What is Sahir Ludhianvi known for?
Bade Sarkar Bade Sarkar (Big Boss) is a 1957 Hindi romantic action drama film, directed by Kishore Sahu. The film was made under the Filmistan banner. O. P. Nayyar composed the music for the film and the lyricist was Sahir Ludhianvi. The film starred Kishore Sahu, Kamini Kaushal, Durga Khote, Agha, Gope and K. N. Singh.
Sohni Mahiwal Sohni Mahiwal or Suhni Mehar (Punjabi: , ਸੋਹਣੀ ਮਹੀਂਵਾਲ; Sindhi: سهڻي ميهار‎ ) is one of the four popular tragic romances of Punjab. The others are Sassi Punnun, Mirza Sahiba, and Heer Ranjha. Sohni Mahiwal is a tragic love story which reverts the classical motif of Hero and Leader. The heroine Sohni, unhappily married to a man she despises, swims every night across the river using an earthenware pot to keep afloat in the water, to where her beloved Mehar herds buffaloes. One night her sister-in-law replaces the earthenware pot with a vessel of unbaked clay, which dissolves in water and she dies in the whirling waves of the river.