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Maula Jatt
''Maula Jatt'' (), is a 1979 Pakistani Punjabi-language action, musical film directed by Yunus Malik and produced by Sarwar Bhatti. The film is an unofficial sequel to the 1975 ''Wehshi Jatt'', starring Sultan Rahi as Maula Jatt and Mustafa Qureshi as his arch-rival Noori Natt. This film 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's rural areas. It received positive reviews from critics. An unofficial sequel titled ''Maula Jatt in London'', also directed by Yunus Malik, was released in 1981. Plot The story is set in a village near the town of Mamdal, near Kabirwala. Following the settlement of Maula Jatt's family feud, Maula has renounced violence and is in charge of administering the peace of 25 villages. A m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasir Adeeb
Nasir Adeeb (born 6 March 1947) is a Pakistani scriptwriter, chiefly working in Punjabi language films of Lollywood. He holds unasserted world record for writing maximum number of film scripts until date. He also wrote many novels, including an espionage spy novel which was published during his school days. He earned his recognition in the 1970s with his first classical film Wehshi Jatt and subsequently with ''Maula Jatt'', a mass market blockbuster film and with its characters like ''Noori Natt''. The film became a subject between the government of Pakistan and the filmmakers for its story written by Nasir Adeeb. The recipient of numerous awards and accordion, including Presidential Pride of Performance, he wrote scripts and dialogues for more than four hundred films and is also credited for introducing ''"gandasa"'' genre in films which according to ''The Diplomat'' brought significant improvements to the Pakistan film industry during its unsuccessful productions. Life a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabirwala
Kabirwala (, Punjabi language, Punjabi ) is a town of Khanewal District in the Punjab (Pakistan), Punjab province of Pakistan. The town is the headquarters of Kabirwala Tehsil, an administrative subdivision of Khanewal District. Kabirwala's population was 91,932, according to the 2023 Census of Pakistan, 2023 Population Census of Pakistan, with a population of 1,119,229 in Kabirwala tehsil. Location Kabirwala's geographical coordinates are 30°20'10" North, 70°43'30" East. It is one of four tehsils in Khanewal District. Kabirwala lies 10 km north of the district capital Khanewal on the Multan-Jhang road. Kabirwala is a city north 40 km from Multan city. History The city is named Kabirwala after Baba Pir (Sufism), Pir Kabir[3], who lived in the area. Kabirwala was part of Multan until restructuring made the largest sub division of Khanewal district. Sirai Sidhu, a historic city, used to be the tehsil headquarters of the whole district Khanewal, before 1937. During ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alam Lohar
Alam Lohar () was a Pakistani Punjabi folk music singer. He is widely regarded as the greatest singer of Punjabi folk music. He is credited with creating and popularising the musical term Jugni. Early life Alam Lohar was born in 1928 in Achh, near Kotla Arab Ali Khan, Gujrat District of Punjab, British India. He was born into a Punjabi Muslim family of Lohars (blacksmiths). As a child, Lohar read ''Sufiana Kalaam'', a collection of Punjabi stories and poetry and started singing from a childhood age. Career Alam Lohar modified a new style of singing the Punjabi Vaar, an epic or folk tale which made him popular when he toured villages and towns in the Punjab region. He is famous for his rendition of Waris Shah's ''Heer'' along with other songs such as Saif ul Maluk. He recorded his first album at the age of 13 and throughout his career he accomplished 15 Gold Disc LP's (record sales) for the following with mainly EMI/ His Master's Voice Pakistan and other regional co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inayat Hussain Bhatti
Inayat Hussain Bhatti (; 12 January 1928 – 31 May 1999) was a Pakistani film playback singer, film actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and an active advocate of the development of the Punjabi language and literature. In a career spanning some 50 years, he acted in more than 300 movies, produced 30 as well and also directed some, while as a musician he provided approximately 350 songs for some 200 movies. If including non-film work he recorded some 2,500 songs. Early and personal life Bhatti was born in Gujrat, Punjab, on 12 January 1928 in a Punjabi Muslim family. His father Fazal Ellahi Bhatti, a Muslim Rajput of the Bhatti clan, was a well-known social worker in the locality, while Inayat's early interest in the arts was due to Syed Ijaz Hussain Gilani, a lawyer who showed him the world of music and drama, and also Asghar Hayat Jaura, a local Kabbadi player, with whom he took an interest in Sufi poetry. In 1953, Ina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mehnaz
Mehnaz Begum (, 1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani TV, radio, and film singer. She was well known as a film playback singer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the recipient of several Nigar Awards. Dawn (newspaper), 10 April 2006. Retrieved 21 April 2020 Early life Mehnaz was born at Mahmudabad, Uttar Pradesh, in 1958. Her family migrated to in the late ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noor Jehan
Noor Jehan (21 September 192623 December 2000) was a Pakistani playback singer and actress who worked in both British India and later in Pakistan's cinema of Pakistan, cinema. Her career lasted over six decades, during which she recorded 10,000 songs. Jehan had proficiency in Hindustani classical music, as well as in other genres such as Punjabi and Sindhi. She made her directorial debut with the film ''Chann Wey'' in 1951, becoming the first female film director in Pakistan. She is recognized for her contributions to music in the Indian subcontinent, particularly in Pakistan. She was given the title of Malika-e-Tarannum ("Queen of Melody") in Pakistan. Along with Ahmed Rushdi, she holds the record for having given voice to the largest number of film songs in the history of Pakistani cinema. She recorded about 10,000 songs in various languages, including Urdu, Punjabi, and Sindhi. She sang a total of 2,422 songs in 1,148 Pakistani films during a career that lasted more than hal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waar
