Maula Jatt

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Maula Jatt
Directed by Yunus Malik
Produced by Sarwar Bhatti
Written by Nasir Adib
Starring Sultan Rahi
Mustafa Qureshi
Aasia
Release date(s) 11th February 1979
Country Pakistan
Language Punjabi

Maula Jatt (Punjabi: مولا جٹ) is one of the most popular films in the history of Pakistani cinema.[citation needed] It is a Punjabi film starring actor Sultan Rahi in the lead role and with Aasia and Mustafa Qureshi as the villain Noori Natt.

Maula Jut was a classic, a film that scored heavily and reached cult status in Pakistan. Such was the impact of the film that it was copied by film makers in Pakistan where several films were given names with the suffix "Jat".

This movie belongs to a different genre and represents a culture which is so much part of the rural Punjab.[1]

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[edit] Cast

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[edit] Story

Maula Jut is a kind of Pakistani Western style movie. The story mostly revolves around the clashes between Maula Jat (The Hero) and Nuri Natt (The Villain).

[edit] Impact

The film completed continuously 130 weeks at Shabistan Cinema Lahore and combined 310 weeks in its first run. This film 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. Various productions such as the 2002 play Jatt and Bond use Maula Jat as their "inspiration".

[edit] Banning of the Movie by the Government

It is said, that this film was banned because of violence, but later this ban was lifted[3] .[4]

[edit] Soundtrack

The songs used in the film were composed by Inayat Hussein. These songs were sung by some very popular singers, namely, Noor Jehan, Mehnaz, Inayat Hussein, Alam Lohar, Shoukat Ali and Ghulam Ali. The soundtrack consisted of the following songs:

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