Sohni Mahiwal (1984 film)

Sohni Mahiwal  (सोनी महिवाल, Легенда о любви) is a 1984 Indo-Russian historical romance drama film  based on the story of Sohni Mahiwal,  directed by Umesh Mehra and Latif Faiziyev (Russia), produced by F. C. Mehra. It stars Sunny Deol, Poonam Dhillon and Zeenat Aman in pivotal roles. The writers were Shanti Prakash Bakshi and Javed Siddiqui. The music was scored by Anu Malik. Choreographer P. L. Raj. The film was a commercial success with a net collection of ₹3.2 crore.

Plot
Shahzada Izzat Beg comes to India with his caravan from Bukhara Uzbekistan and settles in a town in Punjab. Here he falls in love with Sohni, who keeps a shop in metal pots. Izzat Beg buys a pot from her with whatever money he had and they were attracted to each other. Sohni dispensed with her servant and kept Izzat Beg instead. This gave them more opportunity to meet. This was a scandal in the town and Sohni was perforce married to Rehman, who was slightly off his head. Sohni continued meeting Izzat Beg, who went out fishing. When the atmosphere became too hot for them they jointly took a watery grave for their love.

Cast

 * Sunny Deol as Shahzada Izzat Beg
 * Poonam Dhillon as Sohni
 * Zeenat Aman as Zarina
 * Tanuja as Sohni's Mother
 * Pran as Tulla (Sohni's Father)
 * Shammi Kapoor as Peer Baba
 * Gulshan Grover as Noor
 * Rakesh Bedi as Salamat
 * Frunzik Mkrtchyan as Warrior

Soundtrack
The music of the film was composed by Anu Malik, while lyrics were written by Anand Bakshi. It was a successful soundtrack which received critical acclaim. It earned Malik, his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Music Director and Bakshi received a nomination for penning the lyrics of "Sohni Chinab De Kinare". Anupama Deshpande won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song.

Awards
32nd Filmfare Awards:

Won


 * Best Female Playback Singer – Anupama Deshpande for "Sohni Chinab Di"
 * Best Editing – M. S. Shinde
 * Best Sound Design – Brahmanand Sharma

Nominated


 * Best Music Director – Anu Malik
 * Best Lyricist – Anand Bakshi for "Sohni Chinab Di"