:Urdu-language Pakistani films

Category:Pakistani erotic films