  Sahibjaans tale had a happy ending, and here was this young girl,  trapped in the same world Salim was taking Sahibjaan away from,  watching the baraat and hoping and dreaming of a baraat coming to  take her away too. D.N. Pai (qv), the editor, nearly cut off this  shot as he deemed it irrelevant, and when Amrohi explained what she  symbolized, he asked, "But who will understand that she is  Pakeezah?" Amrohi replied that if even one person understood the  concept, he would consider himself as being vindicated. Almost a  year later, Amrohi received a letter from a man, asking him for a  still of this girl, who he felt was the real Pakeezah. At this,  Amrohi called up Pai and told him, "This man has seen my film!" He  then sent the writer a letter of authority, stating that he would  never be charged for watching the film anywhere in the country if he  showed the letter to any cinema hall.