‘Sohni Mahiwal’ painted by Ustad Allah Buksh in 1923 references the fabled Punjabi romance of these star-crossed lovers and is a prime example of indigenous subject matter rendered in the 20th century ...

The Punjabi language version narrates the story of Izzat Baig, a prosperous merchant from Bukhara who falls in love with a potter’s daughter, Sohni, and by a series of fateful events becomes a buffalo ...

OF the famed love-legends of Punjab, the story of Heer-Ranjha is the most celebrated but perhaps most poignant and picturesque is the saga of Sohni-Mahiwal. This love legend has the Chenab river as ...