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Shaheed-E-Mohabbat
Director: Manoj Punj Starring: Gurdas Maan, Divya Dutta, Aroon Bakshi, Raghuveer Yadav, Gurkirtan, B. N. Sharma, Yograj Chedda
Music Director: Amar Haldipur
Singers: Asha Bhonsle
Boota Singh served on the Burma front under the command of Lord Mount Batten.
By the end of second world war when he returned to his village in Jallendher,
his youth was over. Yet a hope to have a family of his own lurked in some corner
of his heart. A trader assured him that if he could raise Rs. 2,000/- he would
buy a young bride for him from Eastern U.P. Boota Singh started saving every
penny. At the end of three years he managed to save Rs. 1,800/-. Another harvest
end he would be a married man.India & Pakistan gained freedom in1947 and a
mighty exodus of refugees started on both sides of the border. Boota's village
and surrounding areas also came in the grips of riots. One day Zainab, a Muslim
girl from Rajasthan who was being chased by Sikh youths came to Boota Singh &
sought protection for self. Boota Singh could shake the rioted off only after
giving them his life's savings. Soon Zainab learnt about the sacrifice he had
made for her. She also got touched by his simplicity and when the villagers
decided that she canot stay with Boota Singh without marrying her she willingly
gets married to him. Boota's life got transformed overnight, she became the
focus of his life and when a daughter was born to him, his cup of joy
overflowed.In 1952, India & Pakistan agreed to depart all such women who were
left behind in riots. Some one from the village informed the police that such
Muslim girl was in their village also. In Boota's absence, the police came and
took away Zainab leaving the kid behind. Boota Singh alongwith his daughter
followed Zainab to the Delhi Camp. She informed him that the day the camp
authorities locate her parents, she would be sent away and before that he should
make efforts to detain her. Almost for a month, Boota Singh went from pillar to
post but failed. One day Zainab was departed to Pakistan. Boota Singh went to
his village, sold his land & landed in Pakistan. Zainab was married off to a
cousin of her.What happened to him and their daughter has to be seen in the
movie.
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