Aakhri Station (film)

Aakhri Station
Aakhri Station
Directed by	Suroor Barabankvi
Screenplay by	Suroor Barabankvi
Based on	Pagli; by Hajra Masroor
Produced by	Suroor Barabankvi
Starring	Rani; Haroon; Shabnam;
Music by	Khan Atta-ur-Rehman
Release date	1965
Country	Pakistan
Language	Urdu

Aakhri Station (transl. The Last Station) is a 1965 Pakistani Urdu film based on short story Pagli by feminist Urdu literature writer Hajra Masroor while screenplay is written by Suroor Barabankvi. Directed and produced by Barabankvi also, the film stars Haroon and Rani in lead roles along with Shabnam in supporting role.^[1]^[2]

Aakhri Station is a prime example of East Pakistan film making: literary and socially conscious. The story of the film revolves around the romamce of Fozia, station master's daughter and Jameel, an honest engineer surrounded by corrupt contractors.^[3]

Plot[]

Jamil, a young engineer comes to East Pakistan where he joins the railway department. On station, there is a mentally retarted girl who often wanders there. It comes across to Jamil that there is a backstory behind her mental retardation. Some time before, her marriage was called off because her father could not fulfill the groom's demand of huge dowry. Her father died in result and she became unconscious/mad.

Cast[]

Rani
Haroon
Shabnam^[4]
Shaukat Akbar
Jalil Afghani
Mushtaq
Aziz
Sattar

Awards and nominations[]

Year	Award	Category	Awardee	Result	Ref.
N/A	Nigar Awards	Best Scriptwriter	Hajra Masroor	Won	^[2]
N/A	Nigar Awards	Best Supporting Actress	Shabnam	Won	^[2]

References[]

^ "'Anti-Pakistan': 6 lesser-known Pakistani movies and state's mistrust of culture". Daily Times. 2018-01-14.
^ ^a ^b "فلمی نقاد اعجاز گُل کی منتخب کردہ دس بہترین پاکستانی فلمیں". BBC News اردو (in Urdu). 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2021-11-18.
^ "Sound of Lollywood: A touch of warm Bengali folk music in 'Aakhri Station'". Scroll.in. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
^ Suhayb Alavi (2017-05-05). "The making of a legend". The News. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

External links[]

Aakhri Station at IMDb

[1] "'Anti-Pakistan': 6 lesser-known Pakistani movies and state's mistrust of culture". Daily Times. 2018-01-14.

[bbc-2] "فلمی نقاد اعجاز گُل کی منتخب کردہ دس بہترین پاکستانی فلمیں". BBC News اردو (in Urdu). 2020-09-05. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

[lolly-3] "Sound of Lollywood: A touch of warm Bengali folk music in 'Aakhri Station'". Scroll.in. 18 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2021.

[4] Suhayb Alavi (2017-05-05). "The making of a legend". The News. Retrieved 2021-11-18.

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