Ghazi Shaheed

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1998 Pakistani film

6 September 1998 (1998-09-06) (Karachi)

Running time

120 minutesCountryPakistanLanguageUrdu

Ghazi Shaheed is a 1998 thriller drama film based on the disasters that befell the PNS Ghazi on Bay of Bengal. It was directed by Kazim Pasha and stars Shabbir Jan as Commander Zafar Khan and Adnan Jilani as Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed. The film was financed and produced by the ISPR and the Navy and was filmed mostly in the Arabian Sea.

Synopsis

The *Tench*-class submarine in the U.S. Navy's service as *Diablo* in 1964.

This film revolves around the crew of PNS Ghazi, a Pakistan Navy's Tench class submarine that intruded in India at the coast of Vishakapatnam during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971. It ventured into Indian waters to destroy INS Vikrant on the shores of Visakhapatnam.^[2]^[3]^[4] 92 men were killed while serving their country aboard PNS Ghazi, the first Pakistani submarine and also the only one at that time with the ability to lay mines and a long range.

Cast

Shabbir Jan as Commander Zafar Khan, Commanding Officer of the Ghazi, husband of Lala Rukh Zafar
Mishi Khan as Lala Rukh Zafar, wife of Zafar Khan
Mobina Dossel as Sitara Shamshad, wife of Lieutenant Commander Shamshad Ahmad
Ayesha Khan as Phuppo
Adnan Jilani as Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed, husband of Begum Kalsoom Pervez
Sadia Jilani as Begum Kalsoom Pervez, wife of Lieutenant-Commander Pervez Hameed
Nassarullah as Lieutenant-Commander Shamshad Ahmad, husband of Sitara Shamshad
Humayun Saeed as Lieutenant Muhammad Bashir Rajput
Ghalib Kamal as Lieutenant Nazir Ahmed Awan
Azra Siddiq as Shehla Nazir Awan, wife of Lt Nazir Ahmed Awan
Faisal Qazi as CPO Lal Khan Satti
Rizwan Wasti as Commodore KM Hussain
Ebrahim Razh as Petty Officer Emanual, leading Torpedo Officer (TPO)
Fehmid Ahmad Khan as Admiral S.M. Nanda, Indian Navy
Mohammad Ayub as Rear Admiral R. Krishna
Imtiaz Taj as Commodore G M Hiranandan
Mohammad Imdad Khan as Captain Inder Singh

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Ghazi Shaheed Cast". Pakistan Drama Library. Archived from the original on 29 March 2016.
^ "Visakhapatnam: Sunk Pakistani submarine Ghazi is an enigma". Deccan Chronicle.
^ Sumit Bhattacharjee (24 January 2016). "From a small outpost to a major command". The Hindu.
^ S.N.V. SUDHIR (24 November 2015). "Visakhapatnam: Sunk Pakistani submarine Ghazi is an enigma".