# Neend

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{{short description|1959 film}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = 
| image          = Neend.jpg
| alt            = 
| caption        = 
| director       = [Hassan Tariq](/source/Hassan_Tariq)
| producer       = S. A. Malik<br/>Zaka Ullah Kitchlew
| writer         = [Riaz Shahid](/source/Riaz_Shahid)
| screenplay     = Riaz Shahid
| story          = 
| based_on       = 
| starring       = {{plainlist|
* [Noor Jehan](/source/Noor_Jehan)
* [Neelo](/source/Neelo)
* [Aslam Pervaiz](/source/Aslam_Pervaiz)
* [Nighat Sultana](/source/Nighat_Sultana)
* [Rakhshi](/source/Rakhshi)
}}
| narrator       = 
| cinematography = [Raza Mir](/source/Raza_Mir)
| editing        = 
| music          = [Rashid Attre](/source/Rashid_Attre)
| studio         = 
| distributor    = 
| released       = {{Film date|1959| | |Pakistan}}
| runtime        = 
| country        = Pakistan
| language       = Urdu
}}
'''''Neend''''' ({{translation|Sleep}}) is a Pakistani [drama](/source/Drama_(film_and_television)) film directed by [Hassan Tariq](/source/Hassan_Tariq) in his directorial debut and released in 1959. Based on a story and screenplay by [Riaz Shahid](/source/Riaz_Shahid), the films stars [Noor Jehan](/source/Noor_Jehan), [Neelo](/source/Neelo) and [Aslam Pervaiz](/source/Aslam_Pervaiz) with [Nighat Sultana](/source/Nighat_Sultana), [Allauddin](/source/Allauddin_(Pakistani_actor)) and [Agha Talish](/source/Agha_Talish) in supporting roles. The music was composed by [Rashid Attre](/source/Rashid_Attre) while Noor Jehan also sang her own songs in the film.<ref name="TNI">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/140440-Mandwa-to-screen-Neend-today|title=Mandwa to screen 'Neend' today|date=6 August 2016|access-date=19 February 2023|work=The News International (newspaper)}}</ref>

''Neend'' is one of the last films of Noor Jahan, after which she retired from acting. The film was a hit at the box office and was later remade by the director in 1977 as ''[Begum Jaan](/source/Begum_Jaan_(1977_film))''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.incpak.com/entertainment/noor-jehan-kissing-viral-video/|title=Noor Jehan kissing another woman in viral video gets mixed reactions|date=28 December 2020|work=Incpak|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref> [BBC Urdu](/source/BBC_Urdu) included it in the best selected films of Pakistani cinema.<ref name="bbc">{{cite web | title=BBC film Reviews: Top 10 Pakistani films selected by film critic Ejaz Gul (scroll down to 'Neend' (1959))|website=BBC News website | date=5 September 2020 | url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/entertainment-54011042 | language=en | access-date=2022-11-05}}</ref> It was screened by [Lok Virsa Museum](/source/Lok_Virsa_Museum) in August 2016, as a part of special feature films screening in the country.<ref name="TNI"/> The film won 2 [Nigar Awards](/source/Nigar_Awards) in different categories.

== Plot ==

The story of the film starts from a school where a child is taken for admission. The man who has brought the child there, starts telling a story to the principal how a coal picker on the railway track becomes mother to a child after falling for the lust of a flamboyant rich businessman. The baby's mother shoots and kills the businessman after he refuses to take the baby. She is sent to jail. Here the flashback ends and this is the kid who has come for school admission.

The principal of the school hears this story and admits the child to the school. 

