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Amar Singh Chamkila

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A humble singer's brash lyrics ignite fame and fury across Punjab as he grapples with soaring success and brutal criticism before his untimely death.
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Anupama Chopra Film Companion 04/16/2024
Imtiaz’s masterstroke is casting Diljit Dosanjh as Chamkila. The multi-hyphenated artist occupies the same space today that Chamkila did forty years ago. Go to Full Review
Shubhra Gupta The Indian Express 04/16/2024
3/5
Diljit Dosanjh internalises Amar Singh Chamkila’s hard-scrabble life and pain, and distills it into his fine-grained performance, playing an artiste who lived and died by his beliefs. Go to Full Review
Archi Sengupta LeisureByte.com 07/04/2024
4/5
Amar Singh Chamkila is a surprisingly memorable watch that is equal parts sweet and raunchy in the best of ways. Go to Full Review
Ishita Sengupta OTTplay 06/17/2024
Amar Singh Chamkila inherits the disruptive existentialism that has shaped Ali’s career but mostly beats with the restless heart of Rockstar (2011) and the messy pulse of Tamasha (2015). Go to Full Review
Shah Shahid The Movie Blog 06/14/2024
Ali's movies are usually more whimsical and ethereal, dealing with ideas of metaphysical concepts like identity, purpose— wrapped in mainstream conventional Bollywood packaging. But here, the revered filmmaker tries something new, and it works wonderfully Go to Full Review
Anna M.M. Vetticad annavetticadgoes2themovies 05/03/2024
3.5/5
...brave in its stand on religious despots, lazy when it clubs harassment with fun and equates censorship with all criticism. It is also beautifully acted and uses music in the best way a film can, making it a memorable tribute to a folk hero... Go to Full Review
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Faishal A Apr 26 Great story telling Great emotions building And diljit singh done a great job in this film See more Ramandeep Singh B Jan 6 Every artist nailed it. Director did his search very deep and accurate. See more Vinayak S 07/11/2024 Amar Singh Chamkila: Musical extravaganza and a perfect biography bought on scree after bollywood struggled for years to bring one such... Imtiaz and Rahman hits the perfect chord with suitable lyrics and Diljit's performance never leaves anyone before the screen to look away, Parineeti could have made some more scenes in the movie, It's a must watch for Musical lovers as Rahman delivers his best again, Songs like Naram khalja and Baaja have complemented the sequence perfectly and Vida karo hits like an attack on the society ... Totally a worth watching for original bollywood lovers See more Pk R 05/10/2024 I don't like it few songs are good See more Narasimha n 04/30/2024 A fantastic narration in a realistic way, I felt the things are happening in front of me, chamlika a son of the soil, Daljit nailed with perfection. Climax made my eyes wet with Vida Karo song. A perfect movie. ARR MUSIC FOR THIS AMAZING More movies from Intiaz Ali expecting from you. Thank you See more Pallavi P 04/29/2024 After watching I totally forgot parineeti and Diljit as actor both are just like chamkila and amarjot imtiaz ali also did a great work make the movie realistic from Bollywood haters to fell in love with Bollywood just for chamkila great great work in all areas of movies lots of love to whole team of chamkila See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A humble singer's brash lyrics ignite fame and fury across Punjab as he grapples with soaring success and brutal criticism before his untimely death.
Director
Imtiaz Ali
Producer
Mohit Choudhary
Distributor
Netflix
Production Co
Pi Films, Reliance Entertainment, Window Seat Films , Saregama India, Select Media Holdings
Genre
Biography, Drama, Musical
Original Language
Hindi
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 12, 2024
Runtime
2h 25m
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