Dara Singh’s Punjabi legacy: Top films

Sep 25, 2024

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Neha Vashist

​‘Nanak Dukhiya Sab Sansar’

The film revolves around Santram who is killed during the religious riots of 1948 which happened after the partition of India and Pakistan. After his death, his wife and two children survive but the two sons get separated from their mother.

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‘Bhagat Dhanna Jatt’

The film follows Laali, in love with Shyamu, refusing to marry Kalidas. Her brother Dhanna, struggling to farm, seeks help from Thakara, revealed to be Bhagwan Shri Vishnu.

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​​‘Sawa Lakh Se Ek Ladaun’

The plot follows Kartar who changes his religion from Hindu to Sikh. He enrolls as a rebel to fight the oppressive Mughal rule, goes missing even on his wedding day, and ends up getting married in absentia to Shanno.

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​‘Lambhardarni’

This 1980 film revolves around two friends, one is evil while the other is a good-doer. The two are inseparable until the wrongdoing Sohan Lal rapes the wife of his friend Dhaymaya's servant.

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​‘Rab Dian Rakhan’

Starring Dara Singh and Vindu Dara Singh, the film revolves around Jaswant Singh who invites his father's wrath when he marries a Christian, Rita, and is asked to leave. Subsequently, he gets into trouble and is held in jail.

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​‘Sardari’

The film follows Ravinder Singh, who confronts terrorist-related deaths in his family while caring for his wife, son, and coping with his brother’s crime and death during a police escape attempt.

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​‘Mitter Pyare Nu’

The plot follows Ranjyot, Amar, and their widowed mother who flee from Rampur after their friend, Karim informs them that their village is about to be attacked by Muslims shortly after the 1947 partition of India and Pakistan.

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​‘Unkhilli Muttiar’

The film follows Jeeto who lives a poor lifestyle in Hasalpur along with her widower dad, Baba Bachnia. When wealthy Ratan Chaudhary falls in love with her, she introduces him to her dad, who approves of him and arranges their marriage.

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'Door Nahin Nankana'

'Door Nahin Nankana' was released in 1999. It was directed by Krishna Sahani and Rajesh Soni

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