


However, making the film was not the end of their struggle. His wife Nidhi Singh produced the project under their home banner Celebration Studioz with Sonark Solutions as partners. That’s when he decided to produce it in house. But either some producers who were 50 years of age wanted me to make them the film’s hero or some said, ‘Put a song by Honey Singh, and the film will be great’.” “I was going to score a half century as I met about 46 producers to release Gelo. Janatha Garage BO: Jr NTR film mints Rs 50 crore in its opening weekend But for me, it’s not offbeat because it reflects some people’s day-to-day life’s issues. “When I took my script to multiple producers, many said it was an offbeat script.

However, Singh’s journey to make Gelo was not a cakewalk. The truth in his statement lies in the fact that for a Jatt & Juliet, there’s a Chauthi Koot. So, we definitely have better movies,” said Singh. “We are going beyond comedy to explore female-oriented subjects, action films and other new ideas too. Today, our cinema is not about two families who are fighting with each other. It is a golden period for Punjabi cinema today with better directors and producers. “We have better budgets, better quality and subjects. (Gelomovie/Facebook)Įven though those with pre-conceived notions about Punjabi cinema may find it an “offbeat” subject, for Singh, it is not so. Gelo stars Jaspinder Cheema, Pavan Raj Malhotra, Dilawar Sidhu, Gurjit Singh and Aditya Tarnach. It also shows the plight of poor farmers around Chandigarh and the course that women, sometimes, have to take to save their land. Gelo has a strong female character, who stands up for her rights and fights against miscreants who eye her piece of land. And we have made a start with Gelo,” said Singh. I wanted to tell that Punjab is not all about comedy, laughter or eating makki di roti and sarson ka saag. “I always wanted Punjabi literature to come into our cinema. And its Punjabi language in no way hinders the universal messages that it attempts to impart.
