A 1950s Bollywood time capsule that nobody asked for but you're curious now, aren't you?
Gulnar is a movie directed by Harbans featuring Geeta Bali, Salim Raja.
Acting
Geeta Bali's pre-stardom electricity crackles through every frame.
Production
Lahore-filmed before Partition tore the industry apart.
Director
Harbans
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Lahore pre-Partition, this is cinematic borderlands history — a Punjabi film industry that would fracture into Pakistani and Indian cinemas by decade's end.
Geeta Bali made this at 17, two years before her breakthrough in Bawre Nain, already displaying the spontaneous energy that would redefine Hindi film heroines.
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