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Farmers’ protests against the three new agricultural ordinances passed by the Indian government recently have reached a new level now. Apart from the protests at local level, now the farmers are demanding a complete India shutdown a.k.a ‘Bharat Band’ which is being supported by even Punjabi actors like Binnu Dhillon, Rana Ranbir and Sidhu Moose Wala. 

According to reports, the farmers have called for India Bandh on September 25. 

In a video shared on social media, the Kala Shah Kala actor Binnu Dhillon, says that it’s now high time that all of us should lay down our individual political differences and ego and support the farmers whole-heartedly

He even said that since he belongs to the farmer family himself, he himself, is against the new agriculture ordinance.

He said that we must all join farmers in this crucial time and support the ‘Bharat Band’ movement on September 25.  

Watch Binnu Dhillon’s video here:

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Meanwhile, Punjabi writer/actor Rana Ranbir has also posted a video on his social media accounts regarding the ongoing farmers’ protest. Taking a neutral stand, Rana Ranbir said that while he does support farmers’ protests if they’re unconvinced with the new legislation.

However, he also said that if the government thinks that the new ordinances will help the Indian farmers greatly then the government must take proper measures to create awareness about those benefits to farmers. 

While everyone is supporting the farmers in their protest, Rana Ranbir has shared a video, wherein he asked everyone to show their support in the right direction.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led Indian Government has recently passed three new legislations for providing a barrier-free trade-mode for farmers produce outside notified grain markets. With these ordinances, farmers can have a farming agreement with private players before the production.

However, the farmers are not in favour of the ordinances, as they believe it will phase out the MSP and the traditional grain market system.

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It seems that Kangana Ranaut is all set to take ‘Pangaa’ with not just Bollywood fraternity but actors from Punjabi film industry as well now. Her Twitter Spat with Ranjit Bawa is indeed a proof of the same! 

So what actually happened between the Kangana Ranaut and Ranjit Bawa on Twitter yesterday?

Since most of you perhaps know that the Indian Government has recently passed three new legislations for providing a barrier-free trade-mode for farmers produce outside notified grain markets.

With these ordinances, farmers can have a farming agreement with private players before the production. However, the farmers are not in favour of the ordinances, as they believe it will phase out the MSP and the traditional grain market system. 

Therefore, the farmers across India, including Punjab, are protesting against the new measures, and their voices are being backed by several Punjabi artistes including Diljit Dosanjh, Sonam Bajwa, Gippy Grewal, Jazzy B, Ammy Virk and many more. 

Singer and actor Ranjit Bawa too has been quite vocal about the farmers’ issue across his social media platform and recently, took on Kangana Ranaut on one of her tweets, in which she compared the ‘people opposing the bill and misleading the protesting farmers’ to ‘terrorists’ same way like people who misled public during CAA – Citizenship Amendment Act. 

Actually, Kangana’s tweet was a reply to Prime Minister Modi’s tweet in which he tried to clarify about the said bill. 

Here’s a series of Tweets by Kangana and then Ranjit Bawa’s reaction to the same:

PM Modi’s Tweet:

He tweeted “मैं पहले भी कहा चुका हूं और एक बार फिर कहता हूं: MSP की व्यवस्था जारी रहेगी। सरकारी खरीद जारी रहेगी। हम यहां अपने किसानों की सेवा के लिए हैं। हम अन्नदाताओं की सहायता के लिए हरसंभव प्रयास करेंगे और उनकी आने वाली पीढ़ियों के लिए बेहतर जीवन सुनिश्चित करेंगे।”

Replying to it, Kangana Ranaut shared a tweet – “प्रधानमंत्री जी कोई सो रहा हो उसे जगाया जा सकता है, जिसे ग़लतफ़हमी हो उसे समझाया जा सकता है मगर जो सोने की ऐक्टिंग करे, नासमझने की ऐक्टिंग करे उसे आपके समझाने से क्या फ़र्क़ पड़ेगा? ये वही आतंकी हैं CAA से एक भी इंसान की सिटिज़ेन्शिप नहीं गयी मगर इन्होंने ख़ून की नदियाँ बहा दी.” 

Ranjit Bawa’s Reply To Kangana:

Bawa’s tweet certainly didn’t go down well with a lot of Kangana Ranaut’s fans and they jumped in quickly to troll him and defend Kangana.

One of the Twitter user wrote – “She is not taking about farmers at all. Pahley padho theeksey. She is accusing those who are instigating Kissan. Bhailog thoda dimaag lagaao. Godo sey na samjho, use the head that god gave you.”

