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After a long wait, Ammy Virk and Sargun Mehta will be seen once again together in the sequel of their 2018 blockbuster Punjabi movie, Qismat!

The announcement was made today by the movie’s makers – Shri Narotam Ji Studios and Zee Studios . The shoot has commenced and the film is expected to release in the first half of 2021.

One of the highlights of the Qismat 2 is that another talented actress Tania will also be seen reprising her role in this one. It may be recalled that Tania had received great love from the audience after her performance as the lead in Sufna – released early this year.

Qismat 2 will also be directed by ace Punjabi film writer and director, Jagdeep Sidhu. While the hit jodi of Jaani and B Praak will be composing the songs, the music will be released on Tips Music.

The shoot commenced yesterday near Chandigarh and the team celebrated the muhurat day by uploading lots of ‘behind the scenes’ videos on its social media pages. 

The release date of Qismat 2 has not been yet confirmed by any of the team members. What’s confirmed though is that Qismat 2 will also be a romantic movie just like the Original. The original Qismat was highly appreciated for its unique and extraordinary storyline and was released in September 2018. 

Apart from Qismat 2, Ammy Virk is also gearing up for his first Hindi movie – ’83 – the release of which was postponed due to Covid-19. Earlier this film was supposed to get released in April this year but now the release date has been confirmed to be Christmas 2020. 

83 will be Ammy Virk’s debut Hindi movie in which he’ll be seen along with ace Bollywood actors – Ranvir Singh and Deepika Padukone. Punjabi actors Wamiqa Gabbi and Harrdy Sandhu shall also be seen playing small roles in this sports drama based on Indian Cricket’s 1983 World Cup Victory. 

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Shocking all her fans, Himanshi Khurana today tweeted from her official twitter account to reveal that she’s been tested Positive for Covid -19. The development came just one day after she sat for the protests against the Farms Bill 2020. 

Farmers protested across the country recently, against the Farmers’ Bill 2020 which the Indian government had passed recently. The protests saw participation from several noted Punjabi film and music industry’s celebrities including Himanshi Khurana.

Punjabi Model, Actress and Ex-Bigg Boss Contestant Himanshi Khurana, however, fell prey to the novel Coronavirus and notified her fans of the same through her latest Tweet and Instagram posts: 

She wrote: 

“I want to inform you all that I have tested positive for COVID-19 even after taking proper precautions. As you all know that I was the part of the protest day before yesterday and the area was crowded so I thought to get the test done before I go for my shoot today evening,” wrote Himanshi Khurana.

“I just wanted to inform people who came in my contact to get your test done and please take proper precaution in the protest. It’s my request to all the people protesting to not forget that we are going through pandemic so please take proper care,” she added.

On work front, Himanshi Khurana is these days promoting her song, Allah Khair Kare sung by Saajz and directed by Sandeep Sharma.

 Panga with Kangana

A few days ago, Himanshi Khurana also run down Kangana Ranaut on Twitter about the latter’s remark on Farmers Bill and terming protesting farmers, as ‘Terrorists’. 

Himanshi Khurana gave Kangana Ranaut a piece of her mind and told her that Kangana was once an inspiration to her but she is totally wrong in her views on Farmers who are protesting across the nation against the bill. 

Himanshi was lauded by her fans for her bold statement against Kangana. The Punjabi model also commented that poor farmers are not fighting for any ‘luxury’. They are just fighting for three square meals. Before saying anything ridiculous about the farmers, Kangana must think once carefully. 

Himanshi is among first few celebrities to have caught Covid-19 in Punjab. It is however, shocking to see that other Punjabi artistes like Ranjit Bawa and Tarsem Jassar who also sat in protests against the Farmers’ Bill on 25th September, didn’t even wear mask. 

Is this the example that our role models setting? What do you think about this development?

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Farms Bill 2020

The BJP-led Indian Government 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. But, most farmers especially in the states of Punjab and Haryana are not in agreement of these new legislations, as they believe it will phase out the MSP and the traditional grain market system. 

Hence these protests have been going on in the states. Several noted celebrities including Diljit Dosanjh, Ammy Virk, Gippy Grewal, Gurnam Bhullar, Sonam Bajwa, Nisha Bano, Ranjit Bawa and many more are supporting the farmers. 

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While the issue of farmers’ protests against the new agriculture ordinances passed by the Indian government (Farm Bill 2020) is being greatly supported by politicians across all parties and Punjabi artistes, now our entertainment industry giants like Diljit Dosanjh, Ammy Virk and many others, have even got together to protest against the decision of not including Punjabi language in Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill, 2020. 

The bill, which has been recently passed in the Indian Parliament has made Hindi, Dogri and Urdu as its official languages while not considering the demands of Punjabi population in the region.

The Punjabi entertainment industry stars yesterday shared a poster on their social media accounts with a slogan in Punjabi. The slogan, besides, calling for support for farmers, also states a fact that Punjabi has been excluded from the official languages of Jammu & Kashmir.

