The film is set in 1947. The exodus has begun after Partition. A Sikh ex-military man in his thirties finds a 16-year-old Muslim girl alone in a nearby village and brings her home. But the villagers tell him he should either marry her or leave her in a camp where people bound for Pakistan are located. But he decides that since he is far older, he would better leave her at the camp. As he is about to send her off with a man bound for the camp and who is prepared to marry her there, she asks Buta Singh, if he is so poor that he cannot even feed her two Rotis per day to keep her alive...
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Cast
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Gurdas Mann
Boota Singh
Also in
Veer-Zaara
Waris Shah: Ishq Daa Waaris
Divya Dutta
Zainab
Known for
Special Ops
Bhaag Milkha Bhaag
Gurkirtan Chauhan
Boota's Uncle
Also in
Jatt Jeona Mour
Shaheed Uddham Singh
Raghubir Yadav
Ramzaani
Known for
Panchayat
Lagaan: Once Upon a Time in India
Arun Bakshi
Faqeer at Boota's shrine
Known for
Chamatkar
Amar Noorie
Santo (Guest appearance)
Also in
Annhi Dea Mazaak Ae
Mel Karade Rabba
Darshan Aulakh
Guy who sold Zainab
Also in
Zero Dark Thirty
Dil Apna Punjabi
B.N. Sharma
Zainab's father
Also in
Jatt & Juliet 3
Carry On Jatta
Jassi Flora
Boota's cousin
No other roles listed
Gick Grewal
Boota's village lady at marriage
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Gurcharan Dardi
Hari Om Jalota
Manoj Punj Director · Shamim Ara Director Suraj Sanim Screenplay
First release January 1, 1999
Languages
Original language
Punjabi
Spoken on screen
Punjabi
Release dates
India · January 1, 1999
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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