Heer Ranjha (1970 film)
{{short description|1970 Pakistani film}}
{{other uses|Heer Ranjha (disambiguation)}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Heer Ranjha
| image = Heer-Ranja-Dvd-copy.jpg
| caption = DVD cover
| director = Masood Parvez
| producer = Ejaz Durrani
Masood Parvez
| screenplay = Ahmad Rahi
| story =
| based_on = Heer Ranjha by Waris Shah (18th century poet)
| starring = {{Unbulleted list|M. Ajmal|Ejaz Durrani|Firdous|Najmul Hassan|Tani Begum|Zamurrad|Munawar Zarif|Salma Mumtaz|Rehana}}
| narrator =
| music = Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
| cinematography = Masood-ur-Rehman
Munawar Ayub
| editing = Zamir Qamir
| studio = {{Unbulleted list|Evernew Studio|Sany Colour Laboratory Karachi}}
| distributor = {{Unbulleted list|Punjab Pictures}}
| released = {{Film date|1970|06|19|df=y}}
| runtime = {{Duration|h=2|m=17|s=25}}
| country = Pakistan
| language = Punjabi
}}
Heer Ranjha (Punjabi/Urdu: {{Nastaliq|ہیر رانجھا}}) is a 1970 Pakistani Punjabi film,{{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/heer-ranjha/ |archive-date=11 October 2011|date=7 November 2009|title=Heer Ranjha (1970 film) - a film review|access-date=9 June 2022|url-status=dead|website=Cineplot.com website |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011040927/http://cineplot.com/heer-ranjha/}}{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film146262.htm |title="Heer Ranjha (1970 film)- film information"|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126221627/http://www.citwf.com/film146262.htm|website= Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website|archive-date=26 November 2018|url-status=dead|access-date=9 June 2022}} based on the classic epic story of Heer Ranjha by the Sufi poet Waris Shah.{{cite news |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1197917 |author=Syeda Sheherbano Kazim |date=2 August 2015 |title=Mundwa Film Festival starts with Heer Ranjha (1970 film) screening |newspaper=Dawn (newspaper) |access-date=9 June 2022}}
The film is ranked among the critics and users' poll of "Top Ten Pakistani films" conducted by British Film Institute.
- {{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/pakistan |title=Top 10 Pakistani Films |year=2002 |work=British Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012005242/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/pakistan/|archive-date=12 October 2008 |access-date=1 February 2023}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/userpoll/pakistan.html |title=User Poll: Pakistani Top 10 |year=2002 |work=British Film Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011064058/http://www.bfi.org.uk/features/imagineasia/guide/poll/userpoll/pakistan.html|archive-date=11 October 2008 |access-date=1 February 2023}}
Plot
The film revolves around Heer (Firdous), a girl born into a wealthy rural family, and Ranjha (Ejaz Durrani) the youngest of four brothers and his deceased father's favorite son, 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.
He meets and falls in love with Heer after she offers him work tending to her family's cattle. However her jealous uncle Kaido has other plans and will stop at nothing to prevent the two from being together. 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. Ranjha kills Kaido with the latter's walking stick and then collapses and dies, to be together with Heer in the afterlife.
Cast
- M. Ajmal as Kaido
- Ejaz Durrani as Ranjha (played the lead role and was the film producer also)
- Firdous as Heer
- Najmul Hassan
- Zamurrad
- Tani Begum
- Munawar Zarif as Saida Khera
- Rehana
- Salma Mumtaz
- Rangeela
- Seema
Songs (album)
{{Track listing
| headline = Heer Ranjha album - track listing
| extra_column = Singer(s)
| total_length = 45:01
| all_lyrics = Ahmad Rahi
| all_music = Khawaja Khurshid Anwar
| title_width = 23
| writing_width = 2
| music_width = 12
| lyrics_width = 44
| extra_width = 3
| title1 = Awwal Hamd Khuda Da Wird Kariye.
| extra1 = Noor Jehan, Ghulam Ali
| length1 = 4:30
| title2 = Main Chham Chham Nachan, Main Chham Chham Gawan..
| extra2 = Noor Jehan, Naseem Begum
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Sun Wanjli Di Mithri Taan Way..
| extra3 = Noor Jehan
| length3 = 4:23
| title4 = O Wanjli Walarya, Tu Taan Moh Leyi O Mutiyaar..
| extra4 = Noor Jehan, Munir Hussain
| length4 = 3:29
| title5 = Chann Mahia Teri Rah Peyi Takni Aan..
| note5 =
| writer5 =
| extra5 = Noor Jehan
| length5 = 3:29
| title6 = Doli Charhdian Marian Heer Cheekan..
| note6 =
| writer6 =
| extra6 = Noor Jehan
| length6 = 1:07
| title7 = Teri Khair Hovay, Doli Charh Jan Waliye..
| note7 =
| writer7 =
| extra7 = Munir Hussain
| length7 = 3:17
| title8 = Rabba Wekh Leya Tera Main Jahan..
| note8 =
| writer8 =
| extra8 = Masood Rana
| length8 = 3:37
| title9 = Kaddi Aa Mil Ranjhan Way, Teinu Dil Da Haal Sunawan..
| note9 =
| writer9 =
| extra9 = Noor Jehan
| length9 = 3:55
| title10 = Adhi Raat Jad Log Aram Karday (Heer Waris Shah)..
| note10 =
| writer10 =
| extra10 = Ghulam Ali, Naseem Begum
| length10 = 2:59
| title11 = Tu Chor Main Teri Chori, Balocha Hania..
| note11 =
| writer11 =
| extra11 = Irene Parveen
| length11 = 3:19
| title12 = Zulfan Di Thandi Thandi Chhan, Dholna..
| note12 =
| writer12 =
| extra12 = Noor Jehan, Irene Parveen
| length12 = 4:04
| title13 = Wichhray Meet Mila Day, Rabba..
| note13 =
| writer13 =
| extra13 = Mujeeb Aalam and others
| length13 = 3:17
}}
Awards
- Nigar Award for Best Punjabi-language Film (1970){{cite web|url=http://cineplot.com/nigar-awards-1970/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010183215/http://cineplot.com/nigar-awards-1970/ |title=Nigar Awards - 1970|website=Cineplot.com website|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 October 2011|access-date=9 June 2022}}
- Nigar Award for Best Director (Punjabi-language films) (1970)
- Nigar Award for Best Music Director (Punjabi-language films) (1970)
- Special Nigar Award to supporting actor M. Ajmal (1970)
References
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External links
- Full [https://jhangtv.com/story-of-heer-ranjha-in-urdu/ Heer ranjha story in Urdu]
- {{IMDb title|0318385|Heer Ranjha}}
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Category:Punjabi-language Pakistani films
Category:Films scored by Khurshid Anwar