---
title: 'Pakeezah (1972)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kamal Amrohi'
released: '1972-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/pakeezah-1972'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067546/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Pakeezah (1972)

1972 · 126 min · Drama, Romance · India

Original title: पाक़ीज़ा

## Synopsis

Pakeezah is a 1972 Indian musical romantic drama written, directed, and produced by Kamal Amrohi. The film stars Meena Kumari as the eponymous lead, alongside Ashok Kumar and Raaj Kumar. It tells the story of Sahibjaan, a Lucknow-based tawaif. While asleep on a train, Sahibjaan receives a note from a stranger praising her beauty. Later, evacuating from a broken boat, she takes shelter in a tent and finds out its owner, a forest ranger named Salim, wrote the letter. Sahibjaan and Salim plan to get married, causing conflicts with Sahibjaan's professional background.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kamal Amrohi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamal-amrohi)
- **Screenplay:** [Kamal Amrohi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamal-amrohi)
- **Producer:** [Kamal Amrohi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kamal-amrohi)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Naushad](https://cinepixo.com/people/naushad), [Ghulam Mohammed](https://cinepixo.com/people/ghulam-mohammed)
- **Director of Photography:** [Josef Wirsching](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-wirsching), [R. D. Mathur](https://cinepixo.com/people/r-d-mathur)

## Cast

- [Nadira](https://cinepixo.com/people/nadira)
- [Ashok Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/ashok-kumar)
- [Meena Kumari](https://cinepixo.com/people/meena-kumari)
- [Raaj Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/raaj-kumar)

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