‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ Director Imtiaz Ali on Bringing the Indian Music Icon’s Life to Netflix With A.R. Rahman, Diljit Dosanjh (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Indian filmmaker Imtiaz Ali‘s Netflix original film “Amar Singh Chamkila” is a hit for the streamer, bowing at No.
1 across South Asia and No. 5 on its global Top 10 chart. The film is a biopic of Punjabi musician Amar Singh Chamkila (Diljit Dosanjh), who rose from obscurity working in a socks manufacturing factory to becoming the most sought after performer in the region alongside his wife Amarjot Kaur (Parineeti Chopra).
Chamkila’s suggestive lyrics that were rooted in rural Punjabi life were described as vulgar by many, and he came under pressure from religious and political groups to stop and received death threats.
His local musical contemporaries were jealous of his success. In 1988, Chamkila, Kaur and two of their band members were shot dead.
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