Take a look at the posters shared by Diljit Dosanjh, Ammy Virk, Nisha Bano, Prince Kanwaljit, Gurnam Bhullar and several other artistes from Punjabi film fraternity.

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It may be noted that Jammu & Kashmir has had a strong historic connection with Punjab. Punjabi was not only the mother tongue of lakhs of residents in J&K but was also recognised as per the constitution of the Union Territory.

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The Jammu and Kashmir Official Languages Bill 2020 was passed by a voice vote in the Upper House on Wednesday. The Bill gives official status to Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, English, and Urdu languages in the Union Territory.

“The Bill fulfils the decades-long wishes of the people of the region. It is a big step which will give official language status to Kashmiri, Dogri, Hindi, English, and Urdu,” said Minister of State (MoS) Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy said speaking during the discussions.

 

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Gurnam Bhullar also made an appeal to his fans to maintain peace while protesting. He said that though we all are together in this, but we must do this struggle in a peaceful manner. 7, 

He wrote: “Asi saare ikk haa’n ??, par kirpa karke josh de naal hosh v bnaa ke rakheo ji , ehh sangharsh appa saareya ne shaantmai tareeke naal sire launa hai ji”

What Has Punjab Got To Do With J&K?

Jammu and Kashmir had a very deep-rooted connection with Punjab as the region was a part of Maharaja Ranjit Singh’s Empire. According to wikipedia, 

According to wikipedia.org, Gulab Singh, the founder of Dogra dynasty that formed the royal house of Jammu and Kashmir, was an influential noble in the court of Maharaja Ranjit Singh while his brother Dhian Singh served as the prime minister of the Sikh empire.

It was Maharaja Ranjit Singh who had crowned Gulab Singh as the king of Jammu and Kashmir on June 17, 1822. There are a lot of Punjabis in J&K and hence, the demand for including the Punjabi in the Official Languages Bill of Jammu and Kashmir was being made by the local leaders, Akali Dal and Punjab Congress Party as well. 

Ex-Deputy Chief Minister of Punjab Sukhbir Singh Badal also expressed his anger at the development through this tweet:

https://twitter.com/officeofssbadal/status/1308810636189523968

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While on one hand, politicians from different political parties are laying down their differences aside to show solidarity for the farmers after the Indian government passed three crucial agriculture ordinances, artistes from Punjabi entertainment industry are joining hands too as most of them come from farmers’ families themselves. 

Sidhu Moose Wala, who was being trolled by certain people for keeping a mum silence on the issue, went live on his Instagram page yesterday and said a number of things, which show that he too, totally understands the pain that the farmers across the state are going through. 

He said, he’s a farmer himself and so are his father and grandfather. In a startling revelation, he also said that he held a protest in Patiala on the issue and wanted to sit himself in the ‘dharna’, however, the organisers said that they couldn’t arrange for Moose Wala’s security there. 

Now the ‘So High’ singer has told his fans that he shall sit on the ‘Dharna’ in Mansa next. 

Sidhu Moose Wala also said that despite being an artiste, he does farming daily because he is attached to his soil, his motherland. So, he said that he shall do anything to take this fight forward as it is about saving the grace of the very people who have allowed to become what he is today. 

What are the protests about?

The Agriculture Bill 2020 was passed recently by the Indian government but the farmers across the nation are in not in agreement with the ordinances since they think that these will hurt the small farmers big time. Hence they are now raising their voice and have even called for a ‘Bharat Band’ on September 25.

To show solidarity, Punjabi entertainment industry’s singers, writers and actors have united and celebrities like Diljit Dosanjh, Himanshi Khurana, Ammy Virk, Binnu Dhillon, Gurnam Bhullar and many others have shared the poster of 25th September on their social media profiles. 

The poster has a message written in Punjabi and says that all are standing in solidarity with the farmers. Further, anyone who feels that the farm bills are justified, must come and talk to the farmers.

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It maybe recalled that to favour the farmers’ protests, Ranjit Bawa and Himanshi Khurana even went ahead and run down Kangana Ranaut on Twitter in the last few days when Kangana equated farmers’ protests to CAA protests and called those opposing the bill as ‘terrorists’. 

She later justified her Tweet by saying that her comments were taken in a wrong context. However, that didn’t stop her from blocking Bawa on Twitter. 

Himanshi too, wrote to Kangana that even though she saw her as an inspiration once, but now Kangana is completely wrong and she must understand that farmers are not fighting for any luxury – but just to get three meals of the day. 

The fact that all the top Punjabi artistes have come forward to express anger against the bill and solidarity with the farmers, certainly show that there’s still a lot of unity left in the Punjabi entertainment industry. Fans of all these stars are lauding their efforts too. 

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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.  

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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:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CFOp7-8lQXg 

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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