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Gul-E-Bakawali
Produced byD. M. Pancholi
StarringSuraiya
Noor Jehan
Salim Raza
Hem Lata
Jabeen
Music byGhulam Haider
Release date
CountryIndia
LanguagePunjabi

Gul-E-Bakawali (transl. Flower of Bakawali) is a 1939 Indian Punjabi-language film by D. M. Pancholi,[1] 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.

Music[edit | edit source]

The film's music was composed by Ghulam Haider.[1] The playback singers were K.L. Saigal and Shamshad Begum.

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Ghulam Haider". upperstall.com. Retrieved 31 March 2012., Retrieved 28 December 2015

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