''Waar'' (Urdu: ; , ) is a 2013 Pakistani action-thriller film directed by Bilal Lashari (in his feature directorial debut), written by Hassan Rana, and produced by Syed Mujtaba Tirmizi. The film stars Shaan Shahid as Major Mujtaba Rizvi, a retired Pakistan Army Officer while Meesha Shafi, Ali Azmat, Shamoon Abbasi, Ayesha Khan (Pakistani actress), Ayesha Khan, and Kamran Lashari star in supporting roles. The film follows Major Mujtaba Rizvi (Shahid), an officer, who returns from his retirement to save Pakistan from a major terrorist attack. It is a stylized depiction of events surrounding Pakistan's efforts to conduct a War in North-West Pakistan, war on terror on state-sponsored terror groups, which resulted in warfare among tribal units in North-West Pakistan. One incident included a terrorist 2009 Lahore police academy attacks, attack on a Police Academy at Lahore in 2009. The film opened to highly positive reviews, and was Pakistan's highest anticipated film at that ti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bilal Lashari
Bilal Lashari is a Pakistani filmmaker, cinematographer, screenwriter and occasional actor. He made his directorial debut with ''Waar'' (2013), which at the time of release became Pakistan's highest-grossing film (currently 12th highest). His next feature ''The Legend of Maula Jatt'' (2022) was a remake of the 1979 film '' Maula Jatt''. The film broke box office records and became Pakistan's highest grossing film. Lashari won awards in four categories at the ARY Film Awards 2014 for his directorial debut. In 2024, he was awarded with the President's Sitara-i-Imtiaz for his contribution towards the Pakistani cinema. Early life and education Bilal Lashari was born into a Baloch family. His father, Kamran Lashari, is a retired senior Pakistani bureaucrat who served as a Federal Secretary and did a lot in cultural preservation in Lahore, while his paternal grandfather was a landlord, lawyer and poet. His younger brother, Rohail Lashari, an MBA graduate from HEC Paris, was the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeene Nahi Doonga
''Jeene Nahi Doonga'' is a 1984 Indian Hindi-language action drama film directed by Rajkumar Kohli. The film stars Dharmendra (in a double role), Shatrughan Sinha, Raj Babbar, Anita Raj, Roshni. Its plot bears resemblance to the 1979 Pakistani Punjabi -language film '' Maula Jatt''. ''Jeene Nahi Doonga'' was released worldwide on 26 October 1984, coinciding with the Diwali weekend''.'' The film was the 12th highest grossing film of 1984. Cast *Dharmendra as Roshan/Raka (Double Role) *Shatrughan Sinha as Shaka *Raj Babbar as Badal *Anita Raj as Bijli * Roshni as Reshma *Vinod Mehra as Police Inspector * Parikshit Sahni as Fakeer Baba * Neeta Mehta as Chandni *Shakti Kapoor as Shakti Singh *Raza Murad as Jabbar * Jagdeep as Jhumru * Jayshree T. *Jagdish Raj * Leena Das * Mehar Mittal *Kader Khan Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalid Saleem Mota
Khalid Saleem Mota is a Pakistani former comedian actor who worked in TV dramas and films during the 1970s and 1980s. Life and career Mota was born in 1947 in Chiniot, District Jhang. He received early school education at his home town. Later, he moved to Faisalabad as a young boy with his family because the majority of his family members are business owners. Later, his family moved to Hyderabad, where he went on to do his matriculation and intermediate. Mota relocated to Lahore after earning his bachelor degree with the intention of becoming an actor. He was introduced to television by the writer Athar Shah Khan Jaidi. He appeared in more than 300 Urdu and Punjabi films. Personal life In 2010, his both legs were amputated due to diabetes, making him unable to continue his acting career. He has 3 sons and 2 daughters. Presently, he is living a retired life. Filmography A list of his selected films includes: * 1968: Kanjus (Punjabi) * 1971: Ucha Naa Pyar Da (Punjabi) * 1972: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albela (actor)
Akhtar Hussain (; 21 September 1940 – 17 July 2004), better known by his stage name Albela (), was a Pakistani actor, comedian and singer. In a career spanning over 50 years, he performed in numerous films, and television and theater plays.Film, stage actor Albela passes away (includes Profile and obituary of Albela (actor) on Dawn (newspaper) Published 18 July 2004, Retrieved 31 January 2022 Albela is widely recognized as a stage actor who transformed Pakistani stage acting. Some of his hit Punjabi films were ''Bharia Mela'' (1966), ''Badnam'' (1966), ''Baoo Ji'' (1968) and ''Ishq Nachaway Beehi Beehi'' (1984). He was also a very famous singer in Punjabi Music, Punjabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saeed Khan Rangeela
Mohammad Saeed Khan (1 January 1937 – 24 May 2005), better known by his stage name Rangeela, was a Pakistani actor, comedian, director and producer. He was also a professional bodybuilder, a billboard painter, a writer (both a screenwriter and a lyricist), a film distributor, a singer and a music composer. He is regarded as one of the finest comedians of the Pakistani film industry. Beginning in 1956 with the Punjabi film ''Chann Mahi'', he eventually performed in over 550 films in a career spanning over 4 decades. Early life His birth name was Mohammad Saeed Khan and he was born in Parachinar, a city in the Kurram District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. His family moved to Peshawar when he was very young, He took a keen interest in bodybuilding and physical exercises as a teenager. Career He moved to Lahore at a young age and earned his livelihood by painting billboards for the Pakistani film industry. Once, when the shooting of a film was taking place, an actor for the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
