Maula Jatt

• Sultan Rahi as Maula Jatt[1]
• Mustafa Qureshi as Noori Natt[1]
• Seema as Taani (Bhabi of Maula Jatt)
• Aasia as Mukkho Jatti (lover of Maula Jatt)[1]
• Chakori as Daaro Nattni (sister of Noori Natt)
• Kaifee as Moodha Gaadi[1]
• Aliya
• Asad
• Ladla
• Rangeela[3]
• Adeeb
• Ilyas Kashmiri[3]
• Shakeel

The film is an unofficial sequel to the 1975's Wehshi Jatt. Wehshi Jatt was inspired by an Urdu play Gandasa written by Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi which depicts a bloody feud in Gujranwala against the backdrop of rural Punjab. This was the first movie in long line of Maula Jatt movies. [4]

Following the settlement of Maula's family feud in Wehshi Jatt, Maula has renounced violence and is in charge of administering the peace of his village and its surrounding villages.

The film begins with Makha Natt chasing a girl. She asks for help but as soon as people hear that she is being pursued by Makha, a brother of Noori Natt, they ask her to leave and not share her misfortune with them. She was then gang-raped by Makha Natt and his 17 fellows one by one. She arrives in Maula's village and asks for help. Maula's Bhabi Taani calls Maula Jatt. Maula Jatt arrives and decrees that if Makha wants to avoid the fate of being killed by his 'Gandasa', he should marry the girl whom he has dishonoured and marry his sister off to her brother. As girl has no family, so Maula orders Makha to marry his sister to his friend Moodha.

When Makha returns home to plot his revenge, his sister Daro incensed upon hearing what he has agreed to, kills him. The Natt clan now try to avenge the humiliation that Maula Jatt has caused them while Maula Jatt tries to ensure that his decision is enforced and justice is done.

Later on, Maula and Noori get together for a final clash, in which Maula overpowers Noori. Just as he is about to deliver the final blow, Daaro, comes to the rescue and requests Maula to spare Noori and considering that Maula had called her his sister. Maula agrees but Noori amputates his own leg so Maula's revenge is completed. The film ends with Daaro agreeing to marry Moodha and their rivalry resolved forever.

Film Maula Jatt was commercially a huge success in the 1980s and celebrated its Diamond Jubilee at the cinemas and the box office. Over the years, the movie has been able to attain cult status.[5] It 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.[6] Productions such as the 2002 play Jatt and Bond use Maula Jatt as their "inspiration". Now Pakistan's highest-grossing film Waar (2013) director Bilal Lashari has said that he is going to make official remake of Maula Jatt (1979).[7]

It is said that this film was banned because of violence, but later this ban was lifted.[8][6]

The songs were composed by Master Inayat Hussain. These were sung by some very popular singers: Noor Jehan, Mehnaz, Inayat Hussain Bhatti, Alam Lohar, Shaukat Ali and Ghulam Ali.

The soundtrack consisted of the following songs:

• Nashe diye botlay, na aini att chukk ni... Inayat Hussain Bhatti[3]
• Jhanjhar kare teinu pyar we, main mar gayi Mehnaz
• Rowe maan te gharoor, ajj hasse majboor Noor Jehan[3]
• Dildar mere pyar kolun bach ke te kithe Noor Jehan[3]
• A te wela aap dasse ga, kon maarda ae maidan pehle halle Alam Lohar, Shaukat Ali and others (a Punjabi bhangra song)[3]

In December 2013, Bilal Lashari, the director of highly successful film Waar (2013) announced that he will be directing the remake of Maula Jatt (1979) titled The Legend of Maula Jatt. On the remake he commented, "My version of Maula Jatt will be a visual epic, with less dialogue and many captivating moments. It will be a dark but stylised take on Pakistan’s original film genre."[7] The Legend of Maula Jatt is set to release in 2019.

• Ayres, Alyssa. 2009. Speaking Like a State. Language and Nationalism in Pakistan. Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 5: The case of Punjab, part II: popular culture, pp. 87–104).

• Maula Jatt on IMDb
• Film Maula Jat (1979) on Complete Index To World Film (CITWF) website