Indian filmmaker Imtiaz Ali’s Netflix original film “Amar Singh Chamkila” is a hit for the streamer, bowing at No. 1 across South Asia and No. 5 on its global Top 10 chart.
The film is a biopic of Punjabi musician Amar Singh Chamkila (Diljit Dosanjh), who rose from obscurity working in a socks manufacturing factory to becoming the most sought after performer in the region alongside his wife Amarjot Kaur (Parineeti Chopra). Chamkila’s suggestive lyrics that were rooted in rural Punjabi life were described as vulgar by many, and he came under pressure from religious and political groups to stop and received death threats. His local musical contemporaries were jealous of his success. In 1988, Chamkila, Kaur and two of their band members were shot dead. The assassination remains unsolved.
The Chamkila story has been told twice before, as a mockumentary “Mehsampur” (2018), and as an unofficial biopic “Jodi” (2023), also starring Dosanjh, who...
The film is a biopic of Punjabi musician Amar Singh Chamkila (Diljit Dosanjh), who rose from obscurity working in a socks manufacturing factory to becoming the most sought after performer in the region alongside his wife Amarjot Kaur (Parineeti Chopra). Chamkila’s suggestive lyrics that were rooted in rural Punjabi life were described as vulgar by many, and he came under pressure from religious and political groups to stop and received death threats. His local musical contemporaries were jealous of his success. In 1988, Chamkila, Kaur and two of their band members were shot dead. The assassination remains unsolved.
The Chamkila story has been told twice before, as a mockumentary “Mehsampur” (2018), and as an unofficial biopic “Jodi” (2023), also starring Dosanjh, who...
- 5/3/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
The mockumentary format has given us some great titles during recent years, with Indian cinema having a knack for the genre, as titles like “Mehsampur” and “Buddha.mov” eloquently highlight. The latest entry comes from Malayalam filmmaker, Rarish R, who, as in the case of the aforementioned movies, implements the particular style in order to present a number of social, political and philosophical comments through a rather pointed sense of humor.
The Hounds and the Runners screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A student named Sabitha shocks Keralan society when she posts a video on social media declaring “I would like to sell my virginity”. As she starts an auction beginning at 25 lakh, the whole of the local world starts dealing with the subject, with a number of specialists and not stating their opinion on social media and even the news. The reaction is huge but an...
The Hounds and the Runners screened at Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema
A student named Sabitha shocks Keralan society when she posts a video on social media declaring “I would like to sell my virginity”. As she starts an auction beginning at 25 lakh, the whole of the local world starts dealing with the subject, with a number of specialists and not stating their opinion on social media and even the news. The reaction is huge but an...
- 2/21/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Popular Bollywood actor Parineeti Chopra has two projects based on real-life stories in the works.
“Chamkila” is a biopic on Punjabi singer-songwriter pop star duo Amar Singh Chamkila and Amarjot Kaur, who shot to fame in the 1980s recording and performing songs that were social commentaries or devotionals, and which became massive hits. The duo was gunned down in Mehsampur village, Punjab, in 1988. Their assassination remains an unsolved mystery and was the subject of Kabir Singh Chowdhry’s 2018 mockumentary “Mehsampur.”
“Chamkila,” produced by Reliance Entertainment, is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, known for “Jab We Met” (2007), “Love Aaj Kal” (2009), “Rockstar” (2011) and “Highway” (2014). Pop star and actor Diljit Dosjanh (Netflix original film “Jogi”) plays Chamkila while Chopra plays Kaur.
“Diljit and I are going to be singing throughout the film. We’re doing like 12-15 songs because it’s a film on music. We’re doing live recordings on set.
“Chamkila” is a biopic on Punjabi singer-songwriter pop star duo Amar Singh Chamkila and Amarjot Kaur, who shot to fame in the 1980s recording and performing songs that were social commentaries or devotionals, and which became massive hits. The duo was gunned down in Mehsampur village, Punjab, in 1988. Their assassination remains an unsolved mystery and was the subject of Kabir Singh Chowdhry’s 2018 mockumentary “Mehsampur.”
“Chamkila,” produced by Reliance Entertainment, is directed by acclaimed filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, known for “Jab We Met” (2007), “Love Aaj Kal” (2009), “Rockstar” (2011) and “Highway” (2014). Pop star and actor Diljit Dosjanh (Netflix original film “Jogi”) plays Chamkila while Chopra plays Kaur.
“Diljit and I are going to be singing throughout the film. We’re doing like 12-15 songs because it’s a film on music. We’re doing live recordings on set.
- 2/6/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
It has been a good season (2017-2018) for Asian mockumentaries, with titles like “Mehsampur” and “Top Knot Detective” screening in many festivals around the world, with quite good response by the audiences. “Buddha.mov continues this slight “trend” in the best fashion.
In a rather masochistic writer’s tendency, I have to admit I enjoy writing the crazy synopses mockumentaries usually entail, so here I go. The story focuses on former Indian cricketer Buddhadev Mangaldas, who happens to be a celebrity in Goa and a distant cousin of the director of “Buddha.mov” and his life a bit before and after his retirement from cricket. Mehta follows his subject quite closely, as we see him training, taking showers, and having intercourse with a different woman every night (or day for that matter), in different locations. Mangaldas is revealed as somewhat of a social media addict, almost constantly chatting about his life...
In a rather masochistic writer’s tendency, I have to admit I enjoy writing the crazy synopses mockumentaries usually entail, so here I go. The story focuses on former Indian cricketer Buddhadev Mangaldas, who happens to be a celebrity in Goa and a distant cousin of the director of “Buddha.mov” and his life a bit before and after his retirement from cricket. Mehta follows his subject quite closely, as we see him training, taking showers, and having intercourse with a different woman every night (or day for that matter), in different locations. Mangaldas is revealed as somewhat of a social media addict, almost constantly chatting about his life...
- 11/6/2018
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Film Bazaar: Films in rare languages, mockumentaries and a growing interest in genre filmmaking are some of the dominant themes in this year’s Film Bazaar Recommends.
Among the line-up are films such as The Gold Laden Sheep & The Sacred Mountain filmed in the Pahari language, spoken in the Himalayas, and The Golden Wing (Sonar Baran Pakhi) made in Rajbanshi, which is spoken in the northeast Indian state of Assam.
“The northeast of India and the lives of the people in the mountains seems to inspire directors from this region, as well as other parts of India, perhaps because the landscape is so cinematic,” says Film Bazaar Recommends and Wip Lab curator Deepti DCunha.
This year’s line-up also includes The Bioscopewala, loosely based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Kabuliwala, which is partly shot in the Dari language, spoken in Afghanistan. Produced by Mumbai-based Sunil Doshi, the film stars Danny Denzongpa, Gitanjali Thapa, Tisca Chopra...
Among the line-up are films such as The Gold Laden Sheep & The Sacred Mountain filmed in the Pahari language, spoken in the Himalayas, and The Golden Wing (Sonar Baran Pakhi) made in Rajbanshi, which is spoken in the northeast Indian state of Assam.
“The northeast of India and the lives of the people in the mountains seems to inspire directors from this region, as well as other parts of India, perhaps because the landscape is so cinematic,” says Film Bazaar Recommends and Wip Lab curator Deepti DCunha.
This year’s line-up also includes The Bioscopewala, loosely based on Rabindranath Tagore’s short story Kabuliwala, which is partly shot in the Dari language, spoken in Afghanistan. Produced by Mumbai-based Sunil Doshi, the film stars Danny Denzongpa, Gitanjali Thapa, Tisca Chopra...
- 11/21/2016
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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