Gandasa is a Pakistani film in Punjabi language, released on 16 April 1991 by screenwriter Saleem Murad. The film was directed by Hasan Askari and produced by Jahangir Khan.
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Cast
Sultan Rahi
Gori
Anwar Khan
Nida Mumtaz
Shahida Mini
Tanzeem Hassan
Asim Bukhari
Adeeb
Humayun Qureshi
Mehmood Aslam
Rashid Mehmood
Altaf Khan
Raseela
History
A 'Gandasa' is a Punjabi implement primarily used in cultivation and farming. It consists of a long stick of wood (roughly the height of its user) with a wide blade attached to one end. It resembles a very large axe, although it is used in a different manner.
The use of the gandasa as a weapon was made famous by the Lollywood film Maula Jatt (1979) and its sequels, in which the implement was portrayed as an excalibur-like weapon used in the Punjabi action films for fighting and killing other people.
Soundtrack
The music of Gandasa is composed by Wajahat Attre with lyrics by Ahmad Rahi.