Lala Yaqoob

Sikandar (1941)

The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. Sohrab Modi plays the Indian king Puru (Porus to the Greeks). The story goes that when Sikander defeated Porus and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sohrab Modi
CAST:  Prithviraj Kapoor  •  Sohrab Modi  •  Shakir  •  Vanamala

The film begins after Alexander the Great (Sikander in Hindi/Urdu) conquers Persia and the Kabul valley and approaches the Indian border at Jhelum. Sohrab Modi plays the Indian king Puru (Porus to the Greeks). The story goes that when Sikander defeated Porus and ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sohrab Modi
CAST:  Prithviraj Kapoor  •  Sohrab Modi  •  Shakir  •  Vanamala

Zeenat (1945)

A disgraced widow is forced to work as a maid for her fatherless child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
CAST:  Noor Jehan  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Karan Dewan  •  Dixit

A disgraced widow is forced to work as a maid for her fatherless child.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Shaukat Hussain Rizvi
CAST:  Noor Jehan  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Karan Dewan  •  Dixit

Patanga (1949)

Two movie actors are confronted by startling and hilarious obstacles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harnam Singh Rawail
CAST:  Nigar Sultana  •  Shyam  •  Raj Mehra  •  Mohana

Two movie actors are confronted by startling and hilarious obstacles.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Harnam Singh Rawail
CAST:  Nigar Sultana  •  Shyam  •  Raj Mehra  •  Mohana

Aurat (1940)

Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehboob Khan
CAST:  Sardar Akhtar  •  Surendra  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Arun

Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperament.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehboob Khan
CAST:  Sardar Akhtar  •  Surendra  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Arun

Heer Ranjha (1932)

The firste ever Lahore made film. Anwari Begum and Rafiq Ghaznavi - the grand parent of Salma Agha - played title roles in this memorable film. Rafiq Ghaznavi was a famous musician in the 30s and 40s and Anwari Begum appeared in many films, one of them was Anmol Ghari.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdul Rashid Kardar
CAST:  Rafiq Ghaznavi  •  Anwari  •  Walait Begum  •  Hassan Deen

The firste ever Lahore made film. Anwari Begum and Rafiq Ghaznavi - the grand parent of Salma Agha - played title roles in this memorable film. Rafiq Ghaznavi was a famous musician in the 30s and 40s and Anwari Begum appeared in many films, one of them was Anmol Ghari.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abdul Rashid Kardar
CAST:  Rafiq Ghaznavi  •  Anwari  •  Walait Begum  •  Hassan Deen

Vengeance Is Mine (1935)

Film starring Sitara Devi and Kumar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sarvottam Badami
CAST:  Sarita Devi  •  Sitara Devi  •  Mehboob Khan  •  Padma Shaligram

Film starring Sitara Devi and Kumar.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sarvottam Badami
CAST:  Sarita Devi  •  Sitara Devi  •  Mehboob Khan  •  Padma Shaligram

Lal Haveli (1944)

Mukta and Anand are childhood friends and love each other. But Mukta belongs to higher social class than Anand and her family wants to arrange her marriage with Jawahar, son of a rich man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  K.B. Lall
CAST:  Surendra  •  Noor Jehan  •  Ulhas  •  Maya Banerjee

Mukta and Anand are childhood friends and love each other. But Mukta belongs to higher social class than Anand and her family wants to arrange her marriage with Jawahar, son of a rich man.  (more)

DIRECTION:  K.B. Lall
CAST:  Surendra  •  Noor Jehan  •  Ulhas  •  Maya Banerjee

वारिस (1954)

An inheritance melodrama about Kunwar (Mahmood), the son of zamindar Himmat Singh (Sethi). Kunmar marries Shobha (Suraiya) and is disinherited, forcing him to join the army during WW2. When he is reported missing and presumed dead, a repentant Rana invites Shobha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nitin Bose
CAST:  Talat Mahmood  •  Suraiya  •  Nadira  •  Jagdish Sethi

An inheritance melodrama about Kunwar (Mahmood), the son of zamindar Himmat Singh (Sethi). Kunmar marries Shobha (Suraiya) and is disinherited, forcing him to join the army during WW2. When he is reported missing and presumed dead, a repentant Rana invites Shobha ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Nitin Bose
CAST:  Talat Mahmood  •  Suraiya  •  Nadira  •  Jagdish Sethi

Dilruba (1950)

Efforts are underway by the owner of a dancer troupe to ensnare an Engineer in the theft of a necklace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dwarka Khosla
CAST:  Rehana  •  Dev Anand  •  Cuckoo  •  Lala Yaqoob

Efforts are underway by the owner of a dancer troupe to ensnare an Engineer in the theft of a necklace.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Dwarka Khosla
CAST:  Rehana  •  Dev Anand  •  Cuckoo  •  Lala Yaqoob

Muqabala (1942)

Madhuri and Rani (Baby Madhuri) are twin sisters whose parents, Seth Dinanath and Radha, are shot in front of them by their mother's rejected suitor Shivnath (Dalpat). The mother dies and the father is kept prisoner by Shivnath who also kidnaps Rani. Madhuri is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Babubhai Mistri  •  Nanabhai Bhatt
CAST:  Fearless Nadia  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Agha  •  Dalpat

Madhuri and Rani (Baby Madhuri) are twin sisters whose parents, Seth Dinanath and Radha, are shot in front of them by their mother's rejected suitor Shivnath (Dalpat). The mother dies and the father is kept prisoner by Shivnath who also kidnaps Rani. Madhuri is ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Babubhai Mistri  •  Nanabhai Bhatt
CAST:  Fearless Nadia  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Agha  •  Dalpat

Judgement of Allah (1935)

A classic period movie. It is set in the Ottaman empire where Caesar's Roman armies clash with the Muslim kingdoms. Ziyad, the son of the sultan, is captured by the Romans. Rahil, a Roman princess, falls in love with him and asks the Muslim woman Leila to guard him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehboob Khan
CAST:  M. Kumar  •  Sitara Devi  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Kayamali

A classic period movie. It is set in the Ottaman empire where Caesar's Roman armies clash with the Muslim kingdoms. Ziyad, the son of the sultan, is captured by the Romans. Rahil, a Roman princess, falls in love with him and asks the Muslim woman Leila to guard him ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Mehboob Khan
CAST:  M. Kumar  •  Sitara Devi  •  Lala Yaqoob  •  Kayamali