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.
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Cast
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Riaz Shahid Director
First release October 17, 1969 · Produced in Pakistan
Production
Riaz Shahid Productions
Production
Pakistan
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Original language
Urdu
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Urdu
Release dates
Pakistan · October 17, 1969
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