The Legend of Maula Jatt

The Legend of Maula Jatt Movie Details:

Based on	Characters by Nasir Adeeb
Country	Pakistan
Language	Punjabi
Genre	Action, Drama, Fantasy, Historical, Mystery, Thriller
Release date	13 October 2022
Running time	2hr 33min
Starring	Fawad Khan Hamza Ali Abbasi Humaima Malik Faris Shafi Mahira Khan
Directed by	Bilal Lashari
Written by	Nasir Adeeb Bilal Lashari
Produced by	Ammara Hikmat Asad Jamil Khan
Cinematography by	Bilal Lashari
Edited by	Bilal Lashari
Music by	Sarmad Ghafoor
Production Company	Encyclopedia Lashari Films
Distributor	AAA Motion Pictures Geo Films Mandiwala Entertainment

The Legend of Maula Jatt Movie Cast & Characters:

• Fawad Khan as Maula Jatt
  • Rehan Fareed Hiraj as Young Maula
• Hamza Ali Abbasi as Noori Natt
• Mahira Khan as Mukhoo Jattni
• Humaima Malik as Daaro Nattni
• Gohar Rasheed as Maakha Natt
• Faris Shafi as Mooda
• Shafqat Cheema as Jeeva Natt
• Saima Baloch as Rajjo
• Nayyer Ejaz as Jagoo Natt
• Ali Azmat as Gogi
• Babar Ali as Sardar Jatt (Maula’s father)
• Resham as Malika Jatt (Maula’s mother)
• Zia Khan as Ali (loyalist of Sardar Jatt)
• Kamran Lashari as Narrator
• Raheela Agha as Daani (Mooda’s mother and Maula Jatt’s foster mother)

Storyline:

The film opens with Jeeva Natt with his clan, launching an attack on Haveli of Sardar Jatt. Despite being larger in number, they are overpowered and Sardar Jatt and his wife are killed. Maula, the son of Sardar Jatt and the sole survivor of the attack is raised by a woman named Daani. One day Mooda, the actual son of Daani, takes Maula to his coach, who teaches wrestling. Mooda’s coach is impressed by Maula and agrees to teach him.

Maula grows up to be a wrestler and becomes famous, but at night he struggles with violent dreams of his past. He has no clear memory of his family and past.

Maakha Natt, the son of Jeeva Natt, terrorizes the village of Maula by kidnapping a girl from his village and raping her several time in his haveli. Jeeva Natt, because of his old age, decides that he will declare someone else as the leader of his clan, but Daaro Natt, the daughter of Jeeva Natt, declares that only Noori Natt, the elder son of Jeeva Natt who is in prison because of his killing obsession, will become the ruler of the clan.

Before a fight, Maula is approached by an old man who tells him that he has the answer to Maula’s every question. He also tells Maula to meet him in the ruins of Sardar Jatt’s haveli. That night, Maula is heavily intoxicated and loses a fight for the first time in his life, but is saved by Mooda who is badly injured in the process. The next day, Maula arrives at the ruins of Sardar Jatt’s haveli where the old man, who was waiting for him to arrive, reveals to him that he is the son of Sardar Jatt. The old man then hands him the ‘Gandasa’ of his father. Maula arrives back to his village, only to find men of the Natt clan terrorising the village once again. Maula, in rage, kills all the men. When Maakha comes to Maula’s village to investigate the killing of his men, he is humiliated and defeated by Maula.

When Markham returns home to plot his revenge, his sister Daaro is incensed upon hearing what he has to tell her. She berates him and moves to kill him but before she can do so, Maakha jumps off a ledge taking his own life. The Natt clan now tries to avenge the humiliation that Maula Jatt has caused them. Meanwhile, Maula Jatt tries to convince the villagers to stand up against the cruelty they face, while the villagers insist that he has brought death upon them all in the form of the wrath of the Natt clan.

