Popular actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh is gearing up for his subsequent Hindi movie. Directed by Tiger Zinda Hai fame Sultan Ali Abbas Zafar, the movie is titled Jogi and is predicated on the 1984 riots. whereas Diljit Known globally for his music, the actor has been very choosy in choosing Hindi movie initiatives. Jogi’s discuss Diljit Shared that this subject could be very near his coronary heart.
“My year of birth is also 1984. I grew up listening to real life experiences and stories about riots and era. In fact, I even made a Punjabi film sometime back in Punjab 1984, which made national film debut. So, the topic is really important to me, and Ali sir has chosen the right story,” he instructed Hindustan Times.
The movie is heading straight to Netflix and is scheduled to launch on September 16. Diljit feels that is the appropriate path for the discharge as it can attain a wider viewers. “It is essential for us to inform the story of the incident to the folks. Sabko iss baare mein pata hona chahiye. (Everyone ought to learn about it.) So a movie approaching an OTT platform was required for this. Because this subject has not but been explored within the digital house. This is the proper alternative for us to inform the story.” The 2021 Disney+ Hotstar sequence Eclipse was set within the midst of the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Bokaro.
Diljit recalled that when he was taking pictures for Punjab in 1984 within the village, the residents would usually say that it was not a movie, it was his life. “The sense of reality stayed with us this time as well. There was a day when Ali sir too got emotional during a scene. That’s the feeling and atmosphere on the sets,” stated the decrease singer.
Diljit has not appeared in a Hindi film since 2020’s Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari. The final Punjabi movie he was seen in was 2021’s Honsla Rakh, which additionally starred Shehnaaz Gill and Sonam Bajwa.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
