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Noorie is a 1979 Indian romance film produced by Yash Chopra, and directed by Manmohan Krishna; this is his only film as director. The film stars Farooq Shaikh, Poonam Dhillon, Madan Puri and Iftekhar. The film's music is by Khayyam and the lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar.

Noorie
Directed by	Manmohan Krishna
Produced by	Yash Chopra
Starring	Farooq Shaikh Poonam Dhillon Madan Puri
Music by	Khayyam Jan Nisar Akhtar (lyrics) Naqsh Lyallpuri (lyrics)
Production company	Yash Raj Films
Release date	11 May 1979 (1979-05-11)
Running time	114min
Country	India
Language	Hindi-Urdu[1]
Box office	₹50 million (US$6.14 million) (India)[2]

The film was a "Super-Hit" and the seventh highest-grossing film at the Indian box office in 1979.[2] It was also an overseas hit in China, where it released in 1981,[3] and became one of the most successful Indian films in China at the time, along with Awaara and Caravan.[4]

Plot

Noorie (Poonam Dhillon) lives in the Bhaderwah valleys with her father, Ghulam Nabi (Iftekhar) and her dog Khairoo. She has a boyfriend Yusuf (Farooq Shaikh), they decide to get married, the date is decided and preparations begin. But fate had something else in store. Another villager, Bashir Khan (Bharat Kapoor) takes a liking to Noorie and approaches Noorie's father for her hand, to which Ghulam Nabi refuses. An angry Bashir Khan then arranges the murder of Gulam Nabi, through his men, using a falling tree. The marriage is suspended, and few months later when the marriage preparations are back on, a few days before the marriage, Bashir Khan, who happens to be Yusuf's boss sends him on an errand out of town. While Yusuf is out of town, Bashir Khan goes over to Noorie's house and rapes her. Noorie commits suicide and Yusuf gets to know that it all happened because of Bashir, so he runs behind him to kill him, followed by Khairoo. They end up into a physical fight and Yusuf gets shot by Bashir. As Bashir runs back, he finds Khairoo there, who finally kills Bashir. Yusuf runs to the place where Noorie's body is and dies there. At the end they both are dug into the ground and unite with each other.

Cast

Soundtrack

The following tracks[5] were composed by Khayyam, with lyrics by Jan Nisar Akhtar, Naqsh Lyallpuri and Majrooh Sultanpuri.

Noorie
Soundtrack album by Khayyam
Released	1979 (India)
Genre	Film soundtrack
Label	EMI
Producer	Khayyam
Khayyam chronology
Trishul (1978) Noorie (1979) Khandaan (1979)

#	Title	Singer(s)	Lyricist	Duration
1	"Aaja Re O Mere Dilbar Aaja" – I	Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh	Jan Nisar Akhtar	04:58
2	"Chori Chori Koi Aaye"	Lata Mangeshkar	Naqsh Lyallpuri	05:04
3	"Qadar Tune Na Jani"	Asha Bhosle	Naqsh Lyallpuri	05:12
4	"Uske Khel Nirale Wohi Jane"	Pamela Chopra, Jagjit Kaur, Anwar	Majrooh Sultanpuri	04:54
5	"Aashiq Ho To Aisa Ho" (Qawwali)	Pamela Chopra, Mahendra Kapoor, Jagjit Kaur, Swadesh Mahan	Jan Nisar Akhtar	06:31
6	"Aaja Re O Mere Dilbar Aaja" – II	Lata Mangeshkar, Nitin Mukesh	Jan Nisar Akhtar	05:03

Awards

27th Filmfare Awards:

Nominated

• Best Film – Yash Chopra
• Best Director – Manmohan Krishna
• Best Actress – Poonam Dhillon
• Best Music Director – Khayyam
• Best Lyricist – Jan Nisar Akhtar for "Aaja Re"
• Best Male Playback Singer – Nitin Mukesh for "Aaja Re"

Trivia

Teri Meherbaniyan (1985) was copy of this film, starring also Poonam Dhillon and with a wonder dog too.

References

External links

• Noorie at IMDb
• Noorie (1979) at Yash Raj Films

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