Armaan (Urdu: ارمان) is a 1966 Pakistani black-and-white film produced by Waheed Murad and directed by Pervez Malik.

[1][2] The music of the film which was composed by Sohail Rana is considered as his magnum opus, and achieved the cult status, especially the songs Ko Ko Korina and Akele Na Jana, the former of which is considered as the first pop song of South Asia.

[3][4] Armaan won six Nigar Awards in different categories including best film, best director and best actress.

[5][6] The film tells of a beautiful but underprivileged girl Najma (Zeba) living in Murree with her aunt (Bibbo) and her two daughters Dolly and Seema.

As a result of the affair she had become pregnant, however she abstained from telling Sohail as he had finally found the job of his dreams and was going away to work.

Meanwhile, in Karachi, the son of Seth Khan Bahadur (Zahoor Ahmed), Nasir (Waheed Murad), leads a privileged life and is habitual of going to nightclubs and various parties with his friend Shahid (Nirala).

One day, after coming home late from a night club, his father catches him red handed and proceeds to scold him.

After a while the Shahid and Nasir are told that Seth Khan Bahadur has been invited to Murree to finalize the marriage.

After his father has told him off, Nasir tells him of Najma and how the two are in love and she is the perfect person to take as a wife rather than Dolly or Seema.

He tries to meet with her but Najma stops him just in time and pleads to him to go back, but doesn't tell him what has happened as she is bound by her promise.

Seema's mother expresses her gratitude to Najma, but tells her to leave because in her midst they would always live in shame.

One day when Shahid is out on a stroll he sees Najma on crutches, it turns out that the fall from the rail track didn't kill her, but broke her legs.

Shahid persuades her to come home with him and marry Nasir who is depressed all the time and also tells her about Seema's death.

It was written and produced by Waheed Murad, directed by Pervaiz Malik, and lyrics penned by Masroor Anwar.

[2] The soundtrack composed by Sohail Rana[1][3] contributed enormously to Armaan's success and is considered to be his magnum opus.

[4] The soundtrack is perhaps the most memorable in the history of Pakistani cinema and many of the songs are cited as classics in film music.

The soundtrack features the voices of Ahmed Rushdi, Mala, Naseema Shaheen and Khursheed Nurali (Sheerazi).