Maula Jatt

Maula Jatt

Year: 1979

Runtime: 156 mins

Language: Eastern Punjabi, Eastern Panjabi

Director: Yunus Malik

DramaAction

Maula Jat tells the true story of it’s eponymous hero’s blood feud with the local “gunda” Nuri Nath.

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1

Maula's peace administration established

Maula renounces violence and becomes the peacekeeper of Mamdal and the surrounding 25 villages. He establishes a new order, replacing vendetta with governance and arbitration. The village begins to see stability under his leadership.

Mamdal, near Kabirwala
2

Maakha chased by a protected girl

Maakha chases a girl who is protected by Maula's sister-in-law Daani. Moodha defeats Maakha, leaving a deep scar on his nose. Maula then decrees a severe bargain: Maakha must marry the girl to avoid death, and Maakha's sister must marry Moodha.

Village near Mamdal
3

Maakha murdered by Daaro

Maakha returns home and is killed by his sister Daaro for cowardice. Daaro then sets out to kill Maula, but is arrested on the way for Maakha's murder. She is bailed out by a man who pretends to be her sister, who is later revealed to be Maula.

Maula's village
4

Noori Natt seeks a worthy opponent

Noori Natt is released from jail and declares he has run out of competition, seeking a worthy opponent. The police direct him to Malik Haaku, a rival whose clan Maula had slaughtered. Haaku warns him not to threaten his old rival and keeps his identity secret.

Prison and Haaku's region
5

Daaro informs Noori of Maakha's defeat

Daaro informs Noori of Maakha's defeat and Maula's judgement that Maakha's sister must marry Moodha. Noori comes to Maula's village seeking revenge while Maula is away. He breaks Moodha's leg in their confrontation.

Maula's village
6

Maula retrieves his Gandasa and prepares for battle

Maula returns and vows to take Noori's leg in return while reclaiming his Gandasa. He rides out to confront Noori and defeats many of Natt's men along the way.

Routes between villages
7

Maula and Noori face off but are stopped

Maula and Noori finally face off, but police intervene before they can deliver the final blow. The confrontation underscores the fragile truce between the two clans.

Countryside between Maula's and Noori's villages
8

Akku Qatil's revenge and house arrest

Akku Qatil, Noori's brother-in-law, kills many of Maula's villagers in retaliation. A judge orders that Maula and Noori be sent back to their villages under house arrest, escalating the feud's legal dimension.

Maula's and Noori's villages
9

Standoff ends in hospital; Daaro learns the truth

Jatt and Natt factions are provoked but shot by police and end up in the hospital. In the hospital, Daaro realizes that Maula had called her sister, revealing a deeper entanglement between them.

Hospital
10

Reconciliation ruse and Akku's attack

Maula and Noori pretend to reconcile, prompting the blockade to be lifted. Akku attacks Maula's village but is killed; Maula sends Akku's body and wedding gifts to Daaro, signaling an ominous wedding procession to come, and Noori swears revenge.

Maula's village
11

Final clash during the wedding procession

As the groom's procession heads toward Daaro's village, Noori leads the Natt clansmen in an assault. Maula defeats the Natt attackers and confronts Noori; Daaro intervenes, asking Maula to spare Noori since Daaro is his sister. Noori amputates his own leg to complete his vengeance.

Groom's procession route to Daaro's village
12

Resolution: justice over revenge

Daaro agrees to marry Moodha and the rivalry is resolved. Maula discards his Gandasa and delivers a plea to the audience to choose justice over revenge, signaling a change in his philosophy and the end of the feud.

Maula's village

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