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Zarqa

Zarqa

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 17, 1969

Runtime

2h 25m

Genres

Drama

User Score

70%

Original Title

Zarqa

Production Companies

Riaz Shahid Productions

Director

Riaz Shahid

Description

It is based on the life of Zarqa, a Palestinian dancer girl and a freedom activist, who killed herself for the liberation of Palestine involving Israeli-occupied territories and Palestinian liberation movement. It also addresses a real event of Neelo (The Actress) when she was forcibly invited by Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, the governor of West Pakistan to his office to perform a stage dance during the 1965's official visit of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Pakistan.