Lollywood film "Zameer"

(Mubbashir Saleem., Lahore)

Zameer (the conscious,the inner self, judge of any one's own character)is among the last films of waheed saheb and it is the only film in which waheed saheb paired with rohi bano; a top of the list performer of ptv of that time.this film has also the credit of not to be a copy of any of the bollywood film(s),however it was directed by the director iqbal akhtar.iqbal akhtar is famous for making charba or copy films of bollywod.films nadan of nadeem and anhoni of waheed saheb;were the blind imitation of bollywood films gopi of dilip kumar and raja jani of dharmendar and hema malini.to produce an riginal film could not be expected from iqbal akhtar.this film was based on novel sodai by ismat chuhtai.she is better re-knowned as a notorious writer in urdu literature.but, her novel sodai is unexpectedly a nice one.it does include any nudity.sodai is the depiction of an irresponsible attitude of aristocratic/elite class in taking the bitter facts of life as value less.she presents in this novel,that being living away fro the life of an ordinary person;the rich men can't understand the jokes played to him by his servants.that's a unique feature of this novel.every one gives him respect,but the sentiments are to a far extent different of people of higher society.the film is a hit one of it's time,but it did't prove as the novel portrays the situation.ali saeb very professionally and deeply handled this negative character.film also has a thrill element in it.rohi bano is also beautifully exposed.but the film did't cast the impression,as the novel creates in the mind of it's readers.it is opposite from the films made on heer ranjha,laila majnu,umrao jaan ada and devdaas.but in presence of shortcomings and defficiencies film is a classic one.it portrays the wild nature in character of ali saheb,but did't throw light on the carelessness style of rich people.one can find difficulty in deciding about that who is the hero ali saheb or waheed saheb.it is the main attraction in this film.

Mubbashir Saleem.
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