Maula Jatt is one of the most popular films in the history of Pakistan

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...

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It is a 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 starring actor Sultan Rahi

Sultan Rahi

Sultan Muhammad , popularly known as Sultan Rahi, in a Muslim family of Saharanpur, was a notable Pakistani film actor who was prominent in Pakistan in Punjabi films during the 1970s and 1980s. He was mostly popular among people in Punjab, Pakistan and among Sikh and Punjabi community of India...

 in the lead role and with Aasia

Aasia

Aasia is a Pakistani, film actress who was active in 1970s and 1980s in the film industry. She had given major roles by many directors. She was born as Firdous in Punjab, India. She migrated from India to Pakistan. She lives in United States of America. She had visited Pakistan...

 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

Punjab (Pakistan)

Punjab is the most populous province of Pakistan, with approximately 45% of the country's total population. Forming most of the Punjab region, the province is bordered by Kashmir to the north-east, the Indian states of Punjab and Rajasthan to the east, the Pakistani province of Sindh to the...

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Cast

• Sultan Rahi
  Sultan Rahi
  Sultan Muhammad , popularly known as Sultan Rahi, in a Muslim family of Saharanpur, was a notable Pakistani film actor who was prominent in Pakistan in Punjabi films during the 1970s and 1980s. He was mostly popular among people in Punjab, Pakistan and among Sikh and Punjabi community of India...
  
  - Maula Jat
• Mustafa Qureshi- Noori Nath
• Seema
  Seema
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  - Mukko
• Aasia
  Aasia
  Aasia is a Pakistani, film actress who was active in 1970s and 1980s in the film industry. She had given major roles by many directors. She was born as Firdous in Punjab, India. She migrated from India to Pakistan. She lives in United States of America. She had visited Pakistan...
  
  - Daaro
• Chakori
• Kaifee
• Aliya
• Asad
• Ladla
• Raneela
• Adeeb
  Adeeb
  Muzaffar Adeeb was a Pakistani film actor. He appeared in 38 films from 1940 to 1998, although he did not start performing in films until 1950s...
  
  
• Ilyas Kashmiri
  Ilyas Kashmiri
  Ilyas Kashmiri was a Pakistani film actor.Born in Muhalla Dara Shikoh, near Rewali Cinema, in Lahore, Punjab, British India, he started his film career from Bombay. In Bombay, the first film in which he appeared as a hero was Malika, directed and produced by Nazir...
  
  
• Shakeel
  Shakeel
  Shakeel, born Yusuff Kamal , is a Pakistani television actor best known for his roles in Uncle Urfi and Mehboob Ahmed in Aangan Terha. He has also acted in a number of local films as well as an English film, Butterflies are Free...
  
  

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

Natt

The Natt are a Jat gotra found in the Punjab region of Pakistan and India.-History and origin:The tribe is descended from Jograh, a Suryavanshi Rajput, who is said to have come from Ayudhia, in North India...

 (The Villain).

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

Lollywood

Lollywood refers to the Pakistani film industry based in the city of Lahore. The word "Lollywood" was first coined in the summer of 1989 in the now defunct magazine "Glamour" published from Karachi by a gossip columnist Saleem Nasir. The film industry in Lahore started in 1929 with the opening of...

 title. Maula Jats 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".

Banning of the Movie by the Government

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

Soundtrack

The songs used in the film were composed by Inayat Hussein. These songs were sung by some very popular singers, namely, Noor Jehan

Noor Jehan

Noorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...

, Mehnaz

Mehnaz

Mehnaz is a female singer from Pakistan, well-known for her film appearances. She has sung a variety of genres but specializes in ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal, drupad and reciting salam, noha and marsiya. She is the daughter of celebrated sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum...

, Inayat Hussein, Alam Lohar

Alam Lohar

Muhammad Alam Lohar was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan.He died in 1979 in an accident. He is also credited with popularizing the term and song Jugni.-Early life:...

, Shoukat Ali and Ghulam Ali

Ghulam Ali

USTAAD Ghulam Ali is a Pakistani ghazal singer of the Patiala gharana. He is not to be confused with the Indian singer Bade Ghulam Ali Khan or Chhote Ghulam Ali, who is another Pakistani singer in the Qual Bachon Gharana....

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The soundtrack consisted of the following songs:

• Nashe diye botle, na aini att chukk ni... Inayat Hussain Bhatti
  Inayat Hussain Bhatti
  Inayat Hussain Bhatti was a Pakistani singer, actor, producer, director, script writer, social worker, columnist, religious scholar and a protagonist of the development of Punjabi language and literature.- History :...
  
  
• Jhanjhar kare teinu piar we, main mar geyi Mehnaz
  Mehnaz
  Mehnaz is a female singer from Pakistan, well-known for her film appearances. She has sung a variety of genres but specializes in ghazal, thumri, dadra, khayal, drupad and reciting salam, noha and marsiya. She is the daughter of celebrated sub-continental singer Kajjan Begum...
  
  
• Rowe maan te gharoor, ajj hasse majboor Madam Noor Jehan
  Noor Jehan
  Noorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...
  
  
• Dildar mere pyar kolun bach ke te kithe Madam Noor Jehan
  Noor Jehan
  Noorjehan or Noorjehan was the adopted stage name for Allah Wasai who was a legendary singer and actress in British India and Pakistan. Her career spanned seven decades...
  
  
• A te wela aap dasse ga, kon marda medan pehle halle Alam Lohar
  Alam Lohar
  Muhammad Alam Lohar was a prominent Punjabi folk music singer of Pakistan.He died in 1979 in an accident. He is also credited with popularizing the term and song Jugni.-Early life:...
  
  , Shoukat Ali

External links

• Maula Jatt at The Hot Spot Online - In depth review
• Maula Jatt at IMDb