Another one tweeted – “Bhai aap tod madod kr kuch b smajh rhe ho chalo smjha jo smjha atleats oro ko to misguide mt kro. U mix 2 statement of her she said terrorist who appose caa and occupie the public road .and about farmer she said the person who misguide on caa that same person also misguide farmer”.

“@BawaRanjit literally unlettered man cant you just understand the context she’s pointing to opposition groups why you adding fuel to fire just making mountain out of molehills,” said another one. 

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Punjabi singer/actor/producer Gippy Grewal made an audition call for third installment of his superhit wedding comedy movie – Manje Bistre on social media.

Manje Bistre 3 will release on April 9, 2021.

While the original Manje Bistre was released in 2017 under Gippy Grewal’s home production banner – Humble Motion Pictures – and starred Sonam Bajwa as Gippy Grewal’s lead heroine, Manje Bistre 2 which released two years after that i.e. in 2019 had Simi Chahal pairing up with the superstar actor/producer.

Though Manje Bistre 2 didn’t register a success at the box office, yet it seems it didn’t bog down the producer Gippy Grewal’s spirits at all. Now that he has announced the third installment of Manje Bistre (releasing some time in April 2021), his fans are indeed going crazy.

Yesterday Gippy Grewal surprised his fans by calling out to budding actors and who want to be a part of Manje Bistre 3. Rana Ranbir – his co-star and the dialogue writer of Manje Bistre series, also took to his official social media handles to share the news about the casting call.

It may be noted that the director of both Manje Bistre original and Manje Bistre sequel is Baljit Singh Deo and he resumes his position again for Manje Bistre 3.

Interestingly, the third film in the series was announced last year only.

Meanwhile on the music front, Gippy Grewal has released the song with famous Punjabi artiste, Karan Aujla – “Ask Them’.

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The song and especially, the collaboration of Gippy Grewal and Karan Aujla was long awaited by the fans. In fact, the teaser of ‘Ask Them’ was released a few days ago and has hooked the fans of both the artistes like anything. The teaser suggests a proper story in the song’s video, which has left everyone curious and waiting.

While the vocals of ‘Ask Them’ are given by Gippy Grewal and Karan Aujla both, the music is rendered by ‘Proof’.

Karan Aujla has also penned down the lyrics of the song. Ask Them was released on September 22nd.

On the film front, besides Manje Bistre 3, Gippy Grewal has also announced three more movies for 2021. He has also shot for his web-film ‘Warning’ which is announced to be made into a full feature film soon.

Meanwhile today (22nd September) also happens to be Gippy Grewal’s son, Shinda’s (Gurfateh) birthday. Shinda was born in 2012 and is 8 year old now.

While wishing his son a very happy birthday on Instagram, the singer/actor wrote: “Happy birthday my son! You are my pride, my love and my everything.”

Philanthropy

Whether it’s Punjab floods or Covid-19 crisis, Gippy Grewal has generally made sure that through his social influence, he keeps spreading messages of social awareness among his fans.

Recently since the Indian government passed three legislations which the farmers in Punjab are not in agreement with, and hence have started protesting, Gippy Grewal also expressed his resentment on the issue on social media.

He shared his feelings by sharing this video:

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Gippy Grewal was also in news recently for sharing an old picture of himself in which he barely looks like 13-14 year old, and asked his fans to find out which one in the group is he.

The picture also features his elder brother Sippy Grewal in the centre. Sippy Grewal is a film producer himself and a very well-known film distributor across Australia/New Zealand.

So let us know – are you able to recognize from the picture below which one is Gippy Grewal? Yes, the thin young boy in a white and blue t-shirt and black/gray pants, is Gippy Grewal.

For Punjabi singer Sur Sagar, nothing is impossible and only sky is the limit!

One of the much-coveted music shows of India – Sa Re Ga Ma Pa has provided a platform to an array of singers and artists to showcase their talent and reach the zenith of success. And this time, the Punjabi version of this reality show has given the wings of success to Sur Sagar who won a million hearts for his musical talent and skills.

The larger than life Punjabi version of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa concluded on 15th August. It was judged by the stalwarts of the entertainment industry including Richa Sharma, Sonu Kakkar and Music Director, Jaidev Kumar. The Musical Journey Hailing his roots from a humble family in Nawanshahr, Sur Sagar was born to the great devotional singer, Sukha Ram Saroa who trained him in music since a very young age.

“I started learning music at a mere age of 6 years and my passion for music kept on growing with each passing day. I am really grateful to my father who not only helped me learn the intricacies of music, but also encouraged me unconditionally to always put my best foot forward,” shared Sagar who pursued a Masters in Music from the Panjab University, Chandigarh to hone his expertise.

