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|starring = [[Suraiya]]<br>[[Noor Jehan]]<br>Salim Raza<br>Hem Lata<br>Jabeen<br />
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'''Gul-E-Bakawali''' ({{Translation|Flower of Bakawali}}) is a 1939 Indian [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]]-language film by [[Dalsukh M. Pancholi|D. M. Pancholi]],<ref name="us">{{cite web | url=http://www.upperstall.com/people/ghulam-haider | title=Ghulam Haider | publisher=upperstall.com | accessdate=31 March 2012}}, Retrieved 28 December 2015</ref> starring Salim Raza, [[Noor Jehan]], [[Suraiya]], Hem Lata and Jabeen. Based on the Indian folktale ''[[The Rose of Bakawali]]'' about the [[hedychium]] flower, said to be from a Persian legend in the ''[[Arabian Nights]]'', it tells the story of fairy Bakawali and a prince who wants her magical flower to cure his blind father.<br />
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== Music ==<br />
The film's music was composed by [[Ghulam Haider (composer)|Ghulam Haider]].<ref name=us/> The playback singers were [[K.L. Saigal]] and [[Shamshad Begum]].<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Gul-e-Bakavali (1924 film)]], 1924 Indian silent film<br />
* [[Gulebakavali (1955 film)]], 1955 Indian Tamil-language film<br />
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* [[Gulebakavali Katha]], 1962 Indian Telugu-language<br />
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[[Category:Indian fantasy adventure films]]<br />
[[Category:Films based on One Thousand and One Nights]]<br />
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[[Category:Films based on fairy tales]]<br />
[[Category:Films about flowers]]<br />
[[Category:Films about fairies]]<br />
[[Category:Films about princes]]<br />
[[Category:Films about blind people in India]]<br />
[[Category:Films about curses]]<br />
[[Category:Films about magic (supernatural)]]<br />
[[Category:Films shot in Lahore]]<br />
[[Category:Films about wish fulfillment]]<br />
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