Chanway

Chanway (transl. O, Moon) is a Pakistani Punjabi-language film directed Noor Jehan (in her directorial debut) in the supervision of Shaukat Hussain Rizvi. It was written by Syed Imtiaz Ali Taj. Noor Jehan played the lead role with Ghulam Mohammad, Santosh Kumar and Jahangir Khan in supporting roles. Feroz Nizami provided the music for the film's soundtrack. It premiered in Lahore's Regent Cinema on 24 March 1951.

Chanway
Theatrical release poster
Punjabiچن وے
Directed by
Written by
Produced byShaukat Hussain Rizvi
Starring
Music byFeroz Nizami
Production
company
Release date
  • 24 March 1951 (1951-03-24)
CountryPakistan
LanguagePunjabi

The film was the first Pakistani film directed by a woman. It became commercially successful and had a successful theatrical run of 18 weeks. "Mundeya Sialkotiya" was a popular track from the film's soundtrack.

Cast

The cast of the film includes:[1][2][3]

  • Noor Jehan as Seema
  • Santosh Kumar as Feroze
  • Ghulam Mohammad as Fazal
  • Jahangir Khan[4] as Aslam
  • Saleem Raza as Chiragh
  • Nafees Begum as Khairaan
  • Himalyawala as Doctor
  • Yasmin as Shaddo

Production

After migrating from India, Shaukat Hussain Rizvi established his Shahnoor Studios and decided to produce a film. He was advised to produce film in Punjabi language because at that time Punjabi films such as Pheray (1949) and Laraay (1950) were commercially successful rather than Urdu language films. So, he directed and produced Channway and his spouse Noor Jehan was credited as the director because he himself didn't know the Punjabi language. Thus, it became the first Pakistani film by a female director. The film also marked Jehan's return to the screen since her last film Jugnu (1947), also directed by Rizvi and had music composed by Nizami.[2][5][6][1][7]

Release and reception

The film premiered on 24 March 1951 in Lahore's Regent cinema. It became commercially successful with a theatrical run of 18 weeks.[8][1]

Soundtrack

Feroz Nizami composed the film's music on the lyrics of F.D. Sharf and Ustad Daman. All songs were performed by Noor Jehan except one, which was performed by Ali Bakhsh Zahoor.

Track listing
Song titleLyrics bySung byNotes
Tere Mukhre Da Kala Kala Til Way, Mera Kud Ke Le Gya Dil Way, Way Mundeya Sialkotiya F.D. Sharf Noor Jehan Popular song from the film's soundtrack[8][9][10]
Changa Banaya e Sanu, Kach Da Khadona F.D. Sharf Noor Jehan [9]
Way Tu Bhul Na Javin F.D. Sharf Noor Jehan
Chann Deya Totya Way, Dillan Deya Khotya F.D. Sharf Noor Jehan This song establishes Jehan's mastery over difficult singing[8][9]
Bedardaan Di Dunya Kolun F.D. Sharf Ali Baksh Zahoor
Lamiaan Manzilan, Dil Door Kinaray F.D. Sharf Noor Jehan [7]
Bach Ja Mundeya Mor Tun Ustad Daman Noor Jehan
Teray Long Da Peya Lashkara F.D. Sharf Noor Jehan and chorus

References
  1. "Chanway (1951)". Motion Pictures Archive of Pakistan. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020.
  2. Gazdar, Mushtaq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 38. ISBN 0-19-577817-0.
  3. "چن وے ( شاہ نور فلمز کی پہلی پنجابی فلم )". Dunya (newspaper). 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 27 April 2023.
  4. "Jehangir A. Khan is dead". Dawn (newspaper). 24 September 2013.
  5. "فلمی و ادبی شخصیات کے سکینڈلز۔ ۔ ۔قسط نمبر582". Daily Pakistan. 4 January 2019.
  6. Iftikhar Haider Malik (2006). Culture and Customs of Pakistan. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 182. ISBN 978-0313331268.
  7. "Sound of Lollywood: The classy classical number by the one and only Noor Jehan". Scroll.in. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2023.
  8. "جب پہلی بامقصد فلم بنی". BBC Urdu (in Urdu). 30 September 2005. Archived from the original on 30 March 2023.
  9. Amjad Parvez (23 September 2019). "Noor Jahan's top 10 most memorable songs". Daily Times (newspaper).
  10. Soonha Abro. "Timeline of Pakistani cinema". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 25 April 2023.
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