Sun Dec 13 · 1:00pm
Pakeezah (1972)
Kamal Amrohi's 1972 Pakeezah stars Meena Kumari as Sahibjaan, a tawaif (courtesan) whose beauty captivates Salim (Ashok Kumar), a chivalrous forest ranger. Amrohi made it for Kumari, his wife, across two decades of halted production and the end of their marriage. Raaj Kumar co-stars. Shot in Eastmancolor on lavish sets, it screens in a new restoration, in Urdu with English subtitles, in the Cinema Masala series.