Noorie

Noorie is a 1979 Indian romance film produced by Yash Chopra, and directed by Manmohan Krishna; this is his only film as director. The film stars Farooq Shaikh, Poonam Dhillon, Madan Puri and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Khayyam and the lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar.

Noorie
Directed byManmohan Krishna
Produced byYash Chopra
StarringFarooq Shaikh
Poonam Dhillon
Madan Puri
Music byKhayyam
Jan Nisar Akhtar (lyrics)
Naqsh Lyalpuri (lyrics)
Release date
  • 11 May 1979 (1979-05-11) (India)
Running time
114min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi-Urdu[1]
Box office₹50 million (US$6.14 million) (India)[2]

The film was a "Super-Hit" and the seventh highest-grossing film at the Indian box office in 1979.[2] It was also an overseas hit in China, where it released in 1981,[3] and became one of the most successful Indian films in China at the time, along with Awaara and Caravan.[4]

Synopsis

Noorie (Poonam Dhillon) lives in the Bhaderwah valleys with her father, Ghulam Nabi (Iftekhar) and her dog Khairoo, she has a boyfriend Yusuf (Farooq Shaikh), they decide to get married, the date is decided and preparations begin. But fate had something else in store. Another villager, Bashir Khan (Bharat Kapoor) takes a liking to Noorie and approaches Noorie's father for her hand, to which Ghulam Nabi refuses. An angry Bashir Khan then arranges the murder of Gulam Nabi, through his men, using a falling tree. The marriage is suspended, and few months later when the marriage preparations are back on, a few days before the marriage, Bashir Khan, who happens to be Yusuf's boss sends him on an errand out of town. While Yusuf is out of town, Bashir Khan goes over to Noorie's house and rapes her. Noorie commits suicide and Yusuf gets to know that it all happened because of Bashir, so he runs behind him to kill him, followed by Khairoo. They end up into a physical fight and Yusuf gets shot by Bashir. As Bashir runs back, he finds Khairoo there, who finally kills Bashir. Yusuf runs to the place where Noorie's body is and dies there. At the end they both are dug into the ground and unite with each other.

Cast

Soundtrack

The following tracks[5] were composed by Khayyam, with lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar, Naqsh Lyallpuri and Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Noorie
Soundtrack album by
Khayyam
Released1979 (India)
GenreFilm soundtrack
LabelEMI
ProducerKhayyam
Khayyam chronology
Trishul
(1978)		 Noorie
(1979)		 Khandaan
(1979)
# Title Singer(s) Lyricist Duration
1 "Aaja Re O Mere Dilbar Aaja" - I Nitin Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar Jan Nisar Akhtar 04:58
2 "Chori Chori Koi Aaye" Lata Mangeshkar Naqsh Lyallpuri 05:04
3 "Qadar Tune Na Jani" Asha Bhosle Naqsh Lyallpuri 05:12
4 "Uske Khel Nirale Wohi Jane" Pamela Chopra, Jagjit Kaur, Anwar Majrooh Sultanpuri 04:54
5 "Aashiq Ho To Aisa Ho" (Qawwali) Pamela Chopra, Mahendra Kapoor, Jagjit Kaur, Swadesh Mahan Jan Nisar Akhtar 06:31
6 "Aaja Re O Mere Dilbar Aaja" - II Nitin Mukesh, Lata Mangeshkar Jan Nisar Akhtar 05:03

Awards and nominations
Year Nominee / work Award Result
1980 Yash Chopra (for Yash Raj Films) Filmfare Award for Best Film Nominated
Manmohan Krishna Filmfare Award for Best Director Nominated
Poonam Dhillon Filmfare Award for Best Actress Nominated
Khayyam Filmfare Award for Best Music Director Nominated
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References
  1. Ramachandran, T. M.; Rukmini, S. (1985). "Urdu Cinema". 70 Years of Indian Cinema, 1913-1983. Cinema India-International. p. 491.
  2. Box Office 1979 Archived 20 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "印度片現在這麼火也不是沒有原因的". Xuehua. 7 April 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. "Dangal underlines popularity of Indian films in China". China Daily. 20 July 2017.
  5. "Noorie : Lyrics and video of Songs from the Movie Noorie (1979)". HindiGeetMala.
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