Love Punjab is a 2016 Punjabi film directed by Rajiv Dhingra, written by Amberdeep Singh and starring Amrinder Gill, Sargun Mehta and Manvir Johal as the main protagonists of the film. This film is about a journey of a family to find love, ties of families and fragrance of Punjab and was released on 11 March 2016.
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Plot
Pargat (Amrinder Gill) and Jessica (Sargun Mehta) are a couple who are going through a separation for various reasons. They together have a son named Manveer (Manvir Johal) who has his own set of problems in school where he faces racism and discrimination issues. Manveer goes into deep depression and on the recommendation of the doctor, his parents decide to take him to Punjab to show his roots, culture and ancestral village. Jessica somehow convinces her father-in-law, Brar Sarpanch (Yograj Singh) to show Manveer that Punjab is better than Canada. Pargat, Jessica, and Manvir go to Punjab together for 15 days. Pargat and Jessica act like a happy couple, as Parghat's parents do not know about the soon divorce. After spending time with each other they fall in love but do not tell each other. After 15 days Manveer is better and enjoying life again. After the divorce, Jessica is soon getting engaged to Zora, Jessica's childhood friend. Pargat soon realizes he loves Jessica and can not live without her. At the engagement, Manvir steals the engagement ring but returns it. Pragat a fake phone call from his father and makes Jessica tell his father about the divorce. Jessica realizes that Praghat was lying and says there is network here and goes outside. Jessica later leaves her engagement, hops into her car drives fast to her and Pragat's house later they have a small argument. Pragat says I love you. One year later, the couple has a baby girl and plan to go to Punjab again.
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Cast
- Amrinder Gill as Pargat Brar
- Sargun Mehta as Jessica Brar
- Manvir Johal as Manveer/Tuti
- Yograj Singh as Pargat's father
- Nirmal Rishi as Pargat's mother
- Binnu Dhillon as Naseem (Pargat's neighbour)
- Rana Ranbir as school teacher (special appearance)
- Harj Nagra as Zora (Jessica's childhood friend)
- Amberdeep Singh as Pargat's friend (special appearance)
- Simran Raien as Naseem's sister
- Arshi Bains as Jessica's friend
- Harmeet Gill as Jessica's mother
- Gurmeet Saajan as scientist
- Harbilas Sangha as Pada
- Hardeep Gill as Pargat's chacha
- Ravinder Kaur as Pargat's chachi
- Mor Cue as Divorce lawyer
- Bethany Myers as Julia
- Alyssa Andronyk as the voice of Julia
Track list
Reception
Trailer controversy
Love Punjab trailer was initially released on 20 February 2016 but in a major controversy this trailer was removed by a fake application to YouTube inc compelling Amrinder Gill to lodge a police complaint. Trailer was again uploaded by producers and was liked by audience.
Box office
First time in history of Punjabi cinema two major Superstars' films were released on same day, Love Punjab and Ardaas.
Love Punjab shattered the records of Bollywood movies Ranveer Singh's Bajirao Mastani and Akshay Kumar's Airlift in the international market breaking the opening weekend box office collection record with a big margin. In Australia and New Zealand, Love Punjab grossed INR2.07 crore (US$320,000) from the Australian box office and INR51.91 lakh (US$81,000) from the New Zealand box office. While Bajirao Mastani minted INR1.44 crore (US$220,000) from Australian box office and from New Zealand box office it minted INR26.50 lakh (US$41,000).
On the other hand, Airlift grossed INR93 lakh (US$150,000) from Australia and INR36 lakh (US$56,000) from New Zealand.
Critical response
The Tribune reviewed Love Punjab as a film that take you on a journey to discover your roots and make you proud of them.
References
External links
- Love Punjab Official Trailer
- Love Punjab Official Facebook Page
- Love Punjab Jukebox
Source of article : Wikipedia
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