Zarqa backdrop

Zarqa 1969 Directed by Riaz Shahid

It is based on the life of Zarqa, a Palestinian dancer girl and a freedom activist, who killed herself for the liberation of Palestine involving Israeli-occupied territories and Palestinian liberation movement. It also addresses a real event of Neelo (The Actress) when she was forcibly invited by Nawab Malik Amir Mohammad Khan, the governor of West Pakistan to his office to perform a stage dance during the 1965's official visit of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi to Pakistan.

Country Pakistan
Production Country Pakistan
Language Urdu
Spoken Language Urdu
Gnere Drama
Production Company Riaz Shahid Productions
Release Date 17 October 1969
145 mins