Lakhon Mein Aik

Lakhon Mein Aik
Lakhon Mein Aik
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Urdu	لاکھوں میں ایک
Directed by	Raza Mir
Written by	Zia Sarhadi
Produced by	Afzal Hussain; Raza Mir
Starring	Shamim Ara; Ijaz
Cinematography	Kamran Mirza
Edited by	Rehmat Ali
Music by	Nisar Bazmi
Production; company	United Workers
Release date	28 April 1967;
Country	Pakistan
Language	Urdu

Lakhon Mein Aik (pronounced [laːkʰoːn meːn eːk]; transl. One in a million) is a 1967 Pakistani romantic musical film directed by Raza Mir and written by Zia Sarhadi. Set 20 years after the partition of India, the film stars Shamim Ara and Ijaz as star-crossed lovers. It was released on 28 April 1967 and became a commercial success, winning six Nigar Awards including Best Actress for Ara.

Plot

In 1947, following the partition of India, communal riots emerge in Kashmir. A Hindu family tries to flee to India but is accidentally separated from their young daughter, Shakuntala. Shakuntala and a Muslim boy Mahmood fall in love but then they are separated and feel agony while they are separated.

Cast

Shamim Ara as Shakuntala^[1]^[2]
Ijaz as Mahmood / Dildar Khan^[1]^[3]
Talish as Ahmed^[1]^[3]
Saqi as the Pathan truck driver^[1]
Mustafa Qureshi as Madhu^[1]^[3]

Production

Lakhon Mein Aik was written by Zia Sarhadi and directed by Raza Mir, who co-produced the film with Afzal Hussain. Cinematography was handled by Kamran Mirza, and editing by Rehmat Ali.^[4]

Themes

Lakhon Mein Aik is set 20 years after the partition of India which happened in 1947, though historian Karan Bali notes that the events of 1947 "play a key role in kick-starting the doomed Indo-Pak love story". He also considers that though Pakistani people view the film as unbiased and balanced, from an Indian perspective it "does not really appear quite as so" since the majority of Muslim characters are portrayed as sympathetic, and "every Hindu, barring the heroine and her father, is seen as negative or evil".^[5]

Soundtrack

The soundtrack was composed by Nisar Bazmi.^[4]

No.	Title	Lyrics	Singer(s)
1.	"Bari Mushkil Say Hua Tera Mera Sath Piya"	Tanvir Naqvi	Noor Jehan
2.	"Challo Achha Hua Tum Bhool Gaye, Ik Bhool Hi Tha Mera Pyar"	Fayyaz Hashmi	Noor Jehan
3.	"Dil Diya Dard Liya, Ankh Mein Aansoo Aye"	Masroor Anwar	Mehdi Hassan
4.	"Halaat Badal Nahin Saktay, In Rahon Mein Bhi Jeevan Bhar"	Masroor Anwar	Noor Jehan
5.	"Ho, Sun Saajna, Dukhi Mann Ki Pukar, Hua Vairi Sansar"	Masroor Anwar	Noor Jehan
6.	"Mann Mandar Kay Devta, Rakhio Laaj Hamari"	Fayyaz Hashmi	Noor Jehan, Chorus
7.	"Pyar Na Ho Jab Dil Mein To Jeena Hay Adhoora"	Tanvir Naqvi	Naseem Begum, Ahmed Rushdi
8.	"Sathi Kahan Ho, Awaz To Do, Pal Pal Mera Pyar Pukaray"	Tanvir Naqvi	Noor Jehan, Mujeeb Alam

Release and reception

Lakhon Mein Aik was released on 28 April 1967 and became a commercial success.^[4]^[2] Filmman of The Statesman said it "does make a departure from the general run of Urdu films but somehow clings to the hackneyed twists and turns.^[6]

Accolades

The film won in six categories at the Pakistani Nigar Awards: Best Actress for Shamim Ara, Best Supporting Actor for Saqi, Best Sound, Best Camera, Best Female Singer for Noor Jehan and Best Lyricist for Fayyaz Hashmi.^[3]

Impact

The cross-border romance theme of Lakhon Mein Aik later inspired the Indian filmmaker Raj Kapoor with the idea of the film Henna (1991).^[3] The film was adapted by Sangeeta as a television series which aired on TV One.^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Rabe, Nate (27 August 2017). "Sound of Lollywood: In 'Lakhon Mein Aik', a reminder of the unhealed wounds of 1947". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b Rao, Hamza (1 December 2017). "Seven unforgettable, daring Pakistani films". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bali, Karan (7 June 2015). "Lakhon Mein Aik (film review)". Upperstall.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Lakhon Mein Ek". Pakmag. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ Bali, Karan (13 August 2017). "Pakistani Cinema Had Its Own Way of Looking at Partition Too". The Wire. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
^ Filmman (13 May 1967). "Lakhon Mein Aik: An Off-beat Story". The Statesman. p. 10. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
^ The Herald. Vol. 40, no. 6–7. 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=WVxzzCrCzEYC&q=lakhon+mein+aik. Retrieved 6 August 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Lakhon Mein Aik at IMDb

[scroll-1] Rabe, Nate (27 August 2017). "Sound of Lollywood: In 'Lakhon Mein Aik', a reminder of the unhealed wounds of 1947". Scroll.in. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[DT-2] Rao, Hamza (1 December 2017). "Seven unforgettable, daring Pakistani films". Daily Times. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.

[upperstall-3] Bali, Karan (7 June 2015). "Lakhon Mein Aik (film review)". Upperstall.com. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[pakmag-4] "Lakhon Mein Ek". Pakmag. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[5] Bali, Karan (13 August 2017). "Pakistani Cinema Had Its Own Way of Looking at Partition Too". The Wire. Archived from the original on 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.

[6] Filmman (13 May 1967). "Lakhon Mein Aik: An Off-beat Story". The Statesman. p. 10. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020.

[7] The Herald. Vol. 40, no. 6–7. 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=WVxzzCrCzEYC&q=lakhon+mein+aik. Retrieved 6 August 2022. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

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