Kaneez' is a Pakistan

Pakistan

Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...

i Urdu

Urdu

Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...

 black-and-white film directed by renown director Hassan Tariq and produced by Hassan Tariq and Ali Sufiyan Afaqi. It cast Waheed Murad

Waheed Murad

Waheed Murad was a legendary Pakistani film actor, producer and script writer. Waheed is considered to be one of the most famous and influential actors of subcontinent. Born in Sialkot, Pakistan, he was the only child of well-off film distributor Mr. Nisar Murad. He got early education from...

, Zeba

Zeba

Zeba is a film actress from Pakistan. Her real name is Shaheen, but she adopted the name Zeba. She starred in the 1966 film Arman which was produced by actor and producer Waheed Murad.-Film career:Zeba started her career from Karachi...

, Mohammad Ali

Mohammad Ali (actor)

Mohammad Ali was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat , means The Emperor of Emotions. He had starred in over 250 movies playing roles as hero and villain. He was included among 25 greatest actors of Asia by CNN survey...

, Sabiha Khanam, Lehri

Lehri (actor)

Safirullah is his birth name but he is famous by his screen name which is Lehri. He is ‘the king of comedy’ of Urdu films in Pakistan, though he has also performed exceptionally in a few Punjabi movies as well. He started his film career in the 1950s which lasted till 80s.-Career:Just after...

, Saqi, Adeeb and Talish

Talish

Agha Talish was a leading character actor of the Pakistani cinema. Talish's real name was Agha Ali Abbas Qazalbash, he was born in Ludhiana, India....

. It is a block buster musical family relationship film. Waheed Murad and Zeba played lead roles, and Mohammad Ali played a complete character role.

Release

Kaneez was released on 26 November 1965 in Pakistani cinemas. The film completed 16 weeks on Naz Cinema and 50 weeks on other cinemas of Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

 and, thus, became a Golden Jubilee

Golden Jubilee

A Golden Jubilee is a celebration held to mark a 50th anniversary.- In Thailand :King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest-reigning monarch, celebrated his Golden Jubilee on 9 June 1996.- In the Commonwealth Realms :...

 film.

Music

The music of the film was composed by Khalil Ahmed and the songs were written by Himayat Ali Shair

Himayat Ali Shair

Himayat Ali Shair is a renowned Urdu poet, writer, lyricist, actor,radio drama artist from Pakistan. He is the recipient of Pride of Performance Award given to him in 2002 for his literary services to Urdu literature by then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf .Shair was born in Aurangabad,...

 and Agha Hashar. Playback singers are Ahmed Rushdi

Ahmed Rushdi

Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...

, Mala

Mala (Pakistani singer)

Naseem Nazli popularly called Mala was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films. In 1960s, Mala had a hit pair with famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and they gave numorous hits to Pakistan film industry. She sung many super hit songs in almost two decades singing career in the...

, Naseem Begum and Masood Rana

Masood Rana

Masood Rana was a Pakistani playback singer. He began his singing career in 1962 with the film Inqalab and became one of the top male singers in both Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decades...

. A list of the songs of the film is as follows:

• Jab raat dhali... by Ahmed Rushdi
  Ahmed Rushdi
  Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...
  
   and Mala
  Mala (Pakistani singer)
  Naseem Nazli popularly called Mala was a Pakistani playback singer of Urdu and Punjabi films. In 1960s, Mala had a hit pair with famous playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and they gave numorous hits to Pakistan film industry. She sung many super hit songs in almost two decades singing career in the...
  
  
• Ghair ki baton ka akhir... by Naseem Begum
• Pyar mein hum aye jaan-e-tamanna... by Ahmed Rushdi
  Ahmed Rushdi
  Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...
  
  
• Aag hai dono tarf barabar lagi hui... by Ahmed Rushdi
  Ahmed Rushdi
  Ahmed Rushdi, SI, PP was a versatile Pakistani playback singer who worked in film music and was "an important contributor to the Golden Age of Pakistani film music." Rushdi is acclaimed as one of the greatest singers ever lived in south asia and was a natural baritone, yet could sing high tenor...
  
  
• Tujhe haqeer samjhati rahe gi yeh duniya... by Masood Rana
  Masood Rana
  Masood Rana was a Pakistani playback singer. He began his singing career in 1962 with the film Inqalab and became one of the top male singers in both Urdu and Punjabi films for more than three decades...
  
  

Awards

Kaneez won 5 Nigar Awards

Nigar Awards

The Nigar Awards, the official awards of Pakistani film industry, are the oldest awards to honour the show business personalities of Pakistan. The awards were first introduced in 1958 by Ilyas Rasheedi, the editor of weekly Nigar magazine, with a purpose to recognize the achievements of those who...

 in the following categories:

Category	Recipient
Best actor	Mohammad Ali Mohammad Ali (actor) Mohammad Ali was a Pakistani actor. He was known as Shahenshah-e-Jazbaat , means The Emperor of Emotions. He had starred in over 250 movies playing roles as hero and villain. He was included among 25 greatest actors of Asia by CNN survey...
Best screenplay	Ali Afaqid
Best supporting actor	Talish Talish Agha Talish was a leading character actor of the Pakistani cinema. Talish's real name was Agha Ali Abbas Qazalbash, he was born in Ludhiana, India....
Best editing	Asghar
Best comedian	Lehri Lehri (actor) Safirullah is his birth name but he is famous by his screen name which is Lehri. He is ‘the king of comedy’ of Urdu films in Pakistan, though he has also performed exceptionally in a few Punjabi movies as well. He started his film career in the 1950s which lasted till 80s.-Career:Just after...