| Sorath Rai Diyach | |
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_and_Laila_and_Majnun_(right)_in_the_tomb_of_Rehan_Khan_Jamali_in_Sindh.jpg) Murals of the folktales of Rai Dyach (Sorath Rai Diyach) on the left andLaila and Majnun on the right in the tomb of Rehan Khan Jamali in Sindh | |
| Folk tale | |
| Name | Sorath Rai Diyach |
| Region | Sindh,Gujarat |
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Sorath Rai Diyach is a romantic folktale inSindhi andGujarati folklore. The story also appears inShah Jo Risalo and forms part of seven popular tragic romances fromSindh. The other six tales areUmar Marvi,Sassui Punnhun,Sohni Mehar,Lilan Chanesar,Noori Jam Tamachi andMomal Rano commonly known asthe Seven Queens of Sindh, or the Seven heroines ofShah Abdul Latif Bhittai.
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Sorath was the queen of king Rai Diyach ofGirnar,Junagadh now inGujarat who sacrificed herself for the sake of the love for her husband. Diyach gave his head to wandering minstrel and followed him to the world of dead. Highly pleased with the songs of minstrel, Bijal, Diyach offered him to ask for anything he liked to have. As the intrigues of fate would have it, his son asked for his head. The kind and generous king gave it.
Now the song resounded in Sorath's head. She bid farewell to life and to the pain of separation from him.[1][2]
Sur Sorath is one of 30 surs (chapters) ofShah Jo Risalo in that touching points of the well-known tale of Rai Diyach and Sorath are given. The contents of this Sur, section by section, are described below:
Rai Daich, an adaptation of the folk tale, is a 1958 IndianSindhi film directed by J.B. Lulla and produced by Atu Lalwani. It was written byRam Panjwani and starred Lalwani, Shanti Ramchandani andBhudo Advani. The film's music, for which it is known, was composed byBulo C. Rani.[3] Panjwani also wrote a play in Sindhi titledBijal Rai Diyach.[4]Sati Sorath, an IndianGujarati-language drama film based on the folktale released in 1978 starring Kamini Bhatia andArvind Joshi.[3]
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