Naseem Banu

When a beautiful woman loses her memory in a train accident, a professor who is smitten by her gives her a new identity. But her former lover comes back to win her over.

Pukar is a 1939 Urdu film produced and directed by Sohrab Modi at the production house, Minerva Movietone. The film is about Mughal emperor Jehangir's legendary justice and his inner conflict when his wife kills an innocent citizen by mistake. The movie is a typical Sohrab Modi production with heavy and lengthy Urdu dialogues said in a loud and dramatic style. Story and lyrics are by Kamal Amrohi. Pukar is considered to be the earliest Muslim social film.