Noor Jehan

Sound

Noor Jehan

Born 1926-09-21 · Kasur, Punjab, British India

Noor Jehan (September 21, 1926 – December 23, 2000), also known by her honorific title Malika-e-Tarannum (Queen of Melody), was a widely-admired Pakistani playback singer and former actress whose career lasted for more than half a century. She started in British India in the 1930s but moved to Pakistan with its inception, and came to be considered one of the greatest and most influential singers in Indian subcontinent history. She holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. Noor Jehan received more than 15 Nigar Awards for Best Female Playback Singer, eight for Best Urdu Singer Female and the rest for Punjabi Playback. She was the first Pakistani singer to sing at the Royal Albert Hall London and even she received the third-highest honour and civilian award of the country, the Sitara-e-Imtiaz.

Acting credits

Chann Wey poster
10.0

Not only is it the First Pakistani movie of Noor Jehan, but it is also the very first Pakistani movie directed by a female director

Chann Wey

1951

Dupatta poster
9.0

A young woman (Yasmin) brings her husband to an elderly doctor to restore her husband's disfigured face following a horrific accident. The doctor tells her he has given up plastic surgery long back and tells her a tale to prove that true love should overlook physical looks.

Dupatta

1952

Badi Maa poster
7.0

A devoted woman, Badi Maa dedicates her life to raising her deceased friend's child, her love and sacrifices influencing all around her, leading to emotional conflicts as the child matures.

Badi Maa

1945

Anarkali poster
10.0

Prince Jahangir loves the slave girl Anarkali, which creates a serious conflict between Prince Jahangir and his father, Mughal emperor Akbar.

Anarkali

1958

Koel poster
8.0

A poor musician is invited to participate in a competition abroad but his plane crashes on the way. Though the musician survives, he decides to stay away and pretend to be dead as wife and daughter will be given one lakh rupees in life insurance. But fate has other things in store for the women and when the musician returns ten years later he discovers that his daughter has become a dancer.

Koel

1959

Khandaan poster
9.0

A young man gets jailed for killing a woman who seduces him. When he gets released, he tries to stop his employer's son from committing the same kind of crime he did.

Khandaan

1942

Intezar poster
9.0

Childhood friends Nimmi and Saleem are separated because Saleem's mother does not approve of Nimmi's parentage. When Saleem returns for Nimmi after his mother's death, new complications keep the young lovers apart.

Intezar

1956

Naukar poster
10.0

Fazlu, a lifelong servant, is wrongly imprisoned after being blamed for his master's son's death. He escapes, believing his newborn is the child reincarnated. The film follows Fazlu's heartbreaking journey as he watches his family crumble under economic hardship, ultimately leading him back to prison.

Naukar

1943

Anjan Hai Koyee poster
9.0

Anand (Feroz Khan), traveling by rail to meet his future bride, Sima (Aruna Irani), discovers a dead man in his train compartment. Arriving in his fiancee’s village, Anand witnesses another killing, this time a young woman (Noorjahan) he sees in an old, abandoned haveli. Reaching Sima’s home, he finds that his bride-to-be has been crippled in an accident and is under the care of a Dr. Prakash (Rakesh). Sima’s brother, Suraj (Suraj), and best friend, Sandhya (Nalini) are also staying with her. At a party for Sima, Anand spots the woman he saw murdered in the old shack and chases after her. But she suddenly disappears. A few days later he sees her again, swimming in a pond, but then she vanishes just like before. Meanwhile, it appears that someone is trying to kill Sima, and it also turns out that Anand is not who he claims to be.

Anjan Hai Koyee

1969

Neend poster
10.0

A romance between a wealthy businessman and a poor coal collector turns sour.

Neend

1959

Fariyaad poster
7.0

An early Indian drama centered on a grievance or plea for justice

Fariyaad

1942

Lakht-e-Jigar poster
NR

A Pakistani Urdu-language film directed by Luqman, starring Noor Jehan, Santosh, and Habib.

Lakht-e-Jigar

1956

Chandni poster
10.0

Two identical women, city-bred Chandni and village teacher Devi, swap clothes on a train, leading to their husbands mistakenly taking home the wrong wife. As chaotic domestic lives unfold, their interwoven fates unravel through illness, mistaken affections, and a final public revelation of their switched identities.

Chandni

1942

Patay Khan poster
8.0

Pakistani movie starring Noor Jehan.

Patay Khan

1955

Ghalib poster
NR

This biographical drama film is based on the life of famous Urdu poet, Mirza Asadullah Khan Ghalib. It was the last film Noor Jehan acted in before she shifted her focus on singing exclusively.

Ghalib

1961

Deshadanakkili Karayarilla poster
6.2

Two school students plan to runaway while on the school trip. But with the entering of an uninvited man in the situation for their help and one of them falls in love with him, something is revealed which is not so pleasant.

Deshadanakkili Karayarilla

1986

The Full Moon poster
6.1

Nawab sees Jameela in a market and instantly falls in love with her. The situation gets complicated when Aslam, his childhood friend, also ends up liking her.

The Full Moon

1960

Hulchul poster
6.8

Peter (O. P. Ralhan) and Kitty (Helen) love each other, but due to Peter's poverty, they are unable to marry each other. One day, during a secret rendezvous, Peter accidentally overhear a conversation between one Mahesh Jetley and his paramour, where Mahesh tells her that he is soon going to bump off his wife on a certain date. Peter and Kitty decide to foil this man's plans. However, there are 2 problems: 1 - They have not seen Mahesh or his paramour's face. 2 - Even if they had, no one would believe their story. Hence, the lovers decide to do a little investigation on their own. They find three Mahesh Jetleys. On some snooping, they find that each man is married and each of them has a miserable married life. To find their suspect, they devise a plan whereby they will stage an attack on each man's wife. Whoever the culprit is, will freak out and his identity will be revealed.

Hulchul

1971

Two Acres of Land poster
7.9

After falling for a cunning landlord’s scheme, a farmer (Balraj Sahni) and his young son (Ratan Kumar) travel to Calcutta in search of work to save money and reclaim their ancestral land.

Two Acres of Land

1953

Aar Paar poster
5.6

Kalu is a taxi-driver in Bombay, India. He has two women who love him and would like to marry him. Kalu first wants to establish himself, and become rich, before he can even think of marriage. One of the women who loves him, has a father who is involved in gangster-type activities, and would like Kalu also to join him so that he can get rich soon. Kalu has now to decide to become rich quick or sleep better.

Aar Paar

1954

Village Girl poster
7.3

A village girl's life is complicated by a love triangle or conflict, exploring themes of innocence, love, and loyalty amidst rural challenges.

Village Girl

1945

Zeenat poster
6.5

A disgraced widow is forced to work as a maid for her fatherless child.

Zeenat

1945

Chhoo Mantar poster
NR

Film starring Noor Jehan.

Chhoo Mantar

1958

Anarkali poster
7.0

Based on a popular historical legend, Prince Salim has a passionate love affair with a beautiful, sassy commoner.

Anarkali

1953

Behind the camera