Mukh-O-Mukhosh (The face and the Mask) - 1956

Color: BW

IMDb URL: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0403327/

Director: Abdul Jabbar Khan

Cast:
Inam Ahmed
Zahrat Azra
Jabbar
Kazi Khaliq
Purnima
Saifuddin

Description:
Abdul Jabber Khan When there was no studio laboratory, no experienced artistes, technicians and no government help were available, Abdul Jabbar Khan an engineer by profession, a dramatist by in stinct took the challenge to make a film under the banner of lqbal Films Ltd. His venture was full of obstruction. But he was successful and came out victorious with the first full length sound feature film of Pakistan. 'Mukh-O-Mukhush' (The Face and the Mask),which was released on 3rd August, 1956. This film was the result of the Bengali language movement of 1952 which took martyrdom of several lives.

The story of 'Mukh-O-Mukhus'was as usual family drama, evil versus good.The presentation style was theatrical. The film is remembrered for its historical importance.

'Mukh-O-Mukhush' was produced by Nuruzzaman, Shahidul Alam, Kalimullh, M. A. Hasan of lqbal Film, distributed by Mosharaf Hussain Chowdhury of Pakistan Film Trust and M. A. Awal of Pakistan Film Service, DirectorAbdul Jabbar Khan also played the hero' srolefrorn his own story. Inam Ahmed, Purnima Sen, Nazma (Peary), Zaharat Ara, Ali Mansur, Fafiq, Narul Anarn Khan, Saifuddin, Bilkis Bad & others were in the cast. 0. M. Zaman cranked the camera while Samar Das scoredthe music. The entire printing and processing works were done at the Shahnoor Studio of Labore of West Pakistan.

The story of 'Mukh-O-Mukhus'was as usual family drama, evil versus good. The presentation style was theatrical. The film is remembrered for its historical importance. The story of the movie was based on Abdul Jabbar Khan's play, Dakaat (Robbers). Khan started working on the movie from 1953. At that time, the film industry in erstwhile East Pakistan was virtually non-existent, and local film theatres screened movies from Kolkata, or Lahore. Jabbar Khan was reportedly incensed by the remarks of a West Pakistani movie producer, F. Dossani, who claimed the local climate was not suitable for movie production. Khan worked on the movie for two years. Local actors, who had no prior experience of acting in films, performed for the movie for free. In the absence of any local film production studios, the negatives of the film had to be taken to Lahore at the Shahnoor Studio of Labore for developing.

(compiled from wikipedia and few other website)