''Main Jatti Punjab Di'' is a romantic Punjabi film released in 1964. The film was directed by Baldev S. Jhingan.

Plot

Preeto ( Nishi) is a beautiful girl of a handicapped father, her mother is dead. She loves her father and takes responsibility of farming in their fields. She falls in love with a handsome boy, Prem (

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). Ramlal, the villain of the film, becomes rival of Prem and he also wants to marry Preeto. Ramlal complains to Prem's father about the love affair of Prem and Preeto. After a drama, Preeto's father considers it a matter of dishonour and gets angry with his daughter and dies after falling from the stairs. Prem's father (Jeevan) fixes Prem's marriage with a rich girl. Ramlal kidnaps Preeto and Prem mistakes his father as a kidnapper and after searching Preeto, he finds the truth. In the climax, Ramlal takes Prem and Preeto on target of gun, then Prem's father shoots Ramlal and agrees for the marriage of Prem and Preeto.

Songs

Lyrics by

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sang by

Asha Bhosle Asha Bhosle (; Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur and occasional actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian Cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in th ...

, Mahendra Kapoor,

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Usha Mangeshkar Usha Mangeshkar (born 15 December 1935) is an Indian singer who has recorded many Marathi, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati and Assamese songs. Personal life Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer. She is the fou ...

, Suman Kalyanpur, S. Balbir. #"Main jatti Punjab di, meri..." #"Main sara Punjab gah laya..." #Parody song

References

1964 films Punjabi-language Indian films 1960s Punjabi-language films {{Punjabi-film-stub