Laaj
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Laaj is a 2003 Pakistan
i Urdu film which was directed by Rauf Khalid
. The film starred Zara Sheikh
and Imran Khan
in its lead roles.
A wealthy Hindu girl named Ram Kori, using the alias Chand Bibi, runs away from her home with a Pathan boy Noor Ali Khan and reaches a mystic Muslim leader called the Fakir of Ippy. The Fakir marries Noor Ali Khan and Ram Kori after she (from then called Islam Bibi) accepts Islam.
The influential and rich Hindus of the area reach the British Court run by an English Political Agent involved in both the executive and the judiciary. The agent is, in actuality, against the warring Pathans, and he intends to teach them a lesson. In the court, the political agent decides against the couple's case. Since Islam Bibi had become a Muslim, she was to be tried under Muslim Law, where a girl of fourteen years is adult and can choose her husband. However, according to the political agent's decision, since under the English Law a girl is considered minor till she reaches the age of eighteen, both her acceptance of Islam as well as her marriage are made void.
The Muslim lawyers representing Islam Bibi insisted that the court also decree that the girl will not be taken away from Bannu, which was granted. However, Islam Bibi was secretly taken away to Hoshiar Pur. Noor Ali Khan, at the behest of the faqir, goes to Hoshiar Pur. He exchanges hot words with Islam Bibi's family, resulting in his stabbing a man and arrest. He eventually broke out of the jail, picked up Islam Bibi and reached Waziristan.
The British, after a failed dialogue, attack the village. The Fakir, unhappy with the attack, wages a holy war against the English. Backed by German aid, he starts a Gorilla War against the British.
Mr. Jahangir Khan Sikandri, a writer on the Faqir of Ipi has objected that the actual story has been twisted by the film maker.
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 Urdu film which was directed by Rauf Khalid
Rauf Khalid
Abdul Rauf Khalid was a Pakistani actor, filmmaker and television writer/director. An ex-serviceman and bureaucrat, he worked in films and television plays after attendin Islamia College, Peshawar.-Career:...
. The film starred Zara Sheikh
Zara Sheikh
Zara Sheikh is a Pakistani model, actress and singer. She began her career through an ad campaign for Mobilink Jazz, working as a full-time model before making her debut on the cinema-screen....
and Imran Khan
Imran Khan (disambiguation)
Imran Khan may refer to:* Imran Ullah Khan , retired Pakistani Army general* Imran Khan , former Pakistani cricket captain and politician* Imran Khan , Dutch Pakistani Punjabi singer...
in its lead roles.
Plot
The story is set in India under British rule, in the 1920s. The warring Pathans of the North West of India had become more aggressive towards the ruling Britain. The Fakir of Ippy was already a living legend before he started a war that was fought over the love of a couple that knew no bounds of religion, cast, color or language.A wealthy Hindu girl named Ram Kori, using the alias Chand Bibi, runs away from her home with a Pathan boy Noor Ali Khan and reaches a mystic Muslim leader called the Fakir of Ippy. The Fakir marries Noor Ali Khan and Ram Kori after she (from then called Islam Bibi) accepts Islam.
The influential and rich Hindus of the area reach the British Court run by an English Political Agent involved in both the executive and the judiciary. The agent is, in actuality, against the warring Pathans, and he intends to teach them a lesson. In the court, the political agent decides against the couple's case. Since Islam Bibi had become a Muslim, she was to be tried under Muslim Law, where a girl of fourteen years is adult and can choose her husband. However, according to the political agent's decision, since under the English Law a girl is considered minor till she reaches the age of eighteen, both her acceptance of Islam as well as her marriage are made void.
The Muslim lawyers representing Islam Bibi insisted that the court also decree that the girl will not be taken away from Bannu, which was granted. However, Islam Bibi was secretly taken away to Hoshiar Pur. Noor Ali Khan, at the behest of the faqir, goes to Hoshiar Pur. He exchanges hot words with Islam Bibi's family, resulting in his stabbing a man and arrest. He eventually broke out of the jail, picked up Islam Bibi and reached Waziristan.
The British, after a failed dialogue, attack the village. The Fakir, unhappy with the attack, wages a holy war against the English. Backed by German aid, he starts a Gorilla War against the British.
Cast
- Zara SheikhZara SheikhZara Sheikh is a Pakistani model, actress and singer. She began her career through an ad campaign for Mobilink Jazz, working as a full-time model before making her debut on the cinema-screen....
- NirmaNirmaNirma is a group of companies based in the city of Ahmedabad in western India that manufactures products ranging from cosmetics, soaps, detergents, salt, soda ash, LAB and Injectibles. Karsanbhai Patel, a well known entrepreneur and philanthropist of Gujarat, started Nirma as a one-man operation....
- ReshamReshamResham is a Pakistani film, television and theater actress based in Lahore. She debuted with Syed Noor's film, Jeeva in 1995 and later went on to star in a string of commercial hits in the late 1990s. She was noted for her performance as the upcoming model in Samina Peerzada's Inteha...
- Imran KhanImran Khan (disambiguation)Imran Khan may refer to:* Imran Ullah Khan , retired Pakistani Army general* Imran Khan , former Pakistani cricket captain and politician* Imran Khan , Dutch Pakistani Punjabi singer...
- Talat HussainTalat Hussain (actor)Talat Hussain , is a Pakistani Film/Television/Stage actor. He was born in Delhi, India, His complete name is Talat Hussain Warsi. He is the son of Altaf Hussain Warsi and Shaista Begum. His family migrated to Pakistan in 1947.Talat Hussain started his career from PTV in 1967. His first television...
- Najeebullah AnjumNajeebullah AnjumNajeebullah Anjum is a Pakistani film and television actor. He was born in Peshawar, in 1955. Bred and educated in this historical city....
- Rashid Mehmood
- Usman Mughal
- Afshan Quershi
- Nayyar Ejaz
- James Kavaz
- Pat KelmanPat KelmanPat Kelman is a British director, writer and actor. Born in Chelmsford, Essex, he was raised in Cornwall where he still has family connections. He was trained at the University of London.-Acting career:...
- Abdul Mannan as captain
Mr. Jahangir Khan Sikandri, a writer on the Faqir of Ipi has objected that the actual story has been twisted by the film maker.