Shahida (film)

Shahida is a Pakistani Urdu-language Muslim social film released on 19 March 1949. The film was directed by Luqman. Shahida was actually the first Pakistani film which was started before the independence of Pakistan in 1947 and later released in 1949, unlike Teri Yaad which started its production after independence and was released earlier than Shahida.

Shamim Bano played the title role in the film opposite Nasir Khan, who appeared in the leading role in his second and final Lollywood film, after which he left Pakistan and went to India permanently.

This film was originally started as a project by Hakim Ahmad Shuja, along with financial backers in British India (circa 1945-46) but could not be filmed due to various problems, in particular the partition in 1947, which also led to the end of the old, joint film industry and its mutual contacts. The project was revived in 1948, by M. Akbar, as producer and Luqman as director. Hakim Ahmad Shuja was asked to revise his original script and to help write out the song lyrics, of classics such as "Dar Ba Dar Phirte Hain" and "Alwidah", with Ghulam Haider and Ghulam Ahmed Chishti giving the music.

Cast

 * Shamim Bano as Shahida
 * Nasir Khan as Saeed
 * Shakir as Kabeer
 * G.N. Butt as Ameer Hassan
 * Shammi
 * Hamaliyawala
 * Begum Parveen