A still from Chamkila. (Etiquette: Parineeti Chopra,
New Delhi:
Imtiaz Ali Enjoying all the love and appreciation coming his way for his latest directorial project Amar Singh shined. The film is based on the life of the famous musician and his second wife Amarjot Kaur, their meteoric rise as singers and their tragic murder. The film explores Amar Singh Chamkila’s personal and professional choices and for this reason, Imtiaz Ali shared that he was nervous when Chamkila’s first wife Gurmail Kaur attended the screening of the film. Imtiaz Ali stressed that there was no attempt to “whitewash” the late singer’s life zoomtv: “Chamkila’s family was at the screening. His first wife Gurmail Kaur was there. Amarjot and Chamkila’s son Jaiman Chamkila was there. Chamkila also had daughters (from his first marriage). When we were watching the movie, his first wife was sitting next to me and I was thinking that there are some sensitive scenes in the movie, should I pull back or go back before she attacks me. But when the screening was over, she hugged me and the way Chamkila was shot made everyone very happy because we hoped they would like it.”
In a video posted by Diljit Dosanjh, Gurmel Kaur is seen giving Diljit (who plays the lead character) a warm hug. Parineeti Chopra will be seen in the role of Amarjot Kaur in this film.
Emphasizing that he always tried to portray Chamkila as a singer, Imtiaz Ali added: “I have not whitewashed Chamkila because that was the point of making the film. He has done a lot of things that can be judged but I let that happen in the film and actually it’s a credit to the family that they understand that. They knew it was a fact and did not stop me in any way.”
A recent interview Gurmail Kaur About her late husband Amarjot has surfaced online. talking to Love Punjab, Gurmel said,etck-do daya Then Chamki was called Ve Aunda Si. Ohnu (Amarjot) I have such a nose… Try calling. Oh wow, I’m alive. Bali Gal Ki C. When I bake bread, I cook it and give it to you (Amarjot Kaur). Ja Hey Kahandi Hundi, ‘I have come to make vegetables, I am making bread.’ Ohnu rotia v nai c andia. The bread was kept in another kitchen. I will tell you everything, I will do everything for you. (Chamki used to visit after a day or two. He didn’t bring Amarjot with him. Sometimes she would come. What was the fuss? I would start making rotis, she would make sabzi. Sometimes she would use it. She would say, ‘I don’t know how to cook rotis’. , but I also asked her to sit myself.)
About her equation with Amarjot Kaur, Gurmail Kaur said: “There is no balloon hanging in the house. Come on, I’ll lend it to my family. How many have you seen? (When someone comes to your house, you have to talk to them. I used to talk to her for my husband.)
The film depicts that Amar Singh Chamkila did not divorce his first wife before marrying Amarjot Kaur and continued to support Gurmel Kaur and her children financially.
Amar Singh Chamkila Available for streaming on Netflix.
