List of Pakistani films of 1981
1981 marked a significant period in Pakistani cinema, as it faced a rapid decline due to islamization in the country, consequently resulting in destabilization of the film industry[1]. With growing censorship policies, Punjabi and Pashto action films dominated the field[2]. Sultan Rahi starred in films like Maula Jutt In London and Khan e Azam, becoming an iconic figure of the time.
1981
A total of 86 films were released in Pakistan in 1981 in Urdu, Punjabi and Pashto languages, around 11 of which were categorized as 'super hit'[3]. The industry premiered 15 of these films on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha[4].
| Title | Director | Release date[6] | Cast | Genre |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dushman Dar | Masood Asghar | 02-01-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Mustafa Qureshi, Najma, Nazli | Action film |
| Manzil | S.Suleman | 02-01-1981 | Mohammad Ali, Babra Sharif, Waseem Abbas, Mumtaz, Talish, Nanha, Qavi, Munawar Saeed, Shahnawaz, Rangeela, Khayyam Sarhadi, Navin Tajik | |
| Shart | Riaz Ahmed Raju | 23-01-1981 | Aasia, Shahid, Sultan Rahi, Iqbal Hassan, Khanum, Mustafa Qureshi, Nabeela, Shehzad, Khalid Saleem Mota, Abbu Shah, Mustafa Tind, Shakeel, Imdad Hussain | Action film |
| Kala Rupia | Akram Khan | 30-01-1981 | Najma, Mustafa Qureshi, Musarrat Shaheen, Asif Khan, Aslam Parvez | |
| Resham | H.M. Yousuf | 30-01-1981 | Mustafa Qureshi, Najma, Asif Khan, Yasmin Khan, Nanha, Sabiha, Adeeb, Aslam Parvez, Masood Akhtar, Kemal Irani, Seema, Munir Zarif, Shagufta, Azam Jahangir, Sheeba Butt, Ijaz Akhtar, Imdad Hussain, Taya Barkat | |
| Khan-e-Azam | Younis Malik | 06-02-1981 | Sudhir, Aasia, Sultan Rahi, Mustafa Qureshi, Nazli, Zahir Shah, Bahar, Jameel Babar, Seema, Shakeel, Iqbal Durrani, Ladla, Nasrullah Butt, Irfan Khoost | Action film |
| Rabb Tay Maa | Akram Khan | 06-02-1981 | Farah Deeba, Iqbal Hassan, Sabiha Khanum, Saiqa, Aurangzeb, Aslam Parvez, Adeeb, Rehan, Saleem Hassan, Romana, Fakhri Ahmad, Seema, Sheikh Iqbal, Rokhsana Multani, Imrozia, Ladla, Chakram, Raj Multani, Haidar Abbas, Aman Ulla Khan, Abid Kashmiri, Jaggi Malik, Nasrullah Butt | |
| Lajawab | Shabab Keranvi | 13-02-1981 | Babra Sharif, Nadeem, Shujaat Hashmi, Roshan, Roomana, Tamanna, Jameel Fakhri, Khalid Saleem Mota, Shehla Gil, Tani, Imrozia, Saqi | |
| Anokha Daaj | Aslam Dar | 27-02-1981 | Aasia, Sultan Rahi, Waheed Murad, Durdana Rehman, Sabiha Khanum, Ilyas Kashmiri, Tani, Sheikh Iqbal, Nasrullah Butt, Rehan, Saqi, Altaf Hussain, Shehla Gil, Taya Barkat, Fazal Haq, Abbu Shah, Rafiq, Banka | |
| Gabhroo | Jafar Malik | 20-03-2981 | Aasia, Yousuf Khan, Musarrat Shaheen, Aurangzeb, Bahar, Ilyas Kashmiri, Humayun Qureshi, Allauddin, Khalid Saleem Mota, Albela, Changezi, Sheikh Iqbal, Majeed Zarif | |
| Dil Ek Khilona | S. Suleman | 27-03-1981 | Sangeeta, Shahid, Lehri, Ruhi Bano, Nazli, Mustafa Qureshi | |
