Chal Mera Putt Movie Details:
Country | India |
Language | Punjabi |
Genre | Comedy, Drama |
Release date | July 26, 2019 (India) |
Running time | 2hr 4min |
Certificate | 13+ |
Cast | Amrinder Gill Simi Chahal Iftikhar Thakur Nasir Chinyoti Akram Udas Rup Khatkar |
Directed by | Janjot Singh |
Written by | Screenplay: Rakesh Dhawan Kulwant Singh Story: Rakesh Dhawan |
Produced by | Karaj Gill Ashu Munish Sahni |
Cinematography by | Sandeep Patil |
Edited by | Sadik Ali Shaikh |
Music by | Dr Zeus Gurcharan Singh |
Production Companies | Rhythm Boyz Entertainment Gillz Network Omjee Star Studios |
Distributor | Omjee Star Studios Rhythm Boyz |
Chal Mera Putt Movie Cast & Characters:
- Amrinder Gill as Jaswinder Singh ‘Jinder’
- Simi Chahal as Swaran Kaur ‘Savy’
- Iftikhar Thakur as Chaudhary Shamsher
- Nasir Chinyoti as Tabrez Waseem
- Rup Khatkar as Bal
- Hardeep Gill as Bikkar Chacha
- Akram Udas as Butta Khan
- Gurshabad as Balwinder Singh ‘Billa’
- Seema Kaushal as Chachi
- Raj Dhaliwal as Butta’s wife
- Sanju Solanki as Billa’s father
- Prabhjot Kaur as Chacha’s daughter
- Nimrat Khaira as special appearance in song “Baddlan De Kaalje”
- Agha Majid as Waseem (Tabrez’s Father)
Storyline:
Jinder, Bikkar and Billa are illegally working in Birmingham, United Kingdom to earn money for family back in India. They are constantly in danger of Immigration Agents raid while working multiple jobs. Savy and Bal move in next door and they become friends with Jinder. Tavrej and Butta come from Pakistan with the aim of making money. They stay with Chaudhary Shamsher.
Chal Mera Putt Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
Budget | N/A |
Worldwide Collection | ₹30crore (estimated) |
About Chal Mera Putt Movie:
- Chal Mera Putt is a Punjabi comedy-drama film directed by Janjot Singh. It stars Amrinder Gill, Simi Chahal, Iftikhar Thakur, Nasir Chinyoti, Akram Udas, Rup Khatkar, Hardeep Gill and Gurshabad.
- Chal Mera Putt is followed by a direct sequel Chal Mera Putt 2 (2020).
- It marks the feature film directorial debut for Janjot Singh while his first announced film Aahlna is unreleased.
- Janjot Singh, Virasat Films, and Tata Benipal started working on Chal Mera Putt, Rakesh Dhawan developed the story and later approached to Rhythm Boyz Entertainment to produce.
- On 2 June 2019, Amrinder Gill and Simi Chahal were confirmed as lead actors. Gurshabad and Hardeep Gill also play main roles in the film.
- Principal photography in May 2019 at Birmingham, and ended in June 2019. Additional filming took place in parts of Punjab, India.
- Chal Mera Putt was announced by Amrinder Gill in an interview with BBC in May 2019 and was released on 26 July 2019. The film was released in UAE on 1 August 2019.
- The film was supposed to release in Pakistan but was not able to obtain a release certificate.
- This is the first time the appearance of three Pakistani comedy legends Iftikhar Takkhur, Nasir Chinioti and Akram Udaas in an Indian movie. There are total 6 known Pakistani artists worked in this film
- The All Indian Cine Workers Association asked for a ban on the film in India for violating the ban on collaboration with Pakistani artists set by the association after the 2019 Pulwama attack. However, the film was released on its scheduled date.
- Jarnail Singh, production supervisor of the film disclosed