Here are a few key highlights to round things out about the Eagle Films, Sovinfilm, Uzbekfilm drama flick. Sohni Mahiwal starring Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon, Gulshan Grover, Tanuja Samarth has a Not ...

OF the famed love-legends of Punjab, the story of Heer-Ranjha is the most celebrated but perhaps most poignant and picturesque is the saga of Sohni-Mahiwal. This love legend has the Chenab river as ...

The Punjabi language version narrates the story of Izzat Baig, a prosperous merchant from Bukhara who falls in love with a potter’s daughter, Sohni, and by a series of fateful events becomes a buffalo ...

SHE lies alone in stoic white granite, covered in red and orange traditional bandhinis, bequests of lovers who come to dress her as Mahiwal’s bride once their love conquers all. Even as graves, Sohni ...

‘Sohni Mahiwal’ painted by Ustad Allah Buksh in 1923 references the fabled Punjabi romance of these star-crossed lovers and is a prime example of indigenous subject matter rendered in the 20th century ...

The ghara or earthen pot acquires particular significance in the love story of Sohni and Mahiwal. In the climax of this Punjabi folk story, as Sohni crosses the Chenab river to meet Mahiwal, who is ...

Kathak dancer Divya Goswami’s themed show ‘Aqeedat’ (meaning faith) was a tribute to love through the 18th century Punjabi poet Fazal Shah’s kissas. It was a poetic coming together of beautiful music ...