Diya Aur Toofan (1969 film)

Diya Aur Toofan (Urdu: دیا اور طوفان) is a 1969 Pakistani, Urdu romantic comedy film which is Produced & Directed by Rangeela.

It also stars Munawar Zarif, Naghma, Ejaz Durrani, Nadeem Baig and Agha Talish It tells a story of a woman who marries the man she falls in love with but who dies before the marriage could be consummated, she is then thrown out of her in laws because they find out she is pregnant.

Plot

Diya aur Toofan tells the story of a tourist who travels to Muree named Akbar (Ejaz Durrani) and who's also a painter. He falls in love with the daughter, Sabrah (Naghma) of the man he's living with as a paying guest. Akbar convinces his mother that he wants to marry Sabrah and her only and the mother finally agree's. But on the day of the wedding Akbar meets with an accident and they don't manage to consummate their marriage but she is thrown out of her in laws when they find out she is pregnant.

Sabrah leaves home and is saved by Nawab Sahib (Agha Talish) when she's nearly hit by a car. He takes Sabrah home and treats her as his daughter. Sabrah gives birth to a girl Salma (Rani).

Salma is saved from a poisonous snake by no other than Akbar who she doesn't know is her father.

Film's reception

This film's comedy is acted out by {Rangeela} as Deewana and {Munawar Zarif} as Abdullah and stars many others in small roles such as {Nadeem Baig}. Rangeela received surprisingly good reviews by the film critics as a producer, director and singer for this film in 1969.