When Noori Natt, immensely skilled in combat, gets out of jail, he tells the jailer that he has run out of competition and now wants a worthy opponent. He is soon made aware of Maula, who has become well-known for his fighting capabilities.

Upon everyone’s request, Maula agrees to apologize to the Natt clan for the safety of the villagers but as soon as he leaves the village, Noori arrives in search of Maula. When confronted by Noori, Moodha who is unaware of Noori’s identity tells him that it was he who humiliated his brother. Noori upon hearing this, easily bests Moodha in combat and despite pleas from Moodha’s mother, kills him. Maula returns and finds Moodha dead. He then swears to kill Noori. Maula arrives at Natt’s heveli to challenge Noori in combat but is ambushed and captured and Jeeva Natt. Noori accuses his father of taking away his competition and kills him. Noori then declares Daaro as the leader of the clan, but she is betrayed and killed by her clan who then frames Maula for killing her.. When Noori finds out about the death of his sister, he burns down Muala’s village and captures everyone. Maula arrives at the village and fights Noori. At the end Noori is killed and Maula is declared the hero of the village. (Source: Wikipedia)

The Legend of Maula Jatt Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:

Budget	Rs. 45 crore (US$1.6 million)–Rs. 55 crore (US$1.9 million)[
Worldwide Collection	Rs. 400 crore (US$14 million)

About The Legend of Maula Jatt Movie:

The Legend of Maula Jatt is a Pakistani action drama film directed and written by Bilal Lashari. The film is an adaptation and a soft reboot of the 1979 Lollywood film Maula Jatt. The Legend of Maula Jatt is an adaptation of the 1979 Lollywood cult classic film Maula Jatt. It is based on the characters and stories by Nasir Adeeb.

The development of a Maula Jatt remake was announced in December 2013 by director Bilal Lashari who completed a script treatment for the film a year later. Asad Jamil Khan and Ammara Hikmat came on board as producers in November 2016, with Hamza Ali Abbasi and Fawad Khan signing on as lead actors.

Principal photography began in January 2017 and concluded in June 2019. The film was initially scheduled for theatrical release on multiple dates in 2019–2020 but kept getting delayed due to copyright-related issues and the COVID-19 pandemic.

The film has been described as the most expensive film in Pakistan to date. The film’s music score is composed by Sarmad Ghafoor. The film is shot with the Red Epic W camera.

In 2017, Muhammad Sarwar Bhatti, the producer of the 1979 film Maula Jatt, filed a suit before the Intellectual Property Organization of Pakistan tribunal seeking an injunctive order against the exhibition of The Legend of Maula Jatt.

On 9 February 2020, after a lengthy legal battle, a settlement was reached between the two parties. Bhatti was recognized as the exclusive copyright and trademark owner of the 1979 movie. However, he permitted the filmmakers of the new movie to use the content from his original work and agreed to withdraw all other court petitions regarding its release.

A trailer for the film was released on 21 December 2018 and got a positive reaction from audiences.

The Legend of Maula Jatt premiered at Cue Cinemas in Lahore on October 12, 2022.

Initially, The Legend of Maula Jatt was scheduled to be released in Eid ul-Fitr 2019. However, due to a copyright lawsuit filed by the producer of the 1979 movie, the release was postponed. A settlement was reached between the two parties in February 2020, after that the film was scheduled to be released in Pakistan and China simultaneously on Eid Al Fitr 2020 but was postponed indefinitely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In July 2022, it was rumored that the film would be released on 30 September 2022. After multiple delays, it was officially announced that the film would be released on October 13, 2022. The film was released on 500 screens worldwide. The film received positive reviews from critics for its direction, performances, action sequences, and visual effects.

It has grossed $13.8 million worldwide, surpassing Jawani Phir Nahi Ani 2’s entire theatrical run and breaking numerous box-office records, and became the highest-grossing Pakistani film of all time, as well as the highest-grossing Punjabi-language film of all time.

The producers announced that a sequel titled The Legend Of Maula Jatt: Chapter II is in development.