| Bara Aadmi | Shamas Chodhary | 03-04-1981 | Babra Sharif, Mohammad Ali, Shahid, Bindia, Ruhi Bano, Tamanna, Bahar, Nanha, Durdana Rehman, Shehla Gill, Jameel Fakhri, Irfan Khoost, Kemal Irani | |
| Ik Puttar Ik Veer | Waheed Dar | 10-04-1981 | Najma, Yousuf Khan, Mustafa Qureshi, Sabiha, Nayyar Sultana, Habib, Saiqa, Aurangzeb, Nanha, Rangeela, Adeeb, Zahir Shah, Altaf Khan, Jaggi Malik, Changezi, Ishrat Chodhary, Taya Barkat, Ilyas Kashmiri, Sawan, Nazli, Mizla | |
| Laggan | Rehman | 10-04-1981 | Babra Sharif, Rehman, Ishrat Chodhary, Shehla Gil, Dildar Bhatti | |
| Mr. Aflatoon | Naseem Haider | 17-04-1981 | Mumtaz, Ali Ejaz, Rangeela, Bindia, Masood Akhtar, Bahar, Ilyas Kashmiri, Mustafa Qureshi, Mizla, Syed Noor, Jaggi Malik, Kemal Irani, Khalid Butt, Nasrullah Butt, Sheikh Iqbal, Hanif, Khalid Saleem Mota, Saqi | Comedy film |
| Sher Medan Da | M.Akram | 24-04-1981 | Aasia, Sultan Rahi, Anjuman, Mustafa Qureshi, Bahar, Zubair, Adeeb, Jaggi Malik, Khalid Saleem Mota, Ladla, Khawar Abbas, Haidar Abbas, Anwar Khan, Mustafa Tind, Aslam Parvez, Hanif, Ijaz Akhtar | Action film |
| Gunman | Iqbal Yousuf | 08-05-1981 | Babra Sharif, Mohammad Ali, Waheed Murad, Mumtaz, Rani, Naghma, Adeeb | Action film |
| Maula Dad | Rehmat Ali | 08-05-1981 | Aasia, Yousuf Khan, Mustafa Qureshi, Durdana Rehman | |
| Mere Apnay | Shamim Ara | 08-05-1981 | Shamim Ara, Shahid, Mumtaz, Waheed Murad, Asif Raza Mir, Talish, Tamanna, Qavi, Saqi | |
| Dil Nay Phir Yaad Kya | Iqbal Akhtar | 15-05-1981 | Babra Sharif, Shahid, Waheed Murad, Nayyar Sultana, Talish, Farzana, Ibrahim Nafees, Mizla, Kemal Irani, Rashid, Khalid Saleem Mota | Romance film |
| Sheran Day Puttar Sher | Masood Butt | 15-05-1981 | Aasia, Sultan Rahi, Mustafa Qureshi, Chakori, Iqbal Hassan, Mohammad Ali, Bahar | Action film |
| Qurbani | Parvez Malik | 22-05-1981 | Shabnam, Nadeem, Master Khurram, Nimmo, Aurangzeb, Hanif, Najma Mehboob, Jameel Bismil, Ijaz Akhtar, Najma Begum, Chakram, Ali Ahmad, Deeba, Afzaal Ahmad, Khayyam Sarhadi | |
| Toofan Tay Chattan | Arshad Mirza | 22-051981 | Sudhir, Aasia, Mustafa Qureshi, Ilyas Kashmiri, Bahar, Saiqa, Anita, Imrozia, Seema, Tani, Jaggi Malik, Changezi, Iqbal Durrani, Nasrullah Butt, Raj Multani, Haidar Abbas, Khawar Abbas, Rafiq Tingu, Rulrez, Abbu Shah, Taya Barkat, Banka, Hairatangez, Chohan, Jabroo | Action film |
| Fatafat | Diljeet Mirza | 29-05-1981 | Mumtaz, Shahid, Syed Kemal, Nanha, Khanam, Rangeela, Mehboob Aalam, Diljeet Mirza, Afzal Khan, Shehla gil, Khalid Saleem Mota | |
| Kala Dhanda Goray Log | Javed Sajjad | 29-05-1981 | Sangeeta, Asif Khan, Waheed Murad, Samina Pirzada, Malini, Badar Munir | |
| Geo Shera | Masood Bin Aslam | 05-06-1981 | Chakori, Kaifee, Afzaal Ahmad, Saiqa, Zahir Shah, Nasrullah Butt, Jaggi Malik, Altaf Khan, Iqbal Durrani, Kahwar Abbas, Suhail Siddiqi, Badal | |
| Athra Puttar | Altaf Hussain | 12-06-1981 | Aasia, Sultan Rahi, Mustafa Qureshi, Bazgha, Ilyas Kashmiri, Sawan, Ajmal, Nanha, Ali Ejaz, Rangeela, Shahida, ChunChun, Khalid Saleem Mota, Sheikh Iqbal, Rehan, Taya Barkat, Saqi, Khawar Abbas, Chohan | Action film |
