Chann Wey

Chann Wey (1951)

Not only is it the First Pakistani movie of Noor Jehan, but it is also the very first Pakistani movie directed by a female director

Date of release
1951-03-30
TMDB
10.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
1h 45m
Genres
Romance, Music
Director
Noor Jehan

Casting

Interesting facts

Chanway or Chan Wey is a 1951 Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed Noor Jehan with the supervision of Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.

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.

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.

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