''Marhi Da Deeva'' (Originally in pa, ਮੜ੍ਹੀ ਦਾ ਦੀਵਾ, Literally meaning: The Lamp of the Tomb), sometimes spelled as ''Marhi Da Diva'', is a 1964
Punjabi
Punjabi, or Panjabi, most often refers to:
* Something of, from, or related to Punjab, a region in India and Pakistan
* Punjabi language
* Punjabi people
* Punjabi dialects and languages
Punjabi may also refer to:
* Punjabi (horse), a British Th ...
novel by
Gurdial Singh. This first novel established Gurdial Singh as a novelist.
The author himself described it as the first Punjabi novel in "critical realism"''.'' It came in for high praise, with some critics calling it a landmark equivalent to
Premchand
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known by his pen name Premchand (), was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature. Premchand was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social fiction. He was one of ...
's ''
Godan.
'' It was translated as ''The Last Flicker'' by the
Sahitya Akademi.
Adaptation
The novel was adapted into a 1989 Punjabi
film of the same name.
Surinder Singh directed the film, which starred
Raj Babbar,
Deepti Naval and
Parikshit Sahni in lead roles.
[IMDB , https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0308554/] The film received a
National Film Award and was critically acclaimed.
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References
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Punjabi-language novels
1964 novels
Indian novels adapted into films
1964 Indian novels
National Film Development Corporation of India films