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Yousuf Khan Sher Bano
Yousuf Khan Sher Bano was the first ever Pashto film released in Pakistan on December 1, 1970. It was directed by Aziz Tabassum, with debut stars Yasmin Khan and Badar Munir. The story is based on the Pashto folk story "Yousuf Khan and Sher Bano".
This first Pakistani Pashto language film completed more than 50 weeks in one cinema of Peshawar, Pakistan. This film also marked the start of Pashto language films in the Pakistan film industry.
film, "Yousuf Khan Sher Bano", released in 1969. The poem was translated into French by Benedict Johnson (in 1982) and into English by Heston and Nasir (in 1988). The story is transmitted by "qissa-khwans", a term usually translated as "storytellers" who "say" or "sing" ("Wayel") the verses. Joshi's account of the origin of the material is that he found a manuscript containing the story written in Persian at a local fair wrapped around