''Mirza Sahiban'' ( pa, ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ ਸਾਹਿਬਾਂ, , ') is one of the four popular tragic romances of the

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. The other three are '' Heer Ranjha'', ''

Sohni Mahiwal Sohni Mahiwal or Suhni Mehar ( pa, , ਸੋਹਣੀ ਮਹੀਂਵਾਲ is one of the four popular tragic romances of Punjab including Sindh. In Sindh Sohni's shrine is in Shahdadpur Town of Sangar District. The others are Sassi Punnun, Mirz ...

'' and '' Sassi Punnun''. There are five other popular folklore stories in Punjab: '' Momal Rano'', ''

Umar Marvi Umar Marvi or Marui ( sd, عمر مارئي, ur, ), is a folktale from Sindh, Pakistan about a village girl Marvi Maraich, who resists the overtures of a powerful King and the temptation to live in the palace as a queen, preferring to be in simpl ...

'', '' LiLa Chanesar'', ''

Noori Jam Tamachi ''Noori Jam Tamachi'' ( sd, نوري ڄام تماچي) is a famous tale of Prince Jam Tamachi's falling in love with the charming fisherwoman Noori. Noori makes Jam happy with her perfect surrender and obedience which causes him to raise her ab ...

'' and '' Sorath Rai Diyach''. These nine tragic romances are popular in Punjab. The popular story was written by Pilu. Mirza and Sahiban were lovers who lived in Khewa ( Kheiwa), a town in Sial Territory in the

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, which was Sahiban's ancestral village. They loved each other and ran away together to live with each other and marry against Sahiban's parents wishes. While eloping Mirza stopped under a jand tree and rested and fell asleep. Sahiban did not want to begin her new life with her brothers' bloodshed . She decided to break all the arrows of Mirza thinking she will beg her brothers for their acceptance so that nobody would get hurt. When Sahiban's brothers reached them, Mirza woke up but discovered his arrows were broken and then he was killed by Sahiban's brothers. Sahiban couldn't bear this loss and chose to end her own life by stabbing herself with an arrow. Along with ''Sohni Mahiwal'' and ''Sassi Punnuh'' are commonly known as 'Seven Queens' of Shah Abdul Latif Bhittai. They are culturally included in both Punjabi and Sindhi traditions.

Adaptations

There have been various film interpretations of the folk tale: * ''Mirza Sahiban'', a 1929 Indian silent film by Bhagwati Prasad Mishra. *''Mirza Sahiban'', a 1933 Indian

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-language film by Nagendra Majumdar starring Khurshid Begum and Kamlabai Gokhale. *''Mirza Sahiban'', a 1939 Indian Punjabi-language film by D. N. Madhok starring Zubeida. *''

Mirza Sahiban ''Mirza Sahiban'' ( pa, ਮਿਰਜ਼ਾ ਸਾਹਿਬਾਂ, , ') is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. The other three are ''Heer Ranjha'', ''Sohni Mahiwal'' and ''Sassi Punnun''. There are five other popular folklor ...

'', a 1947 Indian Hindi-language romantic-drama film by K. Amarnath starring

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and

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* ''Mirza Sahiban'' (1956) is a Pakistani Punjabi film starring

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and Sudhir *''Mirza Sahiban'', a 1957 Indian Hindi-language romance film by Ravi Kapoor starring Shyama and

Shammi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor (born Shamsher Raj Kapoor; (pronounced �ʌmːi kʌpuːɾ 21 October 1931 – 14 August 2011) was an Indian actor who worked in Hindi cinema. He is the recipient of two Filmfare Awards, winning in the categories of Best Actor for ...

. * ''Mirza Jat'' (1967) is a Pakistani Punjabi film starring Firdous and

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* ''Mirza Jat'' (1982) is a Pakistani Punjabi film starring Shahid Hameed. *''Mirza Jatt'', a 1992 Indian Punjabi-language romance film by Ravinder Ravi starring Gugu Gill and Manjeet Kullar. * ''

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'', a 2011 Indian Punjabi-language film by Babbu Maan, starring Maan and

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. It creates a modern Mirza and Sahiban story with a twist. * ''

Mirza – The Untold Story ''Mirza: The Untold Story '' is a 2012 Indian Punjabi-language action romance film written and directed by Baljit Singh Deo. It stars Gippy Grewal and Mandy Takhar in the lead roles, with music rapper Honey Singh in his first commercial v ...

'', a 2012 Indian Punjabi-language film directed by

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starring

Gippy Grewal Rupinder Singh "Gippy" Grewal (born 2 January 1983), is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works span over Punjabi and Hindi film industry. His single "Phulkari" was very successful in the Punjabi music industry. He made ...

and Mandy Takhar. It is a modern rendition of Mirza and Sahiban story, with the title song sung by

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, son of (late) Alam Lohar. * '' Mirzya'', a 2016 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rakesh Omprakash Mehra, is based on Mirza and Sahiban and closely follows the original story. Harshvardhan Kapoor plays Mirza and Saiyami Kher plays Sahiba. * '' Mirza Juuliet'', a 2017 Indian Hindi-language film directed by Rajesh Ram Singh, starring

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and Piaa Bajpai in the lead roles. It is a modern retelling of the original story, set in

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, showing the nexus between politicians and criminals. * In 2022 Indian film Jersey (2022 film) featured song 'Maiyya mainu' by Sachet–Parampara compared

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and Mrunal Thakur with mirza-sahiban

References

External links

Punjabi Literature and Poetry
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