Rustam Sohrab

{{Short description|1963 film}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Rustam Sohrab

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| caption = Film Poster

| director = Vishram Bedekar

| producer = F.U. Ramsay

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| story =

| based_on = Rostam and Sohrab in Shahnameh{{Clear}} by Ferdowsi

| starring = {{ubl|Suraiya|Prithviraj Kapoor|Prem Nath|Mumtaz}}

| music = Sajjad Hussain

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| released = {{Film date|1963}}

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| country = India

| language = Hindi

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Rustam Sohrab is a 1963 Indian Hindi-language film, produced by F.U. Ramsay and directed by Vishram Bedekar.{{cite web|url=https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/rustom-sohrab |title=Rustam Sohrab (1963 film)|website= Cinemaazi.com website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211207112532/https://www.cinemaazi.com/film/rustom-sohrab|archive-date=7 December 2021|url-status=dead|access-date=16 April 2024}}

The film has Suraiya as the heroine (in the role of Shehzadi Tehmina) and Prithviraj Kapoor (in the role of Rustom Zabuli) as the hero. The story is based on the legendary poem of Rostam and Sohrab by Persian poet Ferdowsi. Prem Nath plays the role of Sohrab, Rustam's son and Mumtaz plays the role of Shahroo, Sohrab's love. The film has music by Sajjad Hussain.{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-retrospect-sajjad-hussain-s-musical-gems-2095174|title=Bollywood Retrospect: Sajjad Hussain's musical gems|newspaper=DNA India newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023041807/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-bollywood-retrospect-sajjad-hussain-s-musical-gems-2095174|archive-date=23 October 2023|url-status=dead |access-date=16 April 2024}}

It was the last film of Suraiya, after which she gave up acting and singing altogether. In the film, she sang her swan song "Ye kaisi ajab dastan ho gayi hai", which is regarded as one of her hit film songs.{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-story-of-suraiya/article19318780.ece |title=The story of Suraiya | date=21 July 2017 |first=Pran|last=Nevile|newspaper=The Hindu newspaper|access-date=16 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528102048/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/the-story-of-suraiya/article19318780.ece |url-status=dead|archive-date=28 May 2023}}