Andaleeb

Andaleeb is a 1969 Pakistani Urdu colour film starring Waheed Murad, Shabnam, Aliya, and Mustafa Qureshi, and Talish. It was a golden jubilee hit directed by Farid Ahmed, produced by Rashid Mukhtar, and music composed by Nisar Bazmi. Andaleeb received 4 Nigar Awards in different categories.

Plot
This film is a musical love story based on Salma Kanwal's novel by the same title, "Andaleeb".

Cast

 * Shabnam
 * Waheed Murad
 * Aliya Begum
 * Mustafa Qureshi
 * Talish
 * Salma Mumtaz
 * Lehri
 * Ibrahim Nafees
 * Rajni
 * Baby Durdana
 * Atia Ashraf
 * Talat Siddiqi
 * Meena Chaudhry
 * Pandit Shahed
 * Sultana Iqbal
 * Niggo
 * Meena Chaudhary

Music
The music of the film was composed by well-known musician Nisar Bazmi. The song Kuch log rooth kar be lagte hain kitne pyare written by Masroor Anwar was one of his big super-hit songs for 1969.

Songs of the film are:
 * Nanhi munni guria rani... by Runa Laila
 * Kuch log rooth kar bhi lagte hain kitne pyaare by Ahmad Rushdi
 * Gaisuyon ke anchal mein... by Ahmad Rushdi
 * Mere dil ki mehfil saja dene wale... by Ahmad Rushdi and Noor Jehan
 * Tere waadon ne sanam... by Runa Laila
 * Kuchh log rooth kar bhi... by Noor Jehan
 * Pyar kar ke ham buhat pachhtaye... by Noor Jehan, film song written by Kaleem Usmani
 * Jhoote waado se na dil behlaiye... by Runa Laila and Dina Laila

Box office
The film was a golden jubilee hit, completing 56 weeks in theaters.

Awards
Andaleeb won four Nigar Awards in the following categories:

Trivia
Initially, the actress Shabnam was not able to speak Urdu fluently, so for Andaleeb, her dialogues were by a lady Kaukab Afzal.