Heer Ranjha (1970 film)

Heer Ranjha (Gurmukhi: ਹੀਰ ਰਾਂਝਾ; Shahmukhi & Urdu: ہیر رانجھا) is a Pakistani Punjabi film released in 1970, based on the classical story of Heer Ranjha by Waris Shah.^[1]

Film Story

The film revolves around Heer (Firdous), a girl born into a wealthy family, and Ranjha (Ejaz Durrani) the youngest of four brothers, whose journey from his own village takes him to the village where Heer lives after the wives of his brothers refuse him food and mock him. Here, he meets and falls in love with Heer after she offers him work tending her family's cattle.

However her jealous uncle Kaido has other plans and will stop at nothing to make sure their marriage does not happen.

When Heer is subsequently forced by her father to marry another man, Saida Khera, she broken-heartedly enters a shrine. Ranjha, reciting the name of "Allah", eventually finds her and they are reunited. Their happiness does not last long, as Ranjha is arrested by the local ruler, although he is soon freed and permitted to marry Heer.

On their wedding day, however, Heer's jealous uncle Kaido poisons her, Ranjha after hearing the calls of Heer's soul screaming his name, comes to realize that her uncle Kaido has killed her. In the film's climax, Ranjha kills Kaido with his own walking stick and then collapses and dies, meeting Heer in the afterlife.

Super-hit songs from this film

• "Sun Wanjali Di Mithari Taan Wey,Mein Taan Ho Ho Gaii Qurban Wey" Sung by Noor Jehan,lyrics by Ahmad Rahi and music of Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
• "Zulfaan Di Thandi Thandi Chhaan Dholna" Sung by Noor Jehan and Nasim Begum
• "Chann Mahia Teri Raah Pai Takni Aan" Sung by Noor Jehan
• "Awwal Hamd Khuda Da Vird Karyay" Sung by Noor Jehan and Ghulam Ali^[2]

References

External links

• Heer Ranjha at the Internet Movie Database, Retrieved 21 October 2015