Khushboo (1979 film)

Khushboo is a 1979 Pakistani film directed by Nazar Shabab. It is produced by A. Hameed and music was composed by M. Ashraf. The lead cast of the film includes Rani, Shahid, Mumtaz with Nayyar Sultana and Rangeela in the supporting cast. It was released on 25 August 1979, on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, and was a golden jubilee hit at the box office.

Main Jis Din Bhula Dun Ter Pyar Dil Se was a popular track from the film's soundtrack.

Plot
A young, arrogant and spoilt businessman Amjad marries a girl Zeenat to avenge the slaps that she has given him when he mistreated her. After marriage, he imprisons her in the house. She initially hopes to make him a good person with her love, but on constant deprivation of respect by him, she decides to teach him a lesson. She devises a plan to spend a night with him and does it with the help of an employee of his. Amjad, who spends nights with girls, consummates their relationship that night, unknowing that she is his wife. Zeenat then gets pregnant and hopes to birth a boy who can avenge her insult from him. He then throws her out of the house when he comes to know about her pregnancy. She then gives birth to a girl, Sitara.

Amjad's first wife dies after giving birth to a girl, Salma. Years passed and she gets older and spends these years deprived of her father's love due to his nature. On the other hand, Zeenat's daughter Siatara also becomes older and comes to know about his father and his treatment with her mother. She decides to take revenge on her father and starts living in his house as Salma, due to having a similar face. With a series of events, she brings her father to the right path and in the end gets her mother her due respect.

Cast

 * Rani as Zeenat
 * Shahid as Amjad
 * Mumtaz as Sitara & Salma
 * Nayyar Sultana
 * Rangeela
 * Ibrahim Nafees
 * Noor Naghmi

Soundtrack
Main Jis Din Bhula Dun Tera Pyar Dil Sey was a popular track from the film's soundtrack, in the vocals of Mehnaz and Mehdi Hassan. The song is considered as classic and one of the best song by Mehnaz. It was plagiarized by Raamlaxman for the 1990 Indian film Police Public as well.