== Cast ==
* [Noor Jehan](/source/Noor_Jehan)<ref name="bbc"/>
* [Neelo](/source/Neelo)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://images.dawn.com/news/1186516|title=Remembering Neelo and her unchained spirit|date=8 February 2021|work=Images (Dawn Group of Newspapers)|author=Muhammad Suhayb|access-date=5 November 2022}}</ref><ref name="bbc"/>
* [Agha Talish](/source/Agha_Talish)
* [Nighat Sultana](/source/Nighat_Sultana)<ref name="bbc"/>
* [Allauddin](/source/Allauddin_(Pakistani_actor))<ref name="bbc"/>
* [Aslam Pervaiz](/source/Aslam_Pervaiz)<ref name="bbc"/>
* [Yasmin](/source/Yasmin_(actress))
* [Rakhshi](/source/Rakhshi)
* Diljit Mirza
* Asad Jafri

== Music ==

{{Track listing
| headline      = Neend
| extra_column  = Singer (s)
| total_length  =

| all_writing   = 
| all_lyrics    = 
| all_music     = [Rashid Attre](/source/Rashid_Attre)

| title_width   = 
| writing_width = 
| music_width   = 
| lyrics_width  =  
| extra_width   =

| title1        = Chhan, Chhan, Chhan, Bajay Payal Bajay
| note1         = 
| writer1       = 
| lyrics1       = [Tanvir Naqvi](/source/Tanvir_Naqvi)
| music1        = 
| extra1        = [Noor Jehan](/source/Noor_Jehan)
| length1       =

| title2        = Aa Geyi Raat, Naa Aaye Saanwariya
| note2         = 
| writer2       = 
| lyrics2       = [Qateel Shifai](/source/Qateel_Shifai)
| music2        = 
| extra2        = Noor Jehan
| length2       =

| title3        = Akeli Kahin Matt Jana, Jamana Najuk Hai
| note3         = 
| writer3       = 
| lyrics3       = Tanvir Naqvi
| music3        = 
| extra3        = [Zubaida Khanum](/source/Zubaida_Khanum), Noor Jehan, [Naseem Begum](/source/Naseem_Begum) & chorus
| length3       = 

| title4        = Ik Dil Hai Gahak Itne
| note4         = 
| writer4       = 
| lyrics4       = Tanvir Naqvi
| music4        = 
| extra4        = Zubaida Khanum
| length4       = 

| title5        = Tere Darr Par Sanam Chale Aaye
| note5         = 
| writer5       = 
| lyrics5       = Qateel Shifai<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/871509/the-versatility-of-poet-qateel-shifai/ |title=The versatility of poet Qateel Shifai |date=20 January 2022 |work=Daily Times (newspaper) |access-date=15 April 2023}}</ref>
| music5        = 
| extra5        = Noor Jehan
| length5       = 

| title6        = Jiya Dharkay Sakhi Ri Jor Se
| note6         = 
| writer6       = 
| lyrics6       = Tanvir Naqvi
| music6        = 
| extra6        = Noor Jehan, Naseem Begum
| length6       = 

| title7        = Mujh Ko Jawani Bari Mehangi Pari Hai
| note7         = 
| writer7       = 
| lyrics7       = Tanvir Naqvi
| music7        = 
| extra7        = Zubaida Khanum
| length7       =
}}
[Qateel Shifai](/source/Qateel_Shifai)'s ghazal "Tere Darr Par Sanam Chale Aaye" was later used in 1993 Hindi film ''[Phir Teri Kahani Yaad Aayee](/source/Phir_Teri_Kahani_Yaad_Aayee)''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3vbyDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA397 |title=BollySwar: 1991 – 2000 |author=Param Arunachalam |page=397 |isbn=978-81-938482-1-0 |publisher=Mavrix Infotech Private Limited}}</ref>

==Awards==
''Neend'' won 2 [Nigar Awards](/source/Nigar_Awards) for 'Best Music' and 'Best Script' in 1959.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/         |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613171619/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/2017/11/24/pakistans-oscars-nigar-awards/ |archive-date=13 June 2020|url-status=dead|access-date=5 November 2022|title=Pakistan's "Oscars": The Nigar Awards|date=24 November 2017|website=The Hot Spot Film Reviews website}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|0234328}}

Category:Films scored by Rashid Attre
Category:1959 drama films
Category:1950s Urdu-language films
Category:1959 directorial debut films
Category:Pakistani drama films
Category:Nigar Award winners
Category:Urdu-language Pakistani films
Category:Films directed by Hassan Tariq
Category:Pakistani black-and-white films

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