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Zeenat is a film of genre Drama with Noor Jehan
Zeenat (1945)
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Add to a movie listZeenat is a 1945 Indian Muslim social melodrama film directed by Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi and starring Noor Jehan, Yakub, Majid, Himalayawala, and Karan Dewan. It was produced by Shirazali Hakim and Ramzanali S. Lakhani. The film’s story and dialogue was written by Wajahat Mirza Changezi. The music was composed by Meer Saheb and Hafiz Khan while the background music was provided by Rafique Ghaznavi.
It is the story of a young girl who loses her husband a few days after her wedding as a result of a fall from a horse but not before they have spent a night together unbeknownst to others, leaving her pregnant. Her travails following the death of her husband and the music of the film made it the highest grossing Indian film of 1945.
Actors
Noor Jehan
(as Zeenat)
Yakub
Karan Dewan
(Liyaqat Hussain (as Karan Diwan))
Shashikala
(A qawwali dancer)
Leela Mishra
(Liyaqat's Mom (as Lila Misra))
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