Next of Imtiaz Ali
The next directorial of Imtiaz Ali is Amar Singh Chamkila. It will directly stream on Netflix. The movie is a biography of Amar Singh Chamkila. It stars Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra in leading roles. The movie is a musical story as the singer was famous for his songs in Punjabi masses.
Biography of Punjabi Rockstar
Diljit Dosanjh will be seen as ‘Chamkila’, the highest record-selling artist of his time, who emerged from the shadows of poverty and rose to the heights of popularity in the ’80s due to the sheer power of his music, angering many on the way, which finally led to his assassination at a young age of 27. Trailer was released today by Netflix India. Movie will start to stream on Netflix from 12 April.
Trailer
The trailer shows a young man (Diljit Dosanjh) in a Punjab village being introduced in an akhada for a live performance. His name is mispronounced as Chamkila and when he objects, the organiser claims that he should go ahead and perform as no one would remember his name anyway. However, his music finds resonance across the village, especially among women, while many conservative voices object to the ludicrous lyrics of his songs. Later, he even finds a singing partner in Amarjot Kaur (Parineeti Chopra).
Music is the core
The main usp of Imtiaz Ali’s movies is his music. With Grammy Award-winning AR Rahman helming the music for the film and Irshad Kamil penning the lyrics, the audience will once again get to witness a Rahman–Imtiaz-Irshad collaboration, nine years after Tamasha. Two songs from the album have already been released – Ishq Mitaye and Naram Kaalja – and have been received well.
Diljit and Parineeti both have sang songs
The leading actors are also very good singers. They have sang songs in movies, here also both Diljit and Parineeti have lent their voices to some of the original Chamkila songs in Punjabi. The film will showcase live music recordings done on locations capturing the rawness of each moment as Diljit and Parineeti sing live in the Akhadas. Diljit is already an established singer as he has sang in both Hindi and Punjabi languages. His concerts are also very famous. He has done International Concerts, has done playback singing in both Bollywood and Punjabi Movies. While Parineeti has also sang few songs in her movies.
Imtiaz shared insights
Reflecting on the journey of creating Amar Singh Chamkila, Imtiaz Ali shares, “Stories of young musicians that challenge the norms of society, who see unprecedented success and then have violent ends is unfortunately a worldwide phenomenon. The life and times of Chamkila raised important questions for society, but ultimately, it is a celebration of the life of an artist, the story of a musician who could never give up his first love – Music.”