LLasya (Gauri) lives a simple, quiet life with her father Karma (Danny Denzongpa) in Ladakh. One winter, their routine is loudly interrupted by the military as they storm into the village in search of the enemy. When they find a frozen body instead, the mission takes an unanticipated turn.
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To get the right donkey for the movie, the director travelled to Sirham, a village on top of the mountains, since Kashmir had only mules and no donkeys.
Pakeezah took nearly 14 years to shoot because of a change in relationship between Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi the director from warm to worse and then back to a compromise. Meena Kumari and Kamal Amrohi were married when Pakeezah was first conceived.
The movie is silent, with no dialogue whatsoever, yet it deals with a complex and realistic plot.The film is notable for its inventive recasting of the silent film form. Though shot in color and featuring incidental noise, the film does not have any dialogues.