After completing his Masters, Sur Sagar tried his luck with different music labels and launched a few Punjabi music tracks including Door and Tere Nain.

Becoming the Music Maestro

Sur Sagar’s life changed for good when he won the Punjabi version of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. The journey which started with silent auditions amongst over a thousand candidates, eventually led him garner love and fame from the platform.

While providing an insider’s view into his journey, Sur Sagar shared, “I had never participated in any reality show earlier and I am really grateful that I got this opportunity through Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. It was indeed a great learning experience. I would like to thank my Guru ji, Shamshad Ali Khan for training me so well that I could win the reality show and my wife, Jyoti who always loved me and made me have faith in my ability.”

“My dear friends Mann Sagar, Shubham Lodhi, Rahul Rustam, Mehak Bhamotra and Mamta Bhardwaj made Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’s journey even more enriching and memorable,” he further added.

The mentor of the show, Gurdas Maan shared, “A heartedly congratulations to the winner Sur Sagar, and the top contestants Shubham Lodhi and Mehak Bhambotra. I want to congratulate their parents who brought them up, their mentors who taught them so well and a very big congratulations to Zee Punjabi who took this beautiful initiative and the viewers and all the people out there who love their language, Poets who made this possible. I wish everyone all the happiness, health and prosperity. Above all, I wish Zee Punjabi all the cheers who made this show and I wish they will continue to provide people with the platform they need, and I hope they will come with such concepts soon.”

Long Way to Go!

For Sur Sagar, only sky is the limit. He is working on an array of music tracks which will be released shortly.

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It’s not uncommon to see rival rappers and singers locking their horns with each other through their ‘Songs’ which serve as the perfect rebuttals. The latest to join the bandwagon is talented singer, Sukh Sarpanch, who has lashed out at popular singer ‘Singga’ for making light of Punjab police personnel in his song ‘SHO’. 

Titled ‘Warn’ Sukhi Sarpanch gives a befitting reply to Singga with smashing lyrics by Sarpanch himself. The song is a thumping, adrenaline-rushing number with apt music by the Sukh again!

It seems Sukh Sarpanch is irked with Singga’s over-the-top attitude about himself in the song – S.H.O which was released this July. In this song, Singga is indirectly making light of Punjabi police personnel with lyrics implying that Punjab police serves tea to criminals.

Therefore Sukh Sarpanch has come up with his “Reply” to Singga’s S.H.O saying that Punjab Police is in fact, honest, brave and treats a criminal as a criminal with no preferential treatment given to anyone. On the other hand, regardless of who the criminal is, police doesn’t shy away from giving a good ‘lathi-charge’! 

The lyrics of the song are praise Punjab Police and indeed, during lockdown/curfew times in Punjab due to Covid-19, it has been seen how diligently the police worked to ensure that the citizens abide by the ruling of the government. 

On a lighter note, Sukh Sarpanch’s song has that chutzpah and ‘masala’ to make it an instant chartbuster. Music, lyrics and vocals – all combine together to make ‘Warn’ a smashing hit number from the word go! 

Watch the video here:

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While Covid-19 has proved to be extremely fatal for the world economy, the entertainment industry has particularly suffered the most. 

While malls have opened up but the government has still not given a node to the reopening of multiplexes or single screen cinema halls. Hence, the audience is wondering whether they’d get to see a Punjabi movie again in a movie hall any sooner or not.

With Bollywood releasing certain films on the OTT platforms directly, the question is what’s going to be the future of Punjabi cinema?

But thankfully, our Punjabi film industry has finally given a new ray of hope, and is announcing the release dates for their films, not in this year but the next year i.e. 2021.

Sargun Mehta took to her social media handle to announce the release date of Ammy Virk and Sargun starrer, ‘Qismat part 2’. The Jadgeep Sidhu directorial venture is scheduled for release on April 2, 2021.

Neeru Bajwa, who is also set to return after a hiatus due to her second pregnancy where she had twins, announced the release date of her comeback film, ‘Paani Ch Madhaani’ opposite Gippy Grewal.

With this film, Neeru and Gippy are reuniting as an on screen pair after ten years in ‘Mel Karade Rabba’ .

The release date of this film has been announced on Valentine’s next year, February 12, 2021.

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Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, a singer/rapper/lyricist in Punjab, who has remained in news more due to controversies than his songs, has come once again under the radar of Punjab Police. 

Punjab Police has now moved High Court to get his anticipatory bail canceled. He was booked for blatant glorification of gang culture and weapons in his songs.

