Badnam
1966, Urdu. Directed by Iqbal Shehzad.
This is an adaptation from the short story of Saadat Hasan Manto with the title, "Jhumke". A wife is accused of adultery and her husband leaves her along with her daughter. The husband works hard to send his daughter to the college. On the other side, his wife sold herself to prostitution. The story is related to ear pendants which cause the wife to sell her body to the house owner. The ear pendants now gifted to her daughter by a college fellow who fell in love with her. Now the father is also suspicious about her daughter. As it is a Pakistani movie, they have change characters name to Muslims name.
- Runtime
- 2h 3m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Urdu
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- Released
- 26 August 1966
- Country
- Pakistan
- Written by
- Saadat Hassan Manto, Riaz Shahid
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Badnam isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 26 August 1966. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Badnam?
Badnam (1966) was directed by Iqbal Shehzad and stars Allauddin, Neelo, Ejaz Durrani.