Palay Khan or Palay Shah Khosti belonged to the Khwastaye syed tribe of Zhob. He was a freedom fighter and chief of a freedom fighters' group, which fought against the British Raj

British Raj

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, in 1930s, at Balochistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

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, Pakistan

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. Ethnically, he was syed Khosti, a tribe of Pashtun

Pashtun people

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 from Killi Dewal Khosti District

District

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 Zhob

Zhob

-Roads:Zhob is 333 kilometers from Quetta, 225 kilometers from Dera Ismail Khan. However, the road linking with Dera Ismail Khan is for most part fair nowadays track passing through water streams and almost complete road is metalloid....

 of Baloshistan

Balochistan (Pakistan)

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 province, then the Baluchistan, a Commissionerate Province. The Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)

Baluchistan (Chief Commissioners Province)

The Chief Commissioner's Province of Baluchistan was a province of British India located in the northern parts of the modern Balochistan province.- History :...

 Khosti tribe migrated some two hundred years ago from Khost Afghanistan; for this reason they are called Khosti.

Palay Khan never surrendered in agreement between his group and the British Raj

British Raj

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 against some compensation in favour of the earlier. The British promised him that they would accept the tribal laws as the constitution and laws for his land, that was announced for Zhob

Zhob

-Roads:Zhob is 333 kilometers from Quetta, 225 kilometers from Dera Ismail Khan. However, the road linking with Dera Ismail Khan is for most part fair nowadays track passing through water streams and almost complete road is metalloid....

, the main area of his struggle.

Dramatic adaptations

PTV

Pakistan Television Corporation

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 Quetta Center produced a drama serial of 13 episodes on Palay Khan, Palay Shah as a tribute to his freedom movement. It was directed and produced by Sajjad Ahmad

Sajjad Ahmad

Sajjad Ahmad Urdu: سجاداحمد is a Pakistani television producer , director . He was born on 28 September 1956 in Quetta Balochistan Pakistan...

. The drama was shot 75% at the original locations in Balochistan. The role of Palay was played by Jamal Shah

Jamal Shah

Jamal Shah is an actor, a director, a painter, and a social worker. He was born in 1956 in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan.-Education and career:...

, and Palay's brother Katey Khan was portrayed by Hayatullah Khan Durrani

Hayatullah Khan Durrani

Hayatullah Khan Durrani is a Pakistani cave explorer, mountaineer, environmentalist, organizer, and a rescuer. He is also a part-time sports anchor actor in Pakistani Television shows. He played a significant role in the promotion of mountaineering and caving adventure sports in Pakistan,...

. The rest of the cast included Sakina Samoo, Dr. Huma Meer, Orya Maqbool Jan

Orya Maqbool Jan

Orya Maqbool Jan is a renowned columnist, poet and CSS officer from Pakistan, who writes Urdu columns for Daily Express, Pakistan. He has received numerous national awards, including the best Urdu columnist in 2004. One collection of poetry has been published...

, Amanullah Nasir

Amanullah Nasir

Amanullah Nasir is a Pakistani television writer/director/Producer/ Anchor and Actor.He was born in Loralai District of Balochistan Pakistan on 1 January 1965 in the local Pashtun Nasar sub cast of Khilji tribe...

, Rafiq Komboh, Hameed Sheikh

Hameed Sheikh

Hameed Sheikh Actor,and producer Hameed Sheikh is one of Pakistan’s best known television stars.Born in Quetta, Balochistan in 1969,Sheikh began his career in local theatre and school productions,...

. The serial was in Urdu

Urdu

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 but totally based on Pashtun culture. It was written with the assistance of the relatives of Palay Khan, living now in near Sinjavi district.

Bollywood

Bollywood

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 made a movie Palay Khan, directed by Ashim Samanta

Ashim Samanta

Ashim Samanta is an Indian film and television director and producer, and the son of notable film director Shakti Samanta, who founded the Shakti Films banner.-Early life and education:...

 and produced by Shakti Samanta

Shakti Samanta

Shakti Samanta was an Indian film director and producer, who founded Shakti Films in 1957, which is most known for films like Howrah Bridge, China Town, Kashmir Ki Kali, An Evening in Paris, Kati Patang and Amar Prem.He received Filmfare Awards for Best Film for Aradhana, Anuraag and Amanush,...

. The movie is set in the time when the British

United Kingdom

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 ruled India

India

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. The whole of Hind

Hind

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 was under their rule except for some small portion — mostly at the western side and in Pashtun areas, which always gave the Britishers a tough time. This land is protected by Palay Khan (Jackie Shroff

Jackie Shroff

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) and his gang. General Barnes (Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher

Anupam Kher is an Indian actor who has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. Though mainly appearing in Bollywood films, he has had roles in some films from other nations as well...

) orders Coloner Gulbaz Khan (Shakti Kapoor

Shakti Kapoor

Shakti Kapoor is an Indian Bollywood actor. He is notably known for playing vulgar comic and villainous roles. He is known for acting alongside comedian Kader Khan as his sidekick along with Asrani in over 100 films.-Early life:...

) — Palay's cousin who turned traitor — to capture Palay. But they realise that Palay Khan always is two steps ahead of them.

The rest of the cast includes Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi

Suresh Oberoi is an Indian actor who is also father of Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi. He was born in Quetta, now Pakistan and is a recipient of 1987 National Film Award for Best Supporting Actor...

, Farah

Farah

-Given name:* Farah Pahlavi , née Dibah, the last Empress of Iran* Farah , a Bollywood actress of 80s* Farah Hussain, Pakistani actress and presenter* Farah Khan, Indian choreographer and director...

, Poonam Dhillon

Poonam Dhillon

Poonam Dhillon is an Indian Hindi film, theatre and TV actress. She is best known for her 1979 film, Noorie, for her six films with Rajesh Khanna Red Rose, Dard, Nishaan, Zamana, Awam and Sohni Mahiwal , Samundar Saveray Wali Gaadi and Naam .- Early life :Dhall was born 18 April 1962 in Kanpur,...

, Satyen Kappu

Satyen Kappu

Satyen Kappu , also credited as Satyendra Kapoor, was an Indian character actor in Bollywood films. His most remembered role is Ramlal in movie Sholay and as Amitabh Bachchan's father in Yash Chopra's Deewaar...

, Bob Christo, Raza Murad

Raza Murad

Raza Murad is an Indian actor working primarily in Hindi films. He has acted in over 200 Bollywood films.He is the son of renowned Bollywood character actor Murad. He is also the first cousin of Zeenat Aman, his uncle being Amanullah Khan, writer of Mughal-e-Azam and Pakeezah. His niece Sonam was...

, and Mac Mohan

Mac Mohan

Mohan Makijany , popularly known as Mac Mohan, was a well-known Indian character actor in Hindi language films...

.