Sidhu Moosewala has allegedly been facing allegations of firing from an AK-47 rifle in Badbar shooting range and in his latest song “Sanju” he has compared his case to another registered against Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt.

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In his latest song, Moosewala croons: “Jatt Utte case Jehda Sanjay Dutt Te, Case Koos Pende Mardaan Te Sohniye, Tension Na Liya Kar (Jat faces the case as Sanjay Dutt faced; men face cases, do not be tense, girl).”

The song Sanju, in the last three days itself got 16 million views on Youtube. 

Earlier last month, in his song “Bambiha Bole”, released with Amrit Mann, both the singers had claimed that “SHO, SSP and DC are their friends”.

According to The Tribune, RTI activist Kuldeep Singh Khaira, who along with Parvinder Kitna, has filed a petition in Punjab and Haryana High Court, alleged that police officers were working as security guards of Moosewala rather than taking action against him.

Within 24 hours, another FIR was registered against all under the same sections at Dhuri Sadar police station on May 5 after another video showing Moosewala firing from his private pistol at Laddai Kothi shooting range surfaced.

“We are conducting raids to arrest Moosewala in AK-47 case registered at Dhanaula police station as he has not got bail in this case,” said Barnala SP Sukhdev Virk.

On May 17, police had added Sections 25 and 30 of the Arms Act, 1959, to both FIRs registered against Moosewala and others. All cops were suspended after the registration of FIR and since the addition of Arms Act. In the Sangrur case, all nine accused have got bail while in the Barnala case, Moosewala has not applied for bail.

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While Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s alleged suicide has shaken the core of Bollywood industry leading to debates on nepotism and millions of fans boycotting several noted film personalities, circumstances within Punjabi film industry also seem to be taking a sad turn.’

 

Translation: ‘What happened with Sushant Singh Rajput was really sad, but what the Punjabi industry is doing to us, is that correct? We are asking for our hard-earned money for the last one year. We are requesting (referring to those who owe him money), to please pay us our dues. No one will be able to see more Sushant in the industry.’

A recent Facebook post made by a noted Pollywood publicist – Laddi Cheema – has highlighted the dismal conditions in which a lot of people working for the industry, are right now currently.

According to Laddi Cheema’s post, before people in Punjab also begin taking their own lives like Sushant did, the filmmakers in Punjab must wake up from their slumber and pay to those who worked for them for years.

In a chat with Cheema, he revealed to Iampunjaabi.com that there are some producers in our film industry, who keep getting work done from various publicists, promoters and PR companies, promising them to pay after the film’s release.

A lot of his dues are pending since years but those producers have totally stopped responding now.

He also said that such people work like they’re your family when their movie is yet to release and take a complete U-turn when it comes to making payments.

Without naming anyone, Cheema hinted that some of these producers are the so-called big-shots in our industry.

While nepotism isn’t currently evident in Punjabi film industry, the groupism, unprofessionalism and pulling each other down using unscrupulous means aren’t uncommon here.  Will the current circumstances open up a series of debates in Pollywood too, that’s something one has to wait and watch! 

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Well, it really looks like this is the right time for metamorphosis to happen in our Punjabi Film Industry and it is About time, for a positive change in the industry. So, in lieu of this thought process all the big and likeminded personalities of the industry today got together and discussed to bring a big change in the Punjabi Film Industry.

And people, all the biggies of our Punjabi Film Fraternity, with the most talked about Production Houses, like Rhythm Boyz Entertainment, White Hill Studios, Omjee Group, Omjee Star Studios, Villagers Film Studio, Nadar Films, Pitaara Talkies, Panj Paani Films, Ammy Virk Productions and Thind Motion Films got together and formed an association as Punjabi Film Federation (PFF).

And with the support and presence of names like, Jatinder Shah, Karaj Gill, Amberdeep Singh, Sandeep Bansal, Munish Sahni, Manmord (Sunny) Sidhu, Amiek Virk, Jarnail Singh Simerjit Singh, Kshitij Chaudhary, Rakesh Dhawan, Gurpreet Palheri, Janjot Singh, Jass Grewal, Bhagwant Virk, Ashwini Sharma, Tarnvir Jagpal, Harry Bhatti, Gurshabad, and Shammi Garg (Thind Motion Films) a panel of five members was formed, who will represent Punjabi Film Federation (PFF) for all the important decisions and queries related to our Punjabi Film Industry.

The names of the panel members are as under:

1. Sandeep Bansal : Pitaara Talkies
2. Jarnail Singh : Virasat Films
3. Munish Sahni : OmJee Group
4. Manmord (Sunny) Sidhu : White Hill Studios
5. Ashwini Sharma : Rabab Music & Film Production. 

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