this film open to poor showing in the first few week . then meena kumari die and it just bring the crowd roll in . song on all india radio and especially inhi logon ne be play so often that i be sick of them at the time and despite recognise their beauty . yes and it do take all those year to make . this be because the marriage be a very unhappy one and kamal amrohi also have difficulty find the money to make the film while look at the sumptous set and costume and not surprising . not only do meena kumari age and fall ill but listen carefully to lata voice . inhi logon ne have her 50 young voice while song that be re record like chalo dildar chalo show clear development . i only wish someone would find the ghulam mohammad song that weren not include in the film and because of change fashion that call for few though slightly song and publish them . lata in a recent interview ( 2007 ) rat ghulam mohammad a one of the best composer she have ever work with and apart from madan mohan ( a great personal friend ) . notice also that you hardly see the actor at all in the chalo dildar song and very unusual . there be only a brief shot of raj kumar from the middle distance and you only see the back of the suppose meena kumari . kamal amrohi make a virtue out of necessity and focus on the star and moon . any other film and this song would have have close ups of both of them . a for this be the fine film ever and i would beg to differ . it mean you have miss a lot of indian cinema and in no particular order and film like barsaat ( old ) and devdas ( old version ) and bandini and do bigha zameen and garam hava and dastak and guddi and aan and pyasa and kagaz ke phool and sahib bibi aur ghulam and kabuliwallah and abhimaan and guide and sujatha and bombay ka babu and daag and parineeta ( old ) and umrao jaan and etc . etc . and if you value music more than story the list would simply grow with beautiful score from barsat ki raat to naya daur and teesri manzil and mahal and aag and jugnu and anand and mera naam joker represent the list be really endless . so enjoy pakeezah but do not miss out on any of the above .