Dillagi
دل لگی
film poster
Directed byAslam Dar
Written byAziz Meeruti
Produced byAslam Dar, Qamar Butt
StarringShabnam
Nadeem
Nayyar Sultana
Lehri
Agha Talish
Rehan
Music byMaster Rafiq Ali
Release date
  • 15 February 1974 (1974-02-15)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu
Box officeA Platinum jubilee film

Dillagi (Urdu: دل لگی) is a 1974 Pakistani romantic drama Urdu film directed by Aslam Dar. The movie cast included Shabnam, Nadeem, Lehri, Nayyar Sultana, and Agha Talish. Dillagi was a platinum jubilee hit film in the Karachi cinemas citcuit and won 3 Nigar Awards. The music of Dillagi became very popular, especially the tracks, "Dillagi mein aisi dil ko lagi" and "Murjhaye hue phoolon ki qasam" were the popular songs in Pakistan.[1]

Plot

The film story is about a poor motor mechanic who, on every payday, spends his whole salary by pretending to be rich. His ladylove is the daughter of a millionaire, who pretends to be a poor girl. He gives her a lift in a rainy night of one such payday while driving back from a high society club in his precious but borrowed car. Both, while still hiding their true status, fall in love with each other. The girl soon finds out his true identity as a motor mechanic who is an employee of a music-loving workshop owner, but she continues to love him as she finds him a nice and sincere person. She invites him to her birthday party. There the poor mechanic realizes that his girlfriend belongs to an upper-class rich family. He feels dejected and comes back home with a broken heart. A gentleman doctor, who is his client at the workshop, sympathizes with him and tries to get them both married by arguing with the girl's father, but his efforts go in vain, and the millionaire arranges the marriage of his daughter with some other rich guy. The broken-heart mechanic couldn't deal with the reality and dies in a very miserable manner. In the final moments of the marriage ceremony, the millionaire surrenders to the fact that his daughter is not happy and dramatically allows her to marry the mechanic. She rushes towards his lover's house in a bridal dress only to find him dead on his bed. Then, in an immense shock, she dies too.

Cast

Music and soundtracks

The music of the film was composed by Master Rafiq Ali. The song list includes:[2]

1. Aag Laga Kar Chhupnay Walay Sun Mera Afsana, Singer: Masood Rana, Poet: Mushir Kazmi

2. Dillagi Mein Aisi Dil Ko Lagi Keh Dil Kho Gaya, Singer: Noor Jehan, Poet: Riaz ur Rehman Saghar

3. Ham Chalay Is Jahan Say, Dil Uth Geya Yahan Say, Singer: Mehdi Hassan, Poet: Mushir Kazmi

4. Mujhay Jan Say Bhi Pyara Mehboob Mil Geya Hay, Singers: Mujeeb Aalam, Noor Jehan, Poet: Basheer Khokhar

5. Murjhaye Huay Phoolon Ki Qasm, Is Des Mein Phir Na Aaun Ga, Singer: Masood Rana, Poet: Mushir Kazmi

6. Pyar Karna To Koi Jurm Nahin Hay Yaro, Singers: Nadeem, Riaz Malik, Albela & Co., Poet: Khawaja Pervaiz

7. Sath Hamara Chhootay Na Yaad Rahay Yeh Baat, Singers: Mehdi Hassan, Noor Jehan, Poet: Khawaja Pervaiz

8. Sayyan Anari Meray Dil Ko Jalaye Ray, Singer : Noor Jehan, Poet: Khawaja Pervaiz

Box office and reception

Dillagi did well at the box office by completing 84 weeks in theaters. Dillagi is regarded as one of the most successful romantic and musical movies in the history of Pakistani cinema.[2][1]

Awards

Dillagi received 3 Nigar awards in the following categories:[3]

  • Best actress -- Shabnam
  • Best sound editor—Wajid Ali
  • Best comedian -- Lehri

Impact

  • Dillagi was the first big breakthrough of the popular cinema duo, Nadeem and Shabnam, and afterwards, made the duo one of the top priorities of filmmakers.[4]
  • Dillagi was copied by Bollywood as "Mohabbat Ki Arzoo" in 1994.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lok Virsa organises screening of film 'Dillagi'". The Nation. 16 April 2018.
  2. 1 2 "Urdu film Dillagi". Pakistan Film Magazine. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "THE NIGAR AWARDS 1972 - 1986". The Hot Spot Online website. Archived from the original on 25 July 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "Popular duo of Pakistani films "Nadeem and Shabnam"". IG News. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "When Bollywood copied Lollywood: RISHI KAPOOR DOES NADEEM". YOULIN Magazine. Retrieved 31 August 2021.
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