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Waqt may refer to:
- The time schedule for Muslim prayers, see Salat times
- Waqt (song),a 2003 song from the Pakistani rock band Entity Paradigm
- Waqt (1965 film), a 1965 film directed by Yash Chopra
- Waqt: The Race Against Time, a 2005 film directed by Vipul Amrutlal Shah and starring Amitabh Bachchan
- Waqt News, Pakistani news channel
Waqt (, ) is a 1965 bollywood disaster drama film, directed by Yash Chopra. It made it onto the BFI's long list of films in consideration for their top ten of Indian films award. It was produced by B. R. Chopra and starred an ensemble cast including Sunil Dutt, Raaj Kumar, Shashi Kapoor, Sadhana, Balraj Sahni, Madan Puri, Sharmila Tagore, Achala Sachdev and Rehman.
It pioneered the concept of films with multiple stars, starting a trend followed by other films. The film took the top spot at the box office in 1965. The plot of this movie re-introduced the lost and reunite formula in Bollywood, originally featured in the 1943 Ashok Kumar, Mumtaz Shanti starrer Kismat (fate). A happy family separated by Waqt (time) goes through a series of trials trying to reunite. The film was later remade into the Telugu as Bhale Abbayilu (1969) and in Malayalam as Kolilakkam (1981).
The film contains the popular Hindi song Waqt se din aur raat sung by legendary Mohammed Rafi Aage Bhi Jaane Na Tu sung by Asha Bhosle, and Ae Meri Zohra Jabeen, sung by Manna Dey, composed by Ravi and picturised on Balraj Sahni and Achala Sachdev.
"Waqt" (Urdu: وقت, literal English translation: "time") is an alternative rock-influenced song by the Pakistani rock band Entity Paradigm, from their 2003 album Irtiqa. It was released as the fifth single from the album in 2004. The single was a hit and reach #1 on the music charts. Waqt features many electronics, live strings and guitars. The song was written by the band vocalist, Ahmed Ali Butt and Danish J. Khan.