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PAKISTANI OLD PUNJABI SONGS MOVIE : HEER RANJHA RELEASED DATE : JUNE 19, 1970 DIRECTOR : MASOOD PERVEZ PRODUCER : MASOOD PERVEZ,EJAZ LYRICS : AHMAD RAHI MUSIC : KHAWAJA KHURSHID ANWAR SINGERS : NOOR JAHAN,NASEEM BEGUM,IRENE PARVEEN,MUNIR HUSSAIN,MUJEEB ALAM,MASOOD RANA,GHULAM ALI STARS : FIRDOUS,EJAZ,ZAMURD,MONAWAR ZAREEF,ZULFI,RAZIA,SALMA MUMTAZ,TANI,AQEEL,ILYAS KASHMIRI,AJMAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The film revolves around Heer (Firdous), a girl born into a wealthy family, and Ranjha (Ejaz) the youngest of four brothers, whose journey from his own village takes him to the village where Heer lives, and where he meets and falls in love with her after she offers him work tending cattle When Heer is subsequently forced to marry another man, Saida Khera, she broken-heartedly enters a shrine. Rhanja, reciting the name of Allah, eventually finds her and they are reunited. Their happiness does not last long, as Ibad is arrested by the police, although he is soon freed and permitted to marry Heer On their wedding day, however, Heer's jealous uncle Kaido poisons her, and later Ranjha is killed on her grave --------------------------------------------------------------------------------­------------------------------ Heer Ranjha (ہیر رانجھا) Heer Ranjha (Punjabi: ਹੀਰ ਰਾਂਝਾ, ہیر رانجھا, hīr rāñjhā) is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are Mirza Sahiba, Sassi Punnun and Sohni Mahiwal. There are several poetic narrations of the story, the most famous being 'Heer' by Waris Shah written in 1766. It tells the story of the love of Heer and her lover Ranjha. The other poetic narrations were written by Damodar Daas, Mukbaz and Ahmed Gujjar among others. Heer is an extremely beautiful woman, born into a wealthy Jatt family of the Sayyal clan in Jhang. Ranjha (whose first name is Dheedo; Ranjha is the surname), also a Jatt, is the youngest of four brothers and lives in the village 'Takht Hazara' by the river Chenab. Being his father's favorite son, unlike his brothers who had to toil in the lands, he led a life of ease playing the flute ('Wanjhli''Bansuri'). After a quarrel with his brothers over land, Ranjha leaves home. In Waris Shah's version of the epic, it is said that Ranjha left his home because his brothers' wives refused to give him food. Eventually he arrives in Heer's village and falls in love with her. Heer offers Ranjha a job as caretaker of her father's cattle. She becomes mesmerised by the way Ranjha plays his flute and eventually falls in love with him. They meet each other secretly for many years until they are caught by Heer's jealous uncle, Kaido, and her parents Chuchak and Malki. Heer is forced by her family and the local priest or 'mullah' to marry another man called Saida Khera. Ranjha is heartbroken. He is left to walk the quiet villages on his own until eventually he meets a 'Jogi' (ascetic). After meeting Baba Gorakhnath, the founder of the Kanphata(pierced ear) sect of ascetics('Jogis'), at 'Tilla Jogian' (the 'Hill of Ascetics', located 50 miles north of the historic town of Bhera, Sargodha District, Punjab (Pakistan)), Ranjha voluntarily becomes a Jogi, piercing his ears and renouncing the material world. Reciting the name of the Lord, Alakh Niranjan, on his travels around the Punjab, he eventually finds the village where he is reunited with Heer. The two return to Heer's village, where Heer's parents agree to their marriage. However, on the wedding day, Heer's jealous uncle Kaido poisons her food so that the wedding will not take place. Hearing this news, Ranjha rushes to aid Heer, but he is too late, as she has already eaten the poison and died. Brokenhearted once again, Ranjha takes the poisoned Laddu (sweet) which Heer has eaten and dies by her side. Heer and Ranjha are buried in a Punjabi town in Pakistan called Jhang, Punjab. Lovers and others often pay visits to their mausoleum

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