| Parwah Nein | Iftikhar Khan | 12-06-1981 | Mumtaz, Yousuf Khan, Mustafa Qureshi, Waheed Murad, Kaveeta, Sabiha, Ilyas Kashmiri, Badal, Nasrullah Butt, Saqi, Veena Khan, Mustafa Tind, Haidar Abbas, Talish, Ali Ejaz | |
| Aladdin | Iqbal Kashmiri | 02-08-1981 | Babra Sharif, Faisal, Bindiya, Ali Ejaz, Nayyar Sultana, Firdaus Jamal, Adeeb, Talish, Faisal Iqbal, Rangeela | |
| Chacha Bhateeja | Haidar Chodhary | 02-08-1981 | Anjuman, Ali Ejaz, Nanha, Durdana Rehman, Tamanna, Shujaat Hashmi, Khalid Saleem Mota, Kokab Dar, Saqi, Ali Ahmad, Mustafa Qureshi | |
| Chan Varyam | Jahangir Qaisar | 02-08-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Anjuman, Iqbal Hassan, Afzaal Ahmad, Mustafa Qureshi, Humayun Qureshi, Shugafta, Nasrullah Butt, Altaf Khan, Zahir Shah, Sawan, Gul Zaman, Sikkedar, Ajmal, Ilyas Kashmiri, Hanif, Mehboob Alam | Action Film, Musical Film |
| Milay Ga Zulm Ka Badla | Kaifee | 02-08-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Chakori, Kaifee, Anjuman, Iqbal Hassan, Mustafa Qureshi, Afzaal Ahmad, Sawan, Nanha, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Suhail, Iqbal Durrani | Action Film |
| Sala Sahib | Altaf Hussain | 02-08-1981 | Mumtaz, Ali Ejaz, Anjuman, Nanha, Rangeela, Sultan Rahi, Khalid Saleem Mota, Albela, Abid Kashmiri, Huma Dar, Asha Poslay, Rafiq Tingu, Ahmad Ali, Najma Mehboob, Hairat Angez, Mustafa Tind, Badal, Ishrat Chouhdry, Nazli, Iqbal Hassan, Zahir Shah, Altaf Khan, Nasrullah Butt, Haidar Abbas | Romance film, Musical Film |
| Sher Khan | Younis Malik | 02-08-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Anjuman, Mustafa Qureshi, Iqbal Hassan, Habib, Nazli, Nanha, Bahar, Seema, Adeeb, Ilyas Kashmiri, Iqbal Durrani, Altaf Khan, Haidar Abbas, Huma Dar, Badal, Parvez Rahi, Aliya, Talish, Changezi, Ladla, Rehan | Action Film, Musical Film |
| Watan | Hassan Tariq | 02-08-1981 | Rani, Shahid, Mohammad Ali, Kaveeta, Talish, Aslam Parvez, Rangeela, Navin Tajik, Nadeem | |
| Jatt Da Vair | Younis Malik | 28-08-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Najma, Mustafa Qureshi, Chakori, Sawan, Bahar, Albela, Imrozia, Mizla, Ajmal, Jaggi Malik, Altaf Khan, Badal, Iqbal Durrani, Saleem Hassan, Khalid Saleem Mota | Action Film |
| Aakhri Qurbani | Syed Zahoor Hussain Gilani | 04-09-1981 | Sudhir, Sultan Rahi, Musarrat Shaheen, Iqbal Hassan, Ilyas Kashmiri, Iqbal Durrani, Sheikh Iqbal, Fazil Butt, Seema, Rangeela, Adeeb, Mustafa Tind, Imrozia, Arif Lohar, Altaf Khan, Changezi | Action Film |
| Dara Sikandar | Rehmat Ali | 04-09-1981 | Mumtaz, Sultan Rahi, Mustafa Qureshi, Nanha, Ilyas Kashmiri, Allauddin, Seema, Ishrat Chodhary, Rehan, Saqi, Zahir Shah | Action Film |
| Kiran or Kali | Zahid Shah | 04-09-1981 | Mohammad Ali, Shabnam, Waheed Murad, Shaista Qaisar, Ruhi Bano, Lehri, Master Faraz, Kemal Irani, Zenat Yasmin, Arsh-e-Munir, Shahnawaz, Mushtaque Changezi | Romance Film |
