{{short description|1949 Pakistani film}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=February 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2015}} {{Infobox film | name = Pheray | image = | caption = | director = Nazir Ahmed Khan | producer = Swaran Lata | writer = | starring = Swaran Lata<br>Nazir Ahmed Khan<br>M. Ismael<br>Nazar<br>Zeenat<br>Maya Devi<br>Baba Alam Siaposh<br>Allauddin | cinematography = Raza Mir | music = Ghulam Ahmed Chishti | distributor = | released = {{Film date|1949|07|28|df=y}} | runtime = | country = Pakistan | language = Punjabi }}
'''''Pheray''''' is a 1949 Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed by Nazir Ahmed Khan.<ref name=citwf>{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film269479.htm |url-status=dead|archive-date=20 December 2016|access-date=31 July 2023|author=Alan Goble|title=Pheray (1949 film)|website=Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220091056/http://www.citwf.com/film269479.htm}}</ref><ref name=cinestaan>{{cite web|url=https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/pherey-32693/cast-crew|title=Film cast of 'Pheray' (1949 film)|website= Cinestaan.com website|access-date=31 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230731224355/https://www.cinestaan.com/movies/pherey-32693/cast-crew|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2023}}</ref> The story of the film was a remake of Nazir's own 1945 Indian film ''Gaon Ki Gori'', that was released before partition. Ghulam Ahmed Chishti composed the music and the lyrics were written by G. A. Chishti and Baba Alam Siyahposh.<ref name=upperstall/><ref name=cinestaan/>
The singers were Munawar Sultana and Inayat Hussain Bhatti. The film was released on 28 July 1949.<ref name=upperstall>{{cite web|url=http://www.upperstall.com/films/1949/pheray|url-status=dead|title=Pheray (1949 film)|website=Upperstall.com website|archive-date=30 January 2010|access-date=31 August 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100130225306/http://www.upperstall.com/films/1949/pheray}}</ref>
''Pheray'' was a big musical hit and became Pakistan's first 'Silver Jubilee' film. It was screened in Lahore for 25 weeks at Palace Cinema and in Karachi for 5 weeks at the Taj Mahal Cinema.<ref name=pakmag>{{cite web|url=http://pakfilms.net/movies/details.php?pid=6|archive-date=15 June 2017|title=Pheray (1949 film)|url-status=dead|access-date=6 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615112111/http://pakfilms.net/movies/details.php?pid=6|website= Pakistan Film Magazine website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/category/lollywood-reviews/|date=26 May 2020|archive-date=13 June 2020|access-date=4 February 2022|url-status=dead|website=Hot Spot Online website|title=Pheray (1949 film) - a film review (scroll down to read this title)|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613171705/https://www.desimoviesreviews.com/index.php/category/lollywood-reviews/}}</ref>
== Plot == Rani loves Jani, but her brother Raju opposes their union. Having borrowed money from Chaudhary Lachhu, a wealthy zamindar in a neighboring village, Raju hatches a plan to marry Rani to him in repayment. Lachhu had already fallen for Rani after seeing her at a fair, and Raju took advantage of this. During the wedding ceremony, Rani's best friend Lachhi stood in for her and took the seven steps around the fire, saat phere, completely veiled by her ghunghat, and no one noticed the switch. After the ceremony, Rani and Lachhi moved to Lachhu's house and take over their original positions. However, Rani feigns illness to avoid any intimate relations with him. Eventually, Lachhu gets tired of her tactics and discovered the truth behind her behavior. Feeling sympathetic towards the young lovers, he decided to rectify the situation and arranged for Rani to marry Jani instead.
== Cast == * Swaran Lata<ref name=cinestaan/><ref name=pakmag/><ref name=upperstall/> as Rani * Nazir Ahmed Khan<ref name=cinestaan/><ref name=pakmag/><ref name=citwf/><ref name=upperstall/> as Jani * Muhammad Ismael as Chaudhary Lachhu * Allauddin<ref name=citwf/><ref name=upperstall/> as Raju * Nazar<ref name=pakmag/><ref name=citwf/><ref name=upperstall/> as Chhajju * Zeenat Begum<ref name=cinestaan/><ref name=pakmag/> as Lachhi * Baba Alam Siaposh * Maya Devi
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0212425|Pheray (1949 film)}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pheray}} Category:1949 films Category:Pakistani black-and-white films Category:Films scored by Ghulam Ahmed Chishti Category:Pakistani remakes of Indian films Category:Punjabi-language Pakistani films Category:Pakistani musical films Category:1940s Punjabi-language films Category:1949 musical films Category:Punjabi remakes of Hindi films