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      Angrej

      2015 2h 10m Romance History Drama List
      Reviews 85% Audience Score 100+ Ratings Geja falls in love with Maarho. When her family learns of their relationship, it is scorned upon.Before their love fully blooms, a rich man enters Maarho's life and Geja finds solace in Dhan Kaur. Read More Read Less

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      Jasjot S Top three punjabi movie if not top one. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/29/22 Full Review Audience Member BEST PUNJABI MOVIE I HAVE EVER WATCHED.... Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/03/23 Full Review Audience Member Pure, unadulterated pre-division Punjabi culture depiction. Great cinematography, modern beats for Indian folk songs and much more. This movie has mirrored Indian culture of past and even today's villages completely. This is one movie you can watch any time again and you'll feel closer to Punjabi culture every time. The intricate and subtle connections and transactions in Indian villages and it's traditions are expertly put into screenplay and character interactions. Take example of when Angrej's father orders him to feed Cattle and how Angrej's father is still afraid of his own father, Angrej's grandfather. It's still so true in northern indian villages. It's just one of the awesome movies that comes out once in a while. If you're interested or invested in Punjabi culture, do watch it. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Different than most of the other movies in the punjabi cinema, but it is a good kind of different. The movie was really nice. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member One of best punjabi movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/13/23 Full Review Audience Member I can literally count the number of actual good well made punjabi movies i have seen on one hand, to be frank there are not that many. But with Angrej i can add a new film to list of not only good punjabi films, but this films is a great one. All the hype, and hulla i heard about the film was very true. In punjabi there is a saying that "mitti di kushbhoo ageya" Angrej is such a film, where the one gets that feeling, its a very rooted film. Its based in 1942 punjab before the partition, but the film doesn't have anything to do with the british or slavery at all. The film is rather a fresh take of that time, a hilarious one, and i can guarantee, that one will be left in splits when watching this film.The rustic villages, the clothes,the old sayings, the way people used to talk, the customs, are all on point, everything looks, and feels like the time of yore. One could call this film a landmark film in punjabi cinema. The films story is a simple tale of a boy named Angrej who fell in love in Punjab before partition,when love was forbidden. Angrej soon finds out the girl he loves Madoo, likes someone else. He then after sometime time in sadness encounters Madoo at his sisters wedding, and with the help of another girl tries to win back his love Madoo. Does Madoo fall back in love him or does he move on is what form the rest of story. To know more rush to the theatres. With a film like Angrej even though the story sounds very simple and cliched, it doesn't matter because the films screenplay is so engaging and strong. And even though the story sounds cliched its not because whatever, predictable solutions one thinks will resolve a problem in a regular film are not that same here, this is because having a story set in 1942 means solutions where not the same back then,the director has made sure the film keeps that 1942 aura while solving or creating a conflict in the film, and this where the films gets it unique novelty. Acting wise Arminder Gill proves his mettle his good. Binnu Dhillion,Sardar Sohi, and Sargun Mehta also impress. Overall i was pleasantly surprised with Angrej, the film was throughly enjoyable, it was a laugh riot, and also got me thinking maybe the old days were better. Life was more simple back then,people were more nicer, and there was this amazing culture we are sorely missing today. It was nice to see the time my grandparents and even parents grew up in. A landmark film in the punjabi film industry! 4/5* or 8/10 Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis Geja falls in love with Maarho. When her family learns of their relationship, it is scorned upon.Before their love fully blooms, a rich man enters Maarho's life and Geja finds solace in Dhan Kaur.
      Director
      Simerjit Singh
      Producer
      Karaj Gill, Jaspal Singh Sandhu
      Screenwriter
      Amberdeep Singh, Amberdeep Singh
      Production Co
      Rhythm Boyz Entertainment, J Studio
      Genre
      Romance, History, Drama
      Original Language
      Punjabi
      Box Office (Gross USA)
      $1.1M
      Runtime
      2h 10m