Mutthi Bhar Chawal

Mutthi Bhar Chawal
Directed bySangeeta
Written byIqbal Rizvi
Screenplay byRajinder Singh Bedi
Story byRajinder Singh Bedi
Based onEk Chadar Maili Si
by Rajinder Singh Bedi
Starring
CinematographyAzhar Burki
Edited byZ.A. Zulfi
Music byKamal Ahmed
Release date
  • 16 June 1978 (1978-06-16)
CountryPakistan
LanguageUrdu

Mutthi Bhar Chawal (A Fistful of Rice) is a 1978 Pakistani classical Urdu film based on Rajinder Singh Bedi's novel Ek Chaadar Maili Si. Directed by Sangeeta, with musical composition by Kamal Ahmed, it features Sangeeta, Nadeem Baig, Kaveeta, Shehla Gill, Rahat Kazmi, and Ghulam Mohiuddin in lead roles. It is one of the greatest hits of Sangeeta and debut film of Syed Noor as a screenwriter.

The film is about rural life in Pakistan and a family's struggle to survive after the head of the household dies and his wife is widowed. It is one of the Pakistani films with the maximum number of awards won, including six Nigar Awards. It made the list of the 10 best Pakistani cinema films created by a well known Pakistani film critic and published by BBC Urdu.