Editing Jat people (section)

== Jat people in films & popular culture ==
[[Image:Maula5.jpg|thumb|[[Maula Jatt]] Film]]

There are many proverbs about Jat people in literature:

*Zameen Jatt di maa hundi hai ''(The land is the Jat’s mother).''

*When a Jat goes wild, only God himself, can stop him.

*When a Jat gets angry, run 3 miles and then run 2 more.

*Jat people have a volatile temper.

*A Jat is most happy when he's fighting or making money, preferably both at the same time.

*A Jat will shoot first and ask questions later.

*Lahore da shaukeen bojje vicch gajran ''(Indulgent man of Lahore carrying carrots in his pockets).''

*Kheti khasman seti ''(Farming depends on the owner who trusts personal supervision).''

*Jat marā jab jāniye jab chālisa hoy. ''(Consider a Jat dead only after forty days of his death).''

*Pagadi sambhāl jattā. ''(Hold the turban O Jat !).'' A slogan given to save the honour of Jats.

*Jat people are computer characters ''(Jat Lancer)'' in the computer game Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties.<ref>[http://www.ageofempires3.com/asiandynasties/consulates.html Age of Empires III: The Asian Dynasties]</ref>

*[[Maula Jat]] is one of the most popular films in the history of Pakistani cinema. It has been described as a kind of Pakistani/Western style movie, the story mostly revolves around the clashes between Maula Jat.<ref>[http://www.thehotspotonline.com/moviespot/bolly/reviews/m/Maulajat.htm The Hot Spot Online]</ref>

*Many Punjabi songs are written around evey day life of Jat people.
  		
*The 1975 Hindi film [[Pratigya]] had a popular song Main Jat Yamla Pagla shot on [[Dharmendra]] a Jat himself and acted as a Jat person role in the film.<ref>[http://www.google.co.nz/search?hl=en&q=Jat+yamla&btnG=Search&meta=]</ref>

* [[Ghulami]] (1985), Indian Hindi movie by [[Dharmendra]], focuses on the caste and feudal system in Rajasthan and a rebellion started by Dharmendra, as a Jat youth, against the Jagirdars.

*[[Veer Tejaji]] is a Rajasthani language movie, based on the life of Tejaji, made in the 1980’s. It shows the life of Jats and their  position in the society in eleventh century.

*[[Heer Ranjha]] is one of the four popular tragic romances of the Punjab. It tells the story of the love of Heer and her lover Ranjha.Heer Saleti is an extremely beautiful woman, born into a wealthy Jat family of the [[Sial]] clan. Ranjha (whose first name is Dheedo; Ranjha is the surname), also a Jat, is the youngest of four brothers and lives in the village 'Takht Hazara' by the river Chenab.