Film

Zarqa

1969 · 2h 25m · Drama

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. It also addresses a real event of Neelo (The Actress) 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.

Neelo

Zarqa

Ejaz Durrani

Allauddin

Abdul Karim Baloch

Fomi

Fazal Haq

Ilyas Kashmiri

Nasira

Aslam Pervaiz

Agha Talish

Zulfi

Yusuf Khan

• Riaz ShahidDirector · Story · Producer

Release date

October 17, 1969

Status

Released

Original language

Urdu

Runtime

2h 25m

Genres

Drama