| Mohabbat Aur Majboori | Mansoor Syed | 04-09-1981 | Babra Sharif, Ghulam Mohayuddin, Allauddin, Nimmi, Qavi, ShahNawaz, Durdana Rehman, Nabeela, Zarqa, Nina, Sheikh Iqbal, Abbu Shah, Chakram, Tingu | Romance Film |
| Sangram | Iqbal Yousuf | 04-09-1981 | Mohammad Ali, Mumtaz, Asif Khan, Adeeb, Nayyar Sultana | |
| Veryam | Arshad Mirza | 04-09-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Anjuman, Mustafa Qureshi, Iqbal Hassan, Mumtaz, Adeeb | Action Film |
| Athra Tay Jeedar | Javed Hassan | 11-09-1981 | Najma, Sultan Rahi, Kaifee, Deeba, Aurangzeb, Mizla, Jaggi, Nanha, Munir Zarif, Seema, Bahar | Action film |
| Azeem Qaum Ki Azeem Beti | Shaad Sarhadi | 11-09-1981 | Nimmi, Naeem Khan, Nasir Khan, Shimmi, Zubeda | Patriotic Film |
| Chan Suraj | Raud Abbasi | 11-09-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Mumtaz, Mustafa Qureshi, Afzaal Ahmad, Nazli | Action Film |
| Faslay | Zafar Shabab | 18-09-1981 | Shabnam, Najma Mehboob, Nanha, Mohammad Ali | |
| Khar Damagh | Daud Butt | 18-09-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Bahar, Aasia, Chakori, Altaf Khan, Iqbal Hassan, Afzaal Ahmad, Seema, Shakeel | Action Film |
| Qanoon Shikan | Quraish Chodhary | 25-09-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Aasia, Sawan, Bahar, Chakori, Afzaal Ahmed, Jaggi Malik, Zahir Shah, Ilyas Kashmiri, Rangeela, Baadal, Achhi Khan, Fida Malik | Action Film |
| Basheera Tay Qanoon | Saeed Dar | 09-10-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Talish, Aliya, Masood Akhtar, Aasia | Action Film |
| Ghairao | Iqbal Yousuf | 09-10-1981 | Shabnam, Mohammad Ali, Waheed Murad, Asif Khan, Nayyar Sultana, Khalid Saleem, Adeeb | |
| Ghato Ghar Na Aya | Samad Sheikh | 09-10-1981 | Bilqees, Babar Sultan, Farzana, Zarina Sheikh | |
| Jeedar | Kaifee | 09-10-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Anjuman, Mustafa Qureshi, Chakori, Kaifee | Action Film |
| Maula Jutt Tay Noori Natt | Amin Riaz | 09-10-1981 | Mumtaz, Iqbal Hassan, Ali Ejaz, Nanha, Iqbal Hasan, Bindiya, Adeeb, Bahar, Rangeela, Ishrat Chodhary, Sawan, Zahir Shah, Jaggi Malik, Changezi, Iqbal Durrani, Saqi, Hanif, Raj Multani, Khalid Saleem Mota, Imdad Hussain | Comedy Film |
| Muftbar | Hassan Askari | 09-10-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Anjuman, Ali Ejaz, Afzaal Ahmad, Fakhri Ahmad, Hamid Rana, Najma Mehboob, Hum Dar, Kokab Dar, Firdaus Jamal, Majid Jahangir, Chakram | |
| Ye Zamana Aur Hay | Shabab Keranvi | 09-10-1981 | Babra Sharif, Ayaz, Faisal, Andaleeb, Kokab Dar, Tani, Jameel Fakhri, Asha Poslay, Saqi, Zahoor Shah, Tamanna, Chakram | |
| Rustam | Iqbal Kashmiri | 23-10-1981 | Aasia, Sultan Rahi, Mumtaz, Humayun Qureshi, Bindia, Bahar, Adeeb, Rangeela, Imrozia, Zahir Shah, Roomana, Khalid Saleem Mota, Irfan Khoost | Action Film |
| Tor Deyo Zanjeeran | Mulazim Hussain Bhatti | 23-10-1981 | Musarrat Shaheen, Iqbal Hassan, Nazli, Rangeela, Aslam Parvez, Sawan, Ilyas Kashmiri, Altaf Khan, Ishrat Chodhary, Zubair, Jameel Babar, Seema, Imrozia, Tariq Shah | |
