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Chaudhvin Ka Chand : Sharmake yeh kyun sab pardanasheen (Why do these women adjust their veils?)

Pyare (Rehman Khan) spys on Jameela (Waheeda Rehman) and the other unveiled women attending a birthday party held by his sister, while they sing a knowing song about men who take peeks at unveiled women, sung by playback singers Asha Bhosle and Shamshad Begum.

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180-degree rule, Islamicate architecture, Qawwali, close-up, costume, depth of field, eyeline match, framing, medium close-up, medium shot, music, music, diegetic, playback singer, point-of-view shot, shot/reverse shot, social blocking, tracking shot, two-shot, zoom-in, zoom-out

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"Sharmake yeh kyun sab pardanasheen (Why do these women adjust their veils?) " in Chaudhvin Ka Chand. Directed by M. Sadiq, Guru Dutt Films Pvt. Ltd., 1960, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=1305

This clip was uploaded by Kinolab.org user Jane Nealey

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