Nai Laila Naya Majnu

Nai Laila Naya Majnu
Nai Laila Naya Majnu
	نئی لیلیٰ نیا مجنوں
Directed by	Munawar Rasheed
Screenplay by	Iqbal Rizvi
Story by	Niazi Malik
Produced by	Niazi Malik
Starring	Naseema Khan; Kemal; Aliya; Lehri; Asad Bukhari;
Cinematography	M. Fazil
Music by	Tassaduq Hussain
Production; company	Niazi Films
Release date	21 February 1969;
Country	Pakistan
Language	Urdu

Nai Laila Naya Majnu is a 1969 Pakistani Urdu romantic comedy film directed by Munawar Rasheed. The lead cast included Naseema Khan, Kemal, Aliya, Lehri, and Asad Bukhari.^[1]^[2] The film won 2 Nigar Awards in different categories.

Plot

The film tells humorous love stories of two boys Jamal and Shahid with two modern girls Salma and Shamim. Jamal wants to fool Salma and Salma was thinking that she had fooled Jamal. On the other hand, Shamim and Shahid are also having fun with each other, even Shahid is beaten up by Shamim's friends in this fun. Jamal's mother is a conservative woman who wants to marry her son among her relatives. Jamal was crazy about Salma. Nai Laila Nai Majnu, as the meetings continued, the talk became interesting and beyond mischief, the story began to turn into love. Salma's father Seth Masood has also arranged his daughter's marriage with one of his loved ones.

Salma and Jamal perform a dramatic prank against their parents' relationship, Jamal acts blind and Salma stops her wedding by becoming lame. In this way, the relationship established by their parents ends. Jamal's mother and Salma's father together arrange the marriage of both. On the day of the wedding, both of them lie to their parents that they staged this drama to stop their arranged marriages, with the support of Shamim and Shahid, both of Seth Masood and Jamal's mother. After this fact, Jamal and Salma's marriage is stopped, but the doctor gets both parents to agree. The marriage of Seth Masood, Shahid and Shami is also fixed on the same day and arranged for marriage. Jamal and Salma, Shamim and Shahid get married.^[3]

Cast

Naseema Khan — as Salma
Kemal — as Jamal
Aliya — as Shamim
Lehri — as Shahid
Asad Bukhari
Ilyas Kashmiri
Niggo
Salma Mumtaz
Azad
Khalifa Nazir
Meena Chodhary
Shahida
Raj Multani
Ijaz Akhtar
Agha Dilraj
Badar Munir

Music and soundtracks

The playback music was composed by Tassaduq Hussain and Mouj Lakhnavi was the lyricist:^[3]

Aaja, Yun Meri Palkon Mein Aa, Chhayya Chhayya... Singer(s): Mala, Tani Begum
Dekhiye, Beebio, Yeh Haseen Aur Hayn Aur Woh Dilruba... Singer(s): Ahmad Rushdi, Mala
Dil Dil Say Milay, Phool Khilay, Pyar Mila Hay... Singer(s): Mala, Tani & Co.
Haseena Dilruba, Zara Samnay Aa, Mujhay Tu Na Sata... Singer(s): Ahmad Rushdi, Mala
Janay Mujhay Kya Ho Geya Hay, Kaisa Nasha Chhanay Laga Hay... Singer(s): Mala, Masood Rana & Co.
Meray Hamsafar, Tum Baray Sangdil Ho... Singer(s): Masood Rana, Mala
Nadiya Kay Beech Gori, Halchal Machaye Ray... Singer(s): Masood Rana, Mala & Co..
O Meri Mehbooba, Batla Do Kya Hua... Singer(s): Ahmad Rushdi, Mala
Tu Hay Neyi Laila, Main Hun Neya Majnu... Singer(s): Ahmad Rushdi

Release and box office

Nai Laila Naya Majnu was released on 21 February 1969. It was crowned as a platinum jubilee hit with 76 theatrical weeks.^[3]^[4]

Awards

Year	Film	Award	Category	Awardee	Ref.
1969	Nai Laila Naya Majnu	Nigar Award	Best Supporting Actress	Aliya	^[3]^[5]
1969	Nai Laila Naya Majnu	Nigar Award	Best Comedian	Lehri	^[3]^[5]

References

^ Gazdar, Mushtāq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 98, 263. ISBN 9780195778175.
^ Contes et légendes d'Orient (in French). December 18, 2017. p. 203. ISBN 9782322101351.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Nehash, Sarfraz Farid (22 February 2022). "فلم نئی لیلیٰ نیا مجنوں". Daily Jang (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.
^ "Pakistani Film Database – 1969". Cineplot. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.
^ ^a ^b "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". Desi Movies. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020.

[1] Gazdar, Mushtāq (1997). Pakistan Cinema, 1947-1997. Oxford University Press. p. 98, 263. ISBN 9780195778175.

[2] Contes et légendes d'Orient (in French). December 18, 2017. p. 203. ISBN 9782322101351.

[daily_jang-3] Nehash, Sarfraz Farid (22 February 2022). "فلم نئی لیلیٰ نیا مجنوں". Daily Jang (in Urdu). Archived from the original on 10 December 2022.

[cineplot-4] "Pakistani Film Database – 1969". Cineplot. Archived from the original on 17 June 2020.

[Pakistani_oscars-5] "Pakistan's "Oscars"; The Nigar Awards". Desi Movies. Archived from the original on 13 June 2020.

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