Yousuf Khan Sher Bano was the first-ever Pashto film released in Pakistan. It was released on 1 December 1970.Yousuf Khan Sher Bano film info on PAKfilms website Retrieved 16 December 2017 It was directed by Aziz Tabassum and produced by Nazir Hussain, with debut stars Yasmin Khan and Badar Munir.
The story is based on the Pashto folk story Yousuf Khan and Sherbano. The tale has also been referred to as the Pashto version of Romeo and Juliet.
Its music was composed by Lal Muhammad and Buland Iqbal, while the film was written by Ali Haider Joshi.
This first Pakistani Pashto language film completed more than 50 weeks in one cinema of Peshawar, Pakistan,Yousuf Khan Sher Bano (1970) on IMDb website Retrieved 16 December 2017 and was met with a positive reception from the Pakhtun audience. This film also marked the start of Pashto language films in the Pakistan film industry.
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