Heer Ranjha (film)
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Heer Ranjha is a Pakistan
i Punjabi
film, based on the classical story "Heer Waris Shah".
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
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i Punjabi
Punjabi language
Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...
film, based on the classical story "Heer Waris Shah".
Story
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 cattleWhen 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