Pakistani Film Ephemera Collection

The Pakistani Film Ephemera Collection at Princeton joins Princeton's other film-related digital collections, including the Middle East Film Posters & Lobby Cards Collection.

The Pakistani posters and film booklets are being acquired and described over a three-year period - posters total almost 3,000 and film booklets total 290 (at present). The languages represented in the collection include Urdu, Panjabi, Bengali, Hindi, Pashto, and Saraiki.

This collection represents the labor of one collector, Mr. Umar Ali, who like other collectors of Pakistani cinema ephemera, has demonstrated an enthusiasm and love for film over years of collecting. The purposes of the materials in the collection were to advertise coming attractions and to publicize the actors and songs related to each film.


انمول گھڑی and Anmol ghaṛī
شیرِ اسلام and Sher-i Islām
مِس قلو پطرہ and Miss Qalūpat̤rah
ناہید and Nāhīd
مس سنگاپور and Mis Singāpūr
شیخ چلّی and Shaik̲h̲ Cillī
فرشتہ and Farishtah
مس کلاشنکوف and Mis Kalāshankof
سسّی پنوں and Sassī Punnūn̲
کون دلاں دیاں جانے and Kaun dillān̲ diyān̲ jāne