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{{infobox film<br />
| name = Pathan<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = <br />
| director = Ataullah Khan<br />
| writer = <br />
| producer = Ataullah Khan<br />
| starring = [[Prem Nath]]<br />[[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]]<br />
| music = Fakir Mohammed<br />Jimmy<br />
| released = {{Film date|1962}}<br />
| country = India<br />
| language = [[Urdu]]<br />
}}<br />
'''''Pathan''''' is a 1962 Indian [[Urdu]]-language<ref name="censor" /> film, directed and produced by Ataullah Khan, under the production house Madhubala Private Ltd. It stars [[Prem Nath]] in the titular role, along with [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]] and [[Iftekhar]].<br />
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''Pathan'' was the third and final production of Madhubala Private Ltd.; the other two being ''[[Naata (film)|Naata]]'' (1955) and ''[[Mehlon Ke Khwab]]'' (1960).<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
The actors in the film include:<ref name="rangoonwalla">{{Cite book |last=Rangoonwalla |first=Firoze |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=26dZAAAAMAAJ |title=Indian Filmography: Silent & Hindi Films, 1897–1969 |last2=Das |first2=Vishwanath |date=1970 |publisher=J. Udeshi |language=en|pages=397}}</ref><br />
* [[Prem Nath]]<br />
* [[Mumtaz (Indian actress)|Mumtaz]]<br />
* [[Iftekhar]]<br />
* Niranjan Sharma<br />
* Siddhu<br />
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== Production ==<br />
According to film historian Isaq Mujawar, Ataullah Khan began working on ''Pathan'' in 1939, a couple years before his daughter, [[Madhubala]], ventured into the film industry.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dhar |first=Parthiv |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=A_KIEAAAQBAJ |title=Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography |last2=Bhattacharjee |first2=Anirudha |date=27 October 2022 |page=463 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-93-5629-172-0 |language=en}}<br>"Isaq Mujawar, ''Maut ke saaye me zindagi ka sapna'', ''Madhuri'' dated 9<br />
October 1987. The author mentions that Ataullah started working on<br />
''Pathan'' as early as 1939 when Madhubala was six years old. She used<br />
to sit on a chair and complain of back pain and had often needed to be<br />
rushed to bed."</ref><br />
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''Pathan'' was the third (and final) completed production of Madhubala Private Ltd.; the other two being ''[[Naata (film)|Naata]]'' (1955) and ''[[Mehlon Ke Khwab]]'' (1960).<ref>{{Cite book |last=Deep |first=Mohan |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=DCVlAAAAMAAJ |title=The Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala |date=1996 |publisher=Magna Books |pages=94 |language=en}}<br>"Khan was keen on directing films. ''Naata'' and ''Mehlon Ke Khwab'' were only the beginning. Now, he wanted to make ''Pathan''. Madhubala suggested Premnath. She would play the beloved of this Pathan. And Attaullah Khan agreed."</ref> It was formally announced in September 1960, with Madhubala and Prem Nath in lead roles.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 1960 |title=Film World |url=https://archive.org/details/karnataka-state-archives-RGVlcGFrMjA0NDYz-RGVlcGFrMQ/page/n184/mode/1up? |access-date=13 April 2026 |work=The Samachar |pages=2}}</ref> She shot for only a few days, before she became sick and was replaced by Mumtaz.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Dhar |first=Parthiv |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=A_KIEAAAQBAJ |title=Kishore Kumar: The Ultimate Biography |last2=Bhattacharjee |first2=Anirudha |date=27 October 2022 |page=267–268 |publisher=Harper Collins |isbn=978-93-5629-172-0 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Sharma |first=Ganga Prasada |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=yIVGnaM7z38C&pg=PA151 |title=Hindī sinemā kā suhānā saphara |date=2005 |publisher=Diamond Pocket Books (P) Ltd. |isbn=978-81-288-0717-6 |language=hi|pages=151}}</ref><br />
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== Soundtrack ==<br />
The music was composed by Fakir Mohammed and Jimmy.<ref name="rangoonwalla" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Pathan (by Fakir Mohammed, Jimmy) |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/pathan/GQZbMpK,MSo_ |access-date=14 April 2026 |website=[[Jio Saavn]]}}</ref><br />
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{{Track listing<br />
| headline = Track listing<br />
| extra_column = Singer(s)<br />
| total_length = 19:18<br />
| title1 = Bombay Central Par Gori<br />
| extra1 = [[Mahendra Kapoor]], [[Asha Bhosle]]<br />
| length1 = 3:21<br />
| title2 = Jaisi Karni Hai<br />
| extra2 = [[S. D. Batish]], [[Manna Dey]]<br />
| length2 = 3:24<br />
| title3 = Soja Salone Soja<br />
| extra3 = [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
| length3 = 3:10<br />
| title4 = Aaja Ke Bulate Hai<br />
| extra4 = [[Talat Mahmood]]<br />
| length4 = 3:03<br />
| title5 = Chand Mera Badalon Men<br />
| extra5 = Talat Mahmood<br />
| length5 = 3:05<br />
| title6 = Chunri Hawa Mein Udo<br />
| extra6 = Asha Bhosle<br />
| length6 = 3:15<br />
}}<br />
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== Release ==<br />
''Pathan'' was granted a [[U certificate (India)|'U' certificate]] by the [[Central Board of Film Censors (India)|Central Board of Film Censors]] on 2 November 1962, after approximately 9.33 metres of footage were deleted across several reels, including scenes related to [[kidnapping]] and dialogue concerning pregnancy.<ref name="censor">{{Cite book |last=India |first=Government of |url=http://archive.org/details/in.gazette.central.w.1963-06-01.83840 |title=Union Government, Weekly, 1963–06–01, Part III-Section 4, Ref. Staff/6 |date=1 June 1963 |pages=19 |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Reception ==<br />
According to Madhubala's biographer [[Mohan Deep]], ''Pathan'' was not a financial success.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Deep |first=Mohan |url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=DCVlAAAAMAAJ |title=The Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala |date=1996 |publisher=Magna Books |pages=15 |language=en}}<br>"Khan was hard-pressed to make two ends meet. Producing ''Naata'', ''Mehlon Ke Khwab'', ''Pathan'' only ruined him."</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|0176010}}<br />
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Pathan}}<br />
[[Category:1962 Indian films]]<br />
[[Category:1960s Urdu-language films]]<br />
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