The Day Shall Dawn
Encyclopedia
The Day Shall Dawn is a 1959 Pakistani drama film
directed by A. J. Kardar
. The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 32nd Academy Awards
, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was screened at the 2008 New York Film Festival
, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Drama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
directed by A. J. Kardar
A. J. Kardar
A. J. Kardar was a Pakistani film director, producer and screenwriter.-External links:...
. The film was selected as the Pakistani entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 32nd Academy Awards
32nd Academy Awards
The 32nd Academy Awards honored film achievements of 1959 on 4 April 1960.MGM's and director William Wyler's three and a half-hour long epic drama Ben-Hur won 11 Oscars in 1959, breaking the previous year's all-time record of nine...
, but was not accepted as a nominee. The film was screened at the 2008 New York Film Festival
New York Film Festival
The New York Film Festival has been a major film festival since it began in 1963 in New York. The films are selected by the Film Society of Lincoln Center...
, to celebrate its 50th anniversary.
Cast
- Tripti Mitra as Mala
- Zurain Rakshi as Fisherman Mian (as Zuraine)
- Khan Ataur Rehman as Kasim (as Anees Ama)
- Kazi Khaliq as Lal Nian (as Kazi Khaleque)
- Maina Latif as Ganju (as Meena Latif)