Maula Jatt
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Director Yunus Malik Duration Music director Inayat Hussein Writer Nasir Adib Language Punjabi | 6/10 IMDb Genre Action, Crime, Drama Screenplay Nasir Adib | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date February 11, 1979 (1979-02-11) Initial release February 11, 1979 (Pakistan) Cast (Maula Jat), (Nuri Nath), (Daaro), Kifayat Hussain Bhatti , Chakori Similar movies Sultan Rahi and Mustafa Qureshi appear in Maula Jatt and Sher Khan, Chakori (1967), Waar (2013), Choorian (1998), Majajan (2006) Tagline Maula Jat tells the true story of it's eponymous hero's blood feud with the local "gunda" Nuri Nath. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Maula Jatt (Punjabi: مولا جٹ) is a 1979 Pakistani Punjabi language action, musical film directed by Younis Malik and produced by Sarwar Bhatti. It stars Sultan Rahi in the lead role, with Aasia, and Mustafa Qureshi as the villain Noori Natt.
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This movie belongs to a genre which represents the rural culture of Pakistani central Punjab. Its success set the trend of action films being popular in Pakistan and cemented Sultan Rahi as Lollywood's main hero. The film was inspired by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi's short story "Gandasa" which described the culture of Gujranwala rural areas.
Cast
Story
The film is an unofficial sequel to the 1975's Wehshi Jatt. Wehshi Jatt was inspired by an Urdu play Gandasa written by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi which depicts a bloody feud in Gujranwala against the backdrop of rural Punjab.
Following the settlement of Maula's family feud in Wehshi Jatt, Maula has renounced violence and is in charge of administering the peace of his village and its surrounding villages.
The film begins with Makha Natt chasing Taani ( Seema).he asks for help but as soon as people hear that she is being pursued by Makha, the brother of Noori Natt they ask her to leave and not share her misfortune with them. She was then gang raped by Makha Natt and his 17 fellows one by one. She arrives in Maula's village and ask for help. Maula Jatt arrives and decrees that if Makha wants to avoid the fate of being killed by his 'Gandasa' he should marry widow Taani which he has dishonoured and marry his sister off to the Taani' s brother. Taani has no family so Maula orders Makha to marry his sister to his friend Moodha.
When Makha returns home to plot his revenge, his sister Daro incensed upon hearing what he has agreed to kills him. The Natt clan now try to avenge the humiliation that Maula Jatt has caused them while Maula Jatt tries to ensure that his decision is enforced and justice is given.
Later on Noori Natt kidnapped Taani and raped her repeatedly. She became pregnant and ultimately Moola Jatt forces Noori Natt to marry Taani. Taani gave birth to a son which they named Moola Noori to finish the revenge.
Film's impact
The film completed 130 continuously weeks at Shabistan Cinema Lahore and combined 310 weeks in its first run.
Maula Jatt was a success in the 1980s and spawned a number of sequels, becoming the first ever successful unofficial franchise for a Lollywood title. Maula Jat's success spawned Maula Jat tey Noorie Nut as well as Maula Jat in London and continues to influence popular culture. Productions such as the 2002 play Jatt and Bond use Maula Jat as their "inspiration". Now Pakistan's highest grossing film Waar director Bilal Lashari has said that he is going to make official remake of Maula Jatt.
Banning of the movie by the government
It is said that this film was banned because of violence, but later this ban was lifted.
Soundtracks
The songs were composed by Master Inayat Hussain. These were sung by some very popular singers: Noor Jehan, Mehnaz, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Alam Lohar, Shaukat Ali and Ghulam Ali.
The soundtrack consisted of the following songs:
Sequel
On January 18, Bilal Lashari, the director of Waar announced that he will be directing the re-make of Maula Jatt. On sequel he commented "My version of Maula Jatt will be a visual epic, with less dialogue and many captivating moments. It will be a dark but stylised take on Pakistan’s original film genre."
References
Maula Jatt WikipediaMaula Jatt IMDb Maula Jatt themoviedb.org