Shakeela Bano Bhopali

Movie - 1966, 2h 15m • as Qawwali singer

Two friends accidently enter the valley of death where more than adventure awaits them!

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role

Lovers Dara (Azad) and Angoori (Indira) are parted due to Angoori’s father, who does not approve of the match. But after Dara wins an athletic competition, a priest sees to it that the young couple is united in marriage. Dara and his brother, Shahbaaz, travel on business to a faraway city and encounter Rufy, the owner of the lodge where they have sought shelter. Rufy takes a liking to the handsome Dara, but Dara rebuffs her advances. Angered by this, Rufy seeks the assistance of a witch to put a spell on Dara so that he will forget his wife and fall in love with her alone.

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m • as Shamshad Begum

Tells the story of newly weds Hamid and Salma. They move into a rental flat next door to the local red light district. The flat had been the former home of a well known mujra and qawali singer, Shamshad. Men still come to the door in the hope of seeing Shamshad and do not seem too put out by seeing Salma despite her protestations. The couple struggle to live within the bounds of their own moral code while the earnings of prostitution seem to be flaunted around them. Hamid gets more and more angry and seemingly unable to reconcile his morality with the immorality of the world and at one point beats his wife and then rapes her making her into a 'whore' of his fantasy. The story here bears resemblance to the later 'Ek Chadar Maili Si' by the same director and seems to explore the complex world of women and sexuality as viewed by Indian men: mother, goddess, whore. This film also explores the ethos of prostitution in its reality and as a metaphor for the outside world.