{{Short description|1951 film}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox film | name = Chanway | image = Chanway.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | native_name = {{Infobox name module|Punjabi|چن وے}} | director = {{plainlist| * Noor Jehan * Shaukat Hussain Rizvi {{small|(supervisor)}} }} | writer = {{plainlist| * Imtiaz Ali Taj * Ehsan {{small|(dialogues)}} }} | screenplay = | story = | based_on = | producer = Shaukat Hussain Rizvi | starring = {{ubl|Noor Jehan|Ghulam Mohammad|Santosh Kumar|Jahangir Khan}} | narrator = | cinematography = | editing = | music = Feroz Nizami | studio = Shahnoor Studios | distributor = | released = {{Film date|df=yes|1951|03|24|ref1=}} | runtime = | country = Pakistan | language = Punjabi }}
'''''Chanway''''' or '''''Chan Wey''''' ({{translation|O, Moon}}) is a 1951 Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed Noor Jehan (in her directorial debut) with the supervision of Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.<ref name=Dawn/>
It was written by Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj. Feroz Nizami provided the music for the film's soundtrack.<ref name=Dawn/> It premiered in Lahore's Regent Cinema on 24 March 1951.
The film was the first Pakistani film directed by a woman.<ref name=Dawn/> "Mundeya Sialkotiya" was a popular track from the film's soundtrack.<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=scroll/>
== Cast == The cast of the film includes:<ref name=mpaop/><ref name=cinema/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/special-feature/2013-09-02/5739|title={{Nq|چن وے ( شاہ نور فلمز کی پہلی پنجابی فلم )}} |date=2 September 2013 |work=Dunya newspaper |url-status=dead |archive-date=27 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230427162056/https://dunya.com.pk/index.php/special-feature/2013-09-02/5739}}</ref> * Noor Jehan as Seema<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=scroll/> * Santosh Kumar as Feroze<ref name=Dawn/><ref name=scroll/> * Ghulam Mohammad as Fazal<ref name=Dawn/> * Jahangir Khan<ref name=Dawn/><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1045040 |title=Jehangir A. Khan is dead |newspaper=Dawn newspaper |date=24 September 2013|access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref> as Aslam * Saleem Raza as Chiragh * Nafees Begum as Khairaan * Himalyawala as Doctor * Yasmin as Shaddo
== Production == After migrating from India, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi established his Shahnoor Studios and decided to produce a film. He was advised to produce film in Punjabi because at that time Punjabi films such as ''Pheray'' (1949) and ''Laraay'' (1950) were commercially successful rather than Urdu films. So, he directed and produced ''Chan Wey'' and his spouse Noor Jehan was credited as the director because he himself did not know Punjabi. Thus, it became the first Pakistani film by a female director.<ref name=Dawn/>
The film also marked Noor Jehan's return to the screen since her last film ''Jugnu'' (1947), also directed by Rizvi and had music composed by Nizami.<ref name=scroll/><ref name=cinema>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOdkAAAAMAAJ&q=chanway+Pakistani+cinema |last=Gazdar |first=Mushtaq |author-link=Mushtaq Gazdar |year=1997 |title=Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997 |publisher=Oxford University Press |page=38 |isbn=0-19-577817-0}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://dailypakistan.com.pk/04-Jan-2019/906438 |title=فلمی و ادبی شخصیات کے سکینڈلز۔ ۔ ۔قسط نمبر582 |date=4 January 2019 |newspaper=Daily Pakistan newspaper|access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GQTABKAGaVgC&pg=PA182 |title=Culture and Customs of Pakistan |author=Iftikhar Haider Malik |isbn=978-0313331268 |publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group |year=2006 |page=182}}</ref><ref name=mpaop>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpaop.org/mpaop/pak-film-database/chronological-of-films/1951-2/chan-way/ |title=Chanway (1951) |work=Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan website |archive-date=14 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214234525/http://www.mpaop.org/mpaop/pak-film-database/chronological-of-films/1951-2/chan-way/|url-status=dead|access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref>
== Release and reception == The film premiered on 24 March 1951 in Lahore's Regent cinema. It became commercially successful with a theatrical run of 18 weeks.<ref name=bbc>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/story/2005/09/printable/050930_lollywood_12_zs |title={{Nq|جب پہلی بامقصد فلم بنی}} |date=30 September 2005 |work=BBC News |language=ur |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330074747/https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment/story/2005/09/printable/050930_lollywood_12_zs |archive-date=30 March 2023|access-date=9 June 2024}}</ref><ref name=mpaop/>
== Soundtrack == Feroz Nizami composed the film's music on the lyrics of F.D. Sharf and Ustad Daman. All songs were performed by Noor Jehan except one, which was performed by Ali Bakhsh Zahoor.
=== Track listing ===
{| class= "wikitable" |- ! Song title || Lyrics by || Sung by || Notes |- | Tere Mukhre Da Kala Kala Til Way, Mera Kud Ke Le Gya Dil Way, Way Mundeya Sialkotiya | F.D. Sharf | Noor Jehan | Popular song from the film's soundtrack<ref name=bbc/><ref name=dt>{{cite news |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/470798/noor-jahans-top-10-most-memorable-songs/ |title=Noor Jahan’s top 10 most memorable songs |author=Amjad Parvez |date=23 September 2019 |newspaper=Daily Times newspaper |access-date=9 June 2024 |archive-date=23 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223093107/https://dailytimes.com.pk/470798/noor-jahans-top-10-most-memorable-songs/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Dawn>{{cite news|url=https://www.dawn.com/in-depth/film-special/ |title=Timeline of Pakistani cinema (film review of Chanway (1951 film)) |author=Soonha Abro |access-date=9 June 2024 |newspaper=Dawn newspaper|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221009133219/https://www.dawn.com/in-depth/film-special/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 October 2022}}</ref><ref name=scroll/> |- | Changa Banaya e Sanu, Kach Da Khadona | F.D. Sharf | Noor Jehan | <ref name=dt/> |- | Way Tu Bhul Na Javin | F.D. Sharf | Noor Jehan | |- | Chann Deya Totya Wey, Dillan Deya Khotya<ref name=Dawn/> | F.D. Sharf | Noor Jehan | This song establishes Noor Jehan's mastery over difficult singing<ref name=bbc/><ref name=dt/> |- | Bedardaan Di Dunya Kohlun | F.D. Sharf | Ali Baksh Zahoor | |- | Lamiaan Manzilan, Dil Door Kinaray | F.D. Sharf | Noor Jehan | <ref name=scroll>{{cite web|url=https://scroll.in/reel/849881/sound-of-lollywood-the-classy-classical-number-by-the-one-and-only-noor-jehan|title=Sound of Lollywood: The classy classical number by the one and only Noor Jehan (includes film review of Chan Wey)|work=Scroll.in (India website)|date=9 September 2017|access-date=1 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220173341/https://scroll.in/reel/849881/sound-of-lollywood-the-classy-classical-number-by-the-one-and-only-noor-jehan|archive-date=20 February 2022|url-status=dead|author=Nate Rabe}}</ref> |- | Bach Ja Mundeya Mor Tun | Ustad Daman | Noor Jehan | |- | Teray Long Da Peya Lashkara | F.D. Sharf | Noor Jehan and chorus | |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{IMDb title|0212051}}
Category:1950s Punjabi-language films Category:1951 directorial debut films Category:Pakistani black-and-white films Category:Punjabi-language Pakistani films Category:1950s Pakistani films Category:Films scored by Feroz Nizami