Full Name Boota Singh Known for His tragic love story Spouse Zainab Singh | Religion Sikhism Children Tanveer Kaur Name Boota Singh | |
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Other names Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh(lit. Martyr-in-Love Boota Singh) Similar Manoj Punj, Gurdas Maan, Shaheed e Mohabbat Boota Singh | ||
Kissa Peer Mudine Wala Vol 1 | Boota Singh Lehri & Lehri Rana | TMC
Sant Samagam Baru Sahib 2012 - Kirtan by Sant Boota Singh Ji 'Kubbe Wale'
Boota Singh (Gurmukhi: ਬੂਟਾ ਸਿੰਘ; Shahmukhi: بُوٹا سنگھ), sometimes spelled as Buta Singh, was a Sikh ex-soldier of the British Army who served at the Burma front under the command of Lord Mountbatten during World War II. He is very well known in India and Pakistan for his tragic love story with Zainab, a Muslim girl he rescued during the communal riots in the time of partition of India in 1947. Both fell in love and got married. Later, being a Muslim, Zainab is deported and sent to the newly born Pakistan. Boota illegally enters Pakistan and when the girl backed off under the pressure from her family, he commits suicide by jumping before an upcoming train near Shahdara station in Pakistan along with his daughter but she survived.
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- Kissa Peer Mudine Wala Vol 1 Boota Singh Lehri Lehri Rana TMC
- Sant Samagam Baru Sahib 2012 Kirtan by Sant Boota Singh Ji Kubbe Wale
- Burial
- In popular culture
- References
The love story of Singh's life is widely adapted in films and books on both sides of the border. A Punjabi film Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh (1999) is entirely based on the story. Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel, Muhabbat, based on the story. The story also influenced many other films including a 2007 Canadian film Partition and a 2001 Bollywood film Gadar.
Burial
In his final message, Singh conveyed his desire to be laid to rest in Barki village, the location to which Zainab's parents had relocated following the partition. Following an autopsy performed in a Lahore hospital, Singh's remains were transported to the village for burial on 22 February 1957. However, the village residents opposed the burial, leading to Singh's interment at Miani Sahib, Lahore's most extensive cemetery.
In popular culture
In 1999, Manoj Punj directed a Punjabi feature film, Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh, entirely based on the life story of Boota Singh. The movie stars Gurdas Maan as Boota Singh and Divya Dutta as Zainab. The music was composed by Amar Haldipur. It was an international hit and won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Punjabi at the 46th National Film Awards and was also screened at many national and international film festivals including the 1999 Vancouver International Film Festival and International Film Festival of India. Ishrat Rahmani wrote a novel on the love story, titled Muhabbat. The story is also have some details in an English book, Freedom at Midnight by Larry Collins and Dominique Lapierre and also influenced a 2007 Hollywood film, Partition, written by Patrica Finn and Vic Sarin, starring Jimi Mistry and Kristin Kreuk in lead roles.
