LAAJ (2003)

Laaj was TV director Rauf Khalid's first film as director. Starring Imran Khan, Zara Shiekh, Talat Hussain, Resham, Nirma, Nayyar Ejaz, Rashid Mahmood, James Kavaz and Pat Khelman.

Laaj was a well made love story which was set in the 1930s. The film had some nice music by Amjad Bobby, great performances by everyone especially by Talat Hussain.

Over all a very good first effort Rauf Khalid. Miles better then what other TV directors made at the time.

Unfortunately the film business was just average at the box office.

In the first half of the 20th century, The warring Pathans of the North West of India turned more aggressive against the ruling Britain. The Fakir of Ippy (A 60 year's old mystic) was already a living legend before he started a war that was fought over the love of a romantic couple that knew no bounds of religion, cast, color or language. The story starts in the twenties of the 20th Century in the un-divided British ruled India. A 17 years old rich Hindu girl named Ram Kori alias Chand Bibi runs from her home with a Pathan boy Noor Ali Khan and reaches a mystic Muslim leader "The Fakir of IPPY" (to embrace Islam and marry the boy of her dreams).

The Fakir gets the boy and the girl married after the girl accepts Islam (her new name is Islam Bibi).
The influential and rich Hindus of the area reach the British Court run by an English Political Agent who combines in himself both the executive and the judiciary. The Political Agent is really against the warring Pathans and is all out to teach them a lesson.
In the court, the Political Agent decides the case against the loving couple. Legally since Islam Bibi had become a Muslim she was to be tried under Mohammedan Law (where a girl of fourteen years is adult and can choose her husband), but 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 were void.
The Muslim lawyers representing Islam Bibi, insisted that the court also decree that the girl will not be taken away from Bannu, it was granted. However, in due course the girl was secretly taken away to Hoshiar Pur. The boy at the behest of the faqir went to Hoshiar Pur. After exchange of hot words with Islam Bibi's family, Noor Ali stabbed a man and was arrested. He eventually broke the jail, picked up Islam Bibi and reached Waziristan. The Britishers after a failed dialogue attacked the village.

The Fakir unhappy with the attack wages a holy war against the English. Backed by the German aid in Arms, etc. he starts a Gorilla War against the British's. What happened afterwards can be seen on the big screen. A Pre-Partition tale of the British Rule in India.

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• Lollywood
• Pakistani
• Urdu
• film
• Laaj
• Rauf
• Khalid
• Imran
• Khan
• (urooj)
• Zara
• Shiekh
• Nirma
• Resham
• Talatt
• Hussain
• Amjad
• Bobby

[furqan123]

The do have the full film but the print is of poor quality.

[xcitepakistan]

WHER IS SOUND OF THIS VIDEO CLIP?

[Inaam2]

I wanted to see the movie when it was released but i missed it :( M sure it must be a good movie.

[tarny11]

This film did no do well at the box office.There is another song from this film with nirma that is the best song in the film.

[intergalacticpeace]

wow, I actually checked this one out in the theater and it was fairly decent -- good plot but boring storytelling. The song and dance sequences were fine, and the film definitely had a better print, ironic as the world over they look better on television than in the theater

[DivyaPreity4ever]

can you upload the whole movie?