Pure One

– This movie is about the tawaif Sahibjaan (Meena Kumari), who is born to a courtesan, Nargis (also Me..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.50 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 27 Minutes
Release Year:
1972
Original Name:
Pakeezah
Pure One (1972) - Also known as Pakeezah

This movie is about the tawaif Sahibjaan (Meena Kumari), who is born to a courtesan, Nargis (also Meena Kumari). After being spurned by her lover Shahabuddin's (Ashok Kumar) family, Nargis is driven to a graveyard where she gives birth to Sahibjaan secretly. Nargis dies during childbirth and her sister Nawabjaan (Veena)- a brothel madam - brings her up as her own. Unable to break away from the vicious circle, Sahibjaan grows up to be a beautiful and popular dancer/singer. Forest ranger Salim Ahmed Khan (Raaj Kumar), enthralled by her beauty and innocence, eventually convinces her to elope with him, which she does. But trials and tribulations await Sahibjaan as she is recognized by men wherever she goes in the company of Salim.

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Release Date:

04 Feb 1972

Language:

Urdu

Director:

Kamal Amrohi

Writer:

Aman, Kamal Amrohi

Main Actors:

Ashok Kumar, Meena Kumari, Raaj Kumar, Veena

Plot:

A girl, whose mother dies of sorrow from her husband's family's rejection, grows up singing and dancing like her mother. She works as a dancing girl and is courted by a prince, but can think only of a man she has never met, who left her a message on the train. She dreams of him and cannot dance, becomes frightened and runs into the night

Awards:

1 win.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.5/10