| Tangay Wali | M.J.Rana | 13-11-1981 | Shabnam, Mohammad Ali, Nisho, Bindia, Afzaal Ahmad, Nanha, ShahNawaz Ghumman, Allauddin | |
| Wafa | Luqman | 13-11-1981 | Babra Sharif, Asif Raza Mir, Faisal Luqman, Nazia Hafeez, Talish, Aslam Parvez, Saqi, Huma Dar, Kokab Dar, Hanif, Najma Mehboob, Chakram, Abbu Shah, Ismael Tara, Aurangzeb Laghari | |
| Zehreela Dushman | Ilyas Kashmiri | 13-11-1981 | Najma, Sultan Rahi, Bahar, Aurangzeb, Ilyas Kashmiri | Action Film |
| Billu Sher | Tamancha Jan, Parvez Kaleem | 20-11-1981 | Musarrat Shaheen, Yousuf Khan, Afzaal Ahmad, Aurangzeb, Adeeb, Bahar | |
| Khotay Sikkay | Aziz Tabassum | 20-11-1981 | Mohammad Ali, Babra Sharif, Ghulam Mohayuddin, Badar Munir, Humayun Qureshi, Zahir Shah, Jahangir Mughal, Liaqat Major | |
| Posti | Raza Mir | 20-11-1981 | Mumtaz, Yousuf Khan, Nazli, Afzaal Ahmad, Nimmo, Bahar, Iqbal Hassan | |
| 2 Dil | Aslam Dar | 27-11-1981 | Babra Sharif, Asif Raza Mir, Ghulam Mohayuddin, Talish, Sabiha, Allauddin, Tani, Seema, Saqi, Chakram, Taya Barkat, Durdana Rehman, Adeeb | |
| Chhanga Tay Manga | Haidar | 27-11-1981 | Anjuman, Yousuf Khan, Sultan Rahi, Haidar, Chakori, Durdana Rehman, Rangeela, Talish, Munawar Saeed, Saqi, Aslam Parvez, Seema, Imrozia, Khalid Saleem Mota, Sheikh Iqbal, Asim Bukhari, Nasurullah Butt, Iqbal Durrani, Jaggi Malik, Changezi, Masood Akhtar, Rehan, Bahar | Action Film |
| Jatt in London | Younis Malik | 27-11-1981 | Sultan Rahi, Aasia, Mustafa Qureshi, Chakori, Kaifee, Nazli | Action film |
| Amanat | Rangeela | 18-12-1981 | Bazgha, Ghulam Mohayuddin, Rangeela, Talat Siddiqi, Aslam Parvez, Allauddin, Mazhar Shah, Masood Akhtar | |
| 100 Rifles | Sharif Ali | 25-12-1981 | Musarrat Shaheen, Sultan Rahi, Badar Munir, Sweety, Rehman, Ghulam Mohayuddin, Razia | Action Film |
| Notan Da Badshah | Imtiaz Qaisar | 25-12-1981 | Najma, Asif Khan, Mustafa Qureshi, Iqbal Hassan, Adeeb, Ishrat Chodhary | |
| Sultan Tay Veryam | Waheed dar | 25-12-1981 | Mumtaz, Yousuf Khan, Mustafa Qureshi, Beena, Talish, Sawan, Allauddin, Changezi, Seema, Majeed Zarif, Altaf Khan, Iqbal Durrani, Anwar Khan, Afzal Khan | |
| The Blood of Hussain | Jamil Dehlavi | Salmaan Peerzada, Kika Markham, Durriya Kazi, Shoaib Hashmi, Samina Peerzada | Drama |
See also
External links
- Search Pakistani film - IMDB.com
- 1981: The Pakistan Film History - pakmag.net
- Pakistan Movie Database 1981 - pakmdb.com
- Films released in 1981 in Pakistan - web.archive.org
- Sultan Rahi filmography
References
- ^ "The fall and rise of Pakistani film". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
- ^ Sevea, Iqbal (2014-07). ""Kharaak Kita Oi!" : Masculinity, Caste, and Gender in Punjabi Films". BioScope: South Asian Screen Studies. 5 (2): 129–140. doi:10.1177/0974927614548645. ISSN 0974-9276.
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- ^ "Pakistani film history from 1981". pakmag.net. Retrieved 2024-05-04.
- ^ "1981: The Pakistan Film History". pakmag.net. Retrieved 2024-05-03.
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