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'Pakeezah' means pure. It's a spectacular movie written, directed and produced by Kamal Amrohi; starring Meena Kumari and Raaj Kumar. This movie perfectly portrayed the life, dream, expectations, disappointment, and wishes of 'Sahib Jaan', the leading character in the film played by Meena Kumari. Her dream gets stumbled with bitter reality, though the movie ultimately has a happy ending. This movie shows some spectacular dream sequences, as well.

This amazing movie with outstanding music and song lyrics will create magic in millions of classic movie fans for years after years. Songs were sung by singer Lata Mangeshkar, singer Mohd. Rafi and Mehdi Hassan.

Flawless acting and performances of Meena Kumari and Raaj Kumar and the other notable artists are truly memorable. Marvelous direction, music, cinematography. A really good piece of film by Kamal Amrohi. The song lyrics are truly mesmerizing and intriguing. Lyrics were written by Majrooh Sultanpuri, Kaifi Azmi, Kaif Bhopali & Kamal Amrohi.Some beautiful and memorable songs from the movie are 'Chalo dildar chalo', 'Chalte chale','Teer e nazar dekhenge', 'Mausam hain ashiana', Thaare rahiyo'. 'Inhi logo ne' is the most famous song from Pakeezah.

Music was composed by Ghulam Mohammed & Naushad Ali, Cinematography by Josef Wirsching, and the movie was edited by D.N. Pai. The sets where the movie was shot were beautiful designed by Kamal Amrohi himself. And the costumes were designed by multi-talented actress Meena Kumari herself.