Naseeb Apna Apna (1970 film)
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Naseeb apna apna is a Pakistani 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 Qamar Zaidi and produced by Waheed Murad. 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...

, Shabnam
Shabnam
Shabnam from the word meaning dew drops on the flowers) is a Pakistani stage and film actress of Pakistan. Shabnam was active in the Pakistani film industry, Lollywood in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s, and in the Bangladeshi film industry in the 1990s...

, Zamrrud, Tamanna
Tamanna
Tamanna may refer to:*Tamannaah Bhatia, Indian model and actress*Tamanna, Pakistani film actress*Sarfaroshi ki Tamanna, poem*Tamanna , a Hindi film by Mahesh Bhatt...

, Nirala
Nirala
Nirala is a Urdu word, its meaning is 'rare'.Nirala was a Pakistani comedian film star of the 1960s. He only appeared in the urdu films made in Pakistan. His very first film was Aur bhi gham hain...

 and Saqi. It was a block buster musical love story. The songs of the film esp. Aye abr-e-karam... became so popular among the Waheed Murad's and Shabnam's fans. It proved to be one of the greatest hits in the early stage of Shabnam's film career.

Release

NAA was released on April 3, 1970 in Pakistani cinemas. The film completed 11 weeks on main cinemas and 32 weeks on other cinemas in 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 super hit Silver Jubilee
Silver Jubilee
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 film.

Music

The music of the film was composed by Lal Muhammad Iqbal and the songs were written by Masroor Anwar. 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...

 (he got the Best singer Nigar award for this film), 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...

, Runa Laila
Runa Laila
Runa Laila is a singer of the Indian subcontinent who is from Bangladesh. She started her career from Pakistan film industry and is effective in Ghazals also. She made a hit pair with famous singer Ahmed Rushdi after replacing Mala. She also has done numerous playbacks for movies in Bangladesh,...

 and Irene Parveen. A list of the songs of the film is as follows:
  • Aye abr-e-karam... 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...

  • Dil tum ko dey diya hai... 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...

  • Hum se na bigar o larki!... 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...

  • Ghum ko bhula kar... by 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...

  • Mili gul ko khushboo... by Runa Laila
    Runa Laila
    Runa Laila is a singer of the Indian subcontinent who is from Bangladesh. She started her career from Pakistan film industry and is effective in Ghazals also. She made a hit pair with famous singer Ahmed Rushdi after replacing Mala. She also has done numerous playbacks for movies in Bangladesh,...

  • Aaj nahi to kal is ghar mein... by Irene Parveen

Awards

Ahmed Rushdi received Nigar Award in the best singer's category for the song Aye abr-e-karam....
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