Zarqa (film)

Zarqa
Zarqa
Directed by	Riaz Shahid
Written by	Riaz Shahid
Screenplay by	Riaz Shahid
Based on	Based on the life of Zarqa
Produced by	Riaz Shahid
Starring	Neelo; Alauddin; Ejaz Durrani; Saqi; Nasira; Talish;
Music by	Rashid Attre; Wajahat Attre
Release date	17 October 1969 (Pakistan);
Country	Pakistan
Language	Urdu

Zarqa is a 1969 Pakistani epic historical drama film directed, produced and written by Riaz Shahid while the music is composed by Rashid Attre and Wajahat Attre. It features Neelo, Alauddin, Ejaz Durrani, Saqi and Nasira as protagonist characters.^[2] It is based on the life of Zarqa, a Palestinian dancer girl and a freedom activist, who killed herself for the liberation of Palestine involving Israeli-occupied territories and Palestinian liberation movement.^[3] It also addresses a real event of Neelo when she was forcibly invited by Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, the governor of West Pakistan to his office to perform a stage dance during the 1965's official visit of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Pakistan.^[4]

It was termed as a propaganda film at that time, primarily due to its depiction of the Palestinian freedom of movement, and lately when it was attempted to distribute it in Middle East through a guerilla organisation of the Palestine. In 2002, the film was featured in British Film Institute's poll (both critics and viewers' polls) of "Top Ten Pakistani Films of all times".^[5]

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^ Rabe, Nate. "Sound of Lollywood: To Palestine, with love from the great Pakistani star Neelo". Scroll.in.
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- "Critics poll: Top 10 Pakistani Films". British Film Institute. 2002. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2023.
- "User Poll: Pakistani Top 10". British Film Institute. 2002. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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[3] "In-Depth - Film Special". DAWN.COM.

[4] "16 movies that prove Lollywood and Bollywood have been empowering women since 1957". The Express Tribune. 8 March 2018.

[Scroll.in-5] Rabe, Nate. "Sound of Lollywood: To Palestine, with love from the great Pakistani star Neelo". Scroll.in.

[6] 
"Critics poll: Top 10 Pakistani Films". British Film Institute. 2002. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

"User Poll: Pakistani Top 10". British Film Institute. 2002. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[6] "Critics poll: Top 10 Pakistani Films". British Film Institute. 2002. Archived from the original on 12 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

[7] "User Poll: Pakistani Top 10". British Film Institute. 2002. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 2 February 2023.

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