| Heer Ranjha | |
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| Directed by | Masood Pervez |
| Produced by | Ejaz Durrani Masood Pervez |
| Written by | Jaffar Arsh |
| Starring | Firdous Ejaz Munawar Zarif |
| Music by | Khawaja Khurshid Anwar |
| Cinematography | Masood-ur-Rehman |
| Release date(s) | 19 June 1970 |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Language | Punjabi |
Heer Ranjha is a Pakistani Punjabi film, based on the classical story "Heer Waris Shah".
The film revolves around Heer (Firdous), a girl born into a wealthy family, and Ranjha (Ejaz) the youngest of four brothers, whose journey from his own village takes him to the village where Heer lives, and where he meets and falls in love with her after she offers him work tending cattle
When Heer is subsequently forced to marry another man, Saida Khera, she broken-heartedly enters a shrine. Rhanja, reciting the name of "Allah", eventually finds her and they are reunited. Their happiness does not last long, as Ibad is arrested by the police, although he is soon freed and permitted to marry Heer
On their wedding day, however, Heer's jealous uncle Kaido poisons her, and later Ranjha is killed on her grave