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Dear Jassi

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In 1996 Punjab, India, Canadian-born Jassi (Pavia Sidhu) falls in love with Mithu (Yugam Sood), a rickshaw driver beneath her social status. Their attraction is pure and unconditional, but is it strong enough to fight the dictates imposed by Jassi's family and Punjabi society? With his first film set in India, Tarsem Singh Dhandwar returns to the big screen to tell the shocking true-life tale of a young couple desperate to be together.

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Guy Lodge Variety The result is sometimes slack but incrementally powerful, marked by a palpable sense of renewed purpose on the part of its helmer. Oct 16, 2023 Full Review Proma Khosla indieWire Like the title, the film is a missive to Jassi, and a promise that she won’t be forgotten. Rated: A- Sep 14, 2023 Full Review Tim Grierson Screen International The love story fails to completely captivate, and the examination of this classist, regressive society too easily becomes repetitive rather than proving insightful or damning. Sep 12, 2023 Full Review Dennis Harvey 48 Hills It's a tragic class-conflict romance betwixt a worldly Indian-Canadian lass and a rickshaw driver she meets while visiting Punjabi, one complicated further by the bureaucratic cruelties of international immigration. Oct 15, 2024 Full Review Martin Kudlac ScreenAnarchy Offers a different experience from Tarsem Singh. ... The film wins audiences' hearts with its depiction of a teen romance defying social conventions, only to shatter them with an intense reality check and a visceral denunciation of honor killings. Jul 10, 2024 Full Review Panos Kotzathanasis Asian Movie Pulse Overall, “Jassi” is an excellent movie that remains entertaining from beginning to end, while presenting its pragmatic comments in the most eloquent fashion. Rated: 7.5 Dec 17, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis In 1996 Punjab, India, Canadian-born Jassi (Pavia Sidhu) falls in love with Mithu (Yugam Sood), a rickshaw driver beneath her social status. Their attraction is pure and unconditional, but is it strong enough to fight the dictates imposed by Jassi's family and Punjabi society? With his first film set in India, Tarsem Singh Dhandwar returns to the big screen to tell the shocking true-life tale of a young couple desperate to be together.
Director
Tarsem Singh
Producer
Bhushan Kumar, Krishan Kumar, Vipul D. Shah, Ashwin Varde, Rajesh Bahl, Sanjay Grover, Tarsem Singh
Screenwriter
Amit Rai
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Romance
Original Language
Punjabi
Runtime
2h 12m