In its prime days, Pakistan’s Urdu cinema has produced many big hit movies. The biggest blockbuster of the golden era was the movie Aina.
The movie title Aina is pronounced aaina and the English translation of the title is a mirror. This movie was so popular that it was shown in a Karachi Cinema for almost 8 consecutive years (400 consecutive weeks). The story of Aina is a formula love story but what made this movie special was the quality of direction as well as the superhit music of Robin Ghosh. The songs of this movie are still popular. I recently found these songs on Youtube and that is what prompted me to write this post.
Here is the first super-hit song from the movie titled: Wada karo saajna. Singers are Mehnaz and Alamgir.
Perhaps one of the most popular songs of Aina is ‘rooThay ho tum’ by Nayyara Noor.
Following is the data sheet of ‘Aina’:
Release Date: March 18, 1977
Director: Nazr-ul-Islam
Writer: Bashir Niaz
Musician: Robin Ghosh
Song Writer: Tasleem Fazli, Akhtar Yousuf
Cameraman: Afzal Chaudhry
Producer: A.R. Shamsi
Stars: Nadeem, Shabnam, Qavi, Khalid Salim Mota, Zarqa, Bahar, Rehan, Parveen Bobby, Nimmo, Nena and Nasra.
Following song titled ‘mujhay dil se na bhulaana’ is my all time favourite. The sound quality is not upto the mark but I cannot help but share this song with you. This song also won Nigar Award for the best song of the year 1977.
It is said the movie was so popular that it was copied as a Bollywood movie with the name ‘Pyar jhukta nahi’.
Aina is the only Urdu movie which has won a record number of Nigar Awards. That record number is 12. Following is the detail of 12 Nigar Awards which went to Aina team. Nigar Awards are Pakistan’s premier movie awards. Consider them Pakistani Oscar awards:
(1) Best Movie of the Year 1977: aina
(2) Best Director: Nazr-ul-Islam for aina
(3) Best Dialogs: Bashir Niaz for aina
(4) Best Actress: Shabnam in aina
(5) Best Actor: Nadeem in aina
(6) Best Supporting Actor: Rehan in aina
(7) Best Musician: Robin Ghosh for aina
(8) Best Song Writer: Tasleem Fazli (for aina movie song: ‘mujhay dil se na bhulana’)
(9) Best photography: Afzal Chaudhry in aina
(10) Best Singer: Mehdi Hassan (for aina theme song: ‘mujhay dil se na bhulana’)
(11) Best Upcoming Singer: Alamgir (for aina song: ‘bichReN ge na hum kabhi’)
(12) Special Award for Child Star: Shahzeb in aina
Following is the song for which singer Alamgir got the Nigar Award. It is titled ‘bichReN ge na hum kabhi’
Director Nazr-ul-Islam made almost 50 movies in his career but Aina was by far his best production. A lot of hardwork went behind every scene. Outdoor shooting that went around Karachi was also considered a masterpiece for 1977 standards. In 1980s Aina was screened in China and proved very popular there too.
Another mega hit song of ‘aina’ sung by legendary Mehdi Hasan was ‘kabhi meiN sochta hooN’. Here it is:
Following is a photo scene from the movie Aina. Sitting left to right are Mohammad Qavi, Nimmo, Shabnam and Nadeem. The lady standing in the background is actress Bahar.
Following is yet another scene from the movie Aina showing Nadeem and Shabnam. This photo is courtesy of Doctor Kazi at flickr. com
References: Data Sheet and Nigar Award information taken from Pakistan ki 100 shahkar filmeN by Yasin Goreeja
i m searching title music of film aina. plz send me information.
In my early age I was fond of lollywood and the only director who inspired me was NAZIR UL ISLAM movies like AINA BANDISH SHARAFAT AMBER with the combination of NADEEM SHABNUM ofcourse MUMTAZ in AMBER with the excellent music of ROBIN GOASH it was the movies and some time I wonder THAT NONE OF THE DIRECTOR EVEVN TRY TO COPY THAT NAZIR UL ISLAM the question is why
Asif Saheb, thanks for the info on songs written by Suroor Barabankvi. And good to see the son of Suroor here. Welcome!and we hope to have you as our regular visitor.
Dear Mr Owais and all the people who have posted comments, I just wanted to point out that the the poet who wrote most of the songs for the movie Aina was Suroor Barabankvi, Akhtar Yousuf wrote only one song for thie movie, Kabhi main sochta hoon, wada karo saajna etc. were written by Suroor Barabankvi, how I know cause I am his son
P.S. note for Ronnie Ghosh :
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Dear, Nadeem & Shabnam,
I really appreciate both of your performance never forget i dont know how much time i watched this movie & hear this song Rothe ho tum ko kese manaon piya.
kindly send me the following movie song in my add i will be very grateful to u.
Thanks n best regards,