The 1959 film would have been the piece de resistance of the forthcoming festival; the reason cited was the “current situation”. Jago Hua Savera would have been the piece de resistance of the festival. The 1959 film, directed by A.J. It won a top award at the first Moscow Film Festival in 1959 and was also Pakistan’s entry to the Oscars for the best foreign film. It was recently digitally restored and screened in the Cannes Classics section of the Cannes Film Festival this year.

Source: The Hindu October 17, 2016 09:26 UTC