A list of films produced in Pakistan in 1951 (see 1951 in film): A total of 8 films were released in the country.
Opening Title Genre Language Director Cast Notes2 March 1951 Akeli Social film Urdu M.M. Mehra Ragni, Santosh, Neena, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Nazar, Bibbo, Maya Devi, G.N. Butt, Shobna Raاni, Fareeda, Agha Pir Jan, Master Sikandar 2 March 1951 EidSocial film Urdu Najm-ul-HassanYasmin, S. Gul, Najmul Hassan, Suresh, Chandni, M. Ismael, Mirza Musharraf, Ashiq Hussain, G.N. Butt, FoziaThis film was started before partition.30 March 1951 Chann VayRomantic, musical filmPunjabiNoorjahan (supervisor: Syed Shoukat Hussain Rizvi)Noorjahan, Santosh, Jahangir Khan, Yasmin, Ghulam Mohammad, Saleem Raza, Nafees Begum, Sultan Khoost, Zahoor Shah, Ghulam Qadir, Irshad, Nayab Sarhadi, Nazeer Bedi, Faqiir Mohammad, A.R. KashmiriMadam Noorjahan returned to Pakistan and started her film career as actress, singer and film director with this hit musical Punjabi film. This film ran 18 weeks on Regent cinema Lahore which was allotted to Mr. & Mrs Rizvi (as they also got Shori/ShahNoor studio!).
Noorjahan's name was mentioned as director of the film but it was told that her husband Syed Shoukat Hussain Rizvi actually was the real director, but he felt shame to give his name as director to a Punjabi film. Ironically, all of his Urdu films as director in Pakistan were flopped.4 May 1951 Ham Watan Social film Urdu Farrukh Bukhari Maya Devi, Farraukh Bukhari, Sahira, Ajmal, M. Ismaela 3 August 1951 DilbarSocial filmPunjabiAnwar Kamal PashaShamim, Anwar Kemal Pasha, Asif Jah, Ajmal, Sahira, Ilyas Kashmiri, M. Ismael Director Anwar Kamal Pasha appeared as hero in Punjabi film Dilbar and he also married the film heroine Shamim..3 August 1951 GhairatSocial film UrduAmin MalikSabiha, Masood, Allauddin, Sadiq Ali, Ghulam Mohammad, Ajmal 7 September 1951 PinjraSocial film UrduAmin Malik Sabiha, Masood, Amin Malik, Ilyas Kashmiri, Ghulam Mohammad, Azad 7 December 1951 Billo Social film PunjabiAmjad Hussain Najma, Darpan (Ishrat), Zeenat, Zarif, M. Ismael, Kamla, Ghulam Mohammad, Mirza Sultan Baig (Nizam Din) Due to a protest from musician community the name of Punjabi film Meerasi was changed to Billo. Radio Pakistan Lahore's legendary artist Nizam Din (Mirza Sultan Baig) from "Jamhoor di awaz" played a role in this film
Film hero Darpan was introduced with his real name Ishrat (Abbas)..
See also 1950 in Pakistan
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