After a long wait, the Pakistani Punjabi film ‘The Legend of Maula Jat’ did not disappoint even for a moment.
This movie has exceeded the expectations. At least in the history of Pakistani cinema, no such big film has been made in terms of its technique and production. The quality and level of this film makes it easy to understand why it took so long to make.
Although the story of this film has nothing to do with the 1979 Maula Jat beyond a few dialogues and character names, the film is miles ahead of its predecessor in terms of stature.
‘The Legend of Mula Jut’ takes you to an imaginary era that you can place anywhere in the past. The film doesn’t name any region other than Kot Mithan, but that at least gives the geography of the story.
Mola Jat dates back to the pre-gun era, when battles were fought with sticks, axes and other such weapons.
Bilal Lashari has used these weapons and especially Gundase very well, every scene and every movement of his moves the story forward.
After watching the movie, I realized that all the guesses made after watching the trailer were wrong. It’s not a 300-style movie, and it’s not a Roman Gladiators, it’s not even a Bahu Bili. A fiction has been created by keeping the traditional stories and characters of Punjab in front and it is a masterpiece.
The set of the film is made with an entire village in front and its every street, market, crossroads, dhaba are all created and made according to the era.
Bilal Lashari’s ‘The Legend of Moolah Jat’ is a complete action film. It is the story of Mulajit burning in the flames of revenge, it is the story of Mukhu’s intense love for Mulajit, it is the story of Daru Nitni’s pride, and it is the story of Noori Nit’s restless bloody nature.
But despite this the story is very simple, made big with production and action keeping in mind Punjabi cinema, there are no unnecessary twists or dimensions in the story.
The style is Hollywood but the color and style are completely desi, whether it’s the kalharis of Noori Nath or the gandasa of Mola Jat, modern techniques are presented with a twist of tradition. Earlier this style was also prominent in stick fighting.
Fawad Khan as Maula Jat got into his role in such a way that while watching the film, one did not think that he is the same person who has done romantic roles in films like ‘Khubrosat’. Fawad Khan left no stone unturned from gaining weight and running a hottie to a romantic scene with Mukho Jatti.
The desire to see Fawad and Mahira’s romance on the big screen has been fulfilled.
On the other hand, Hamza Ali Abbasi, playing the role of a villain for the first time, showed how much of an actor he is. Noori Nat’s character is a restless bloodthirsty, bloodthirsty, but at the same time he is principled, does not backstab, fights in the front. Although Hamza’s character appears after 40 minutes of the film, it takes over and dominates till the end.
Mahira Khan as Mukho Jatti, the Elhar girl, played the role very well, delivering excellent dialogues despite being almost unacquainted with Punjabi language. The charm of the heroine’s personality should be shown on the big screen of the cinema, Mahira did it well, the role required that she should always do moola moola, she did it.
Hamima Malik Daru as Nitni is a proud, hard-hearted woman, who takes anyone’s life with her own hands.
Humeema Malik makes up for the lack of glamor in this film to some extent, which is already evident from the trailer.
Apart from these four main characters, Ali Azmat, Gohar Rashid also played their respective roles well. It was good to see Babar Ali and Resham together in Sahi Cinema even for a short time.
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It is important to mention Saima Baloch, who played the role of Raju, who was selected after auditioning more than 80 women. She had few scenes, but as a dancer she proved herself.
‘The Legend of Mola Jat’ is produced by Amara Hekmat, herself a Pashtun. In this sense, this film is the best manifestation of national unity.
Amara Hikmat said that the screenplay of ‘The Legend of Moula Jat’ is written by Bilal Lashari while the dialogues are by Nasir Adib, the story is a joint presentation of Nasir Adib and Bilal Lashari.
A film of this scale never made in Pakistan, it was conceived nine years ago, formal work began in late 2016 and the camera rolled in May 2019. It was planned to release on Eid 2020 but due to Corona it is now releasing on 13 October 2022.
Five years of hard work is visible in this film, each scene is connected to the story, now it will not be out of place to say that thanks to ‘The Legend of Moolah Jit’, Pakistani cinema has seen its renaissance, and then renaissance. Now another new charm is going to be seen.
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2024-09-25 07:03:23
