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Sohni Mahiwal (1984 film)

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'Sohni Mahiwal ' (, ) is a 1984 Indo-Russian historical romance drama film based on the story of Sohni Mahiwal, directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev (Russia), produced by F. C. Mehra. It stars Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon and Zeenat Aman in pivotal roles. The writers were Shanti Prakash Bakshi and Javed Siddiqui. The music was scored by Anu Malik. Choreographer P. L. Raj.

Plot



Shahzada Izzat Beg (Sunny Deol) comes to India with his caravan from Bukhara Uzbekistan and settles in a town in Punjab. Here he falls in love with Sohni (Poonam Dhillon), who keeps a shop in metal pots. Izzat Beg buys a pot from her with whatever money he had and they were attracted to each other. Sohni dispensed with her servant and kept Izzat Beg instead. This gave them more opportunity to meet. This was a scandal in the town and Sohni was perforce married to Rehman, who was slightly off his head. Sohni continued meeting Izzat Beg, who went out fishing. When the atmosphere became too hot for them they jointly took a watery grave for their love.

Cast



* Sunny Deol as Shahzada Izzat Beg

* Poonam Dhillon as Sohni

* Zeenat Aman as Zarina

* Tanuja as Sohni's Mother

* Pran as Tulla (Sohni's Father)

* Shammi Kapoor as Peer Baba

* Gulshan Grover as Noor

* Rakesh Bedi as Salamat

* Frunzik Mkrtchyan as Warrior

Soundtrack



The music of the film was composed by Anu Malik, while lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi.

Track listing



Awards



'32nd Filmfare Awards:'

'Won'

* Best Female Playback Singer Anupama Deshpande for "Sohni Chinab Di"

* Best Editing M. S. Shinde

* Best Sound Design Brahmanand Sharma

'Nominated'

* Best Music Director Anu Malik

* Best Lyricist Anand Bakshi for "Sohni Chinab Di"

See also



* Sohni Mahiwal

References




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