Mumbai: Punjabi singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra starrer ‘Chamkila’ is coming to the audience on Netflix from April 12. Initial reactions to ‘Chamkila’ directed by Imtiaz Ali have also come out and it seems that the audience is very impressed with this musical biopic. ‘Chamkila’ is based on the life of Punjab’s real life rockstar Amar Singh Chamkila, in which Diljit Dosanjh has played the character of Amar Singh Chamkila. With this film, Imtiaz Ali has tried to introduce the audience to the life of the late great singer, Amar Singh Chamkila, the “Elvis Presley of Punjab”.
On Monday evening, Netflix in collaboration with MAMI had also put together a preview of ‘Chamkila’. Many celebrities including Mrinal Thakur, Avneet Kaur, Shweta Basu Prasad, Ishwak Singh and Bhuvan Bam attended this event. After the screening, celebs shared their reviews about the film and called it a must watch film. Now the film has hit the screens among the audience.
Actress Shweta Basu Prasad has also shared her review on the biopic of Amar Singh Chamkila. The actress wrote- ‘I would advise everyone to watch this film. This film was like a live concert. I know that person (Amar Singh Chamkila) very well. I think people should watch it for its story as well as for Diljit Dosanjh and Imtiaz Ali and its music. It is very well made.
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Story of ‘Chamkila’
Talking about Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Chamkila’, the story of the film revolves around Punjabi folk singer Dhani Ram, who later became famous as Amar Singh Chamkila. In the early 1980s, Punjabi folk singer Surinder Shinda toured Canada alone. Meanwhile, in India, her partner Surinder Sonia recorded four songs with Dhani Ram, who often worked with Shinda. His album, Takuye Te Takuya Khadke made Dhani Ram famous as Amar Singh Chamkila. Punjabi singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh is playing the role of Chamkila in his film directed by Imtiaz Ali. Parineeti Chopra is playing the character of Amarjot.
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Amar Singh Chamkila was that singer of Punjab, who created a stir in Punjab with his singing at the age of 20. At a very young age, Chamkila had won the hearts of people with her wonderful songs. At the beginning of his career, Singh gave many hit songs. In his short career, Chamkila had made the record of highest record selling. However, when the singer was only 27 years old, some unknown assailants opened fire and killed him. Even after so many years of Chamkila’s murder, her killers have still not been found.
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Tags: bollywood, Diljit Dosanjh, parineeti chopra
FIRST PUBLISHED: April 10, 2024, 14:22 IST