List of Pakistani films of 1951


A list of films produced in Pakistan in 1951 : A total of 8 films were released in the country.
OpeningTitleGenreLanguageDirectorCastNotes
2 March 1951 AkeliSocial filmUrduM.M. MehraRagni, Santosh, Neena, Noor Mohammad Charlie, Nazar, Bibbo, Maya Devi, G.N. Butt, Shobna Raاni, Fareeda, Agha Pir Jan, Master Sikandar
2 March 1951 EidSocial filmUrduNajm-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 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.
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 WatanSocial filmUrduFarrukh BukhariMaya Devi, Farraukh Bukhari, Sahira, Ajmal, M. Ismaela
3 August 1951 DilbarSocial filmPunjabiAnwar Kamal PashaShamim, Anwar Kemal Pasha, Asif Jah, Ajmal, Sahira, Ilyas Kashmiri, M. IsmaelDirector Anwar Kamal Pasha appeared as hero in Punjabi film Dilbar and he also married the film heroine Shamim..
3 August 1951GhairatSocial filmUrduAmin MalikSabiha, Masood, Allauddin, Sadiq Ali, Ghulam Mohammad, Ajmal
7 September 1951 PinjraSocial filmUrduAmin MalikSabiha, Masood, Amin Malik, Ilyas Kashmiri, Ghulam Mohammad, Azad
7 December 1951 BilloSocial filmPunjabiAmjad HussainNajma, Darpan, Zeenat, Zarif, M. Ismael, Kamla, Ghulam Mohammad, Mirza Sultan Baig 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 from "Jamhoor di awaz" played a role in this film
Film hero Darpan was introduced with his real name Ishrat..