All his friends were married with their own families, but he was still not married. When he returned home from fighting in Burma, his youth was over. Singh lived in a village of Jalandhar district in British Punjab. The story also influenced many other movies including Partition, a Hollywood movie from 2007. Ishrat Rahmani wrote a book, Muhabbat, based on the story. A Punjabi movie Shaheed-e-Mohabbat Boota Singh (1999) is entirely based on the story. The love story of Singh's life has been adapted to movies and books, from both India and Pakistan. He did this with his daughter, but she survived. Because of this, he killed himself by jumping in front of a moving train near Shahdara railway station in Pakistan. Zainab stayed away from him due to pressure from her family. Boota illegally entered Pakistan to find her. Later, Zainab was deported (sent back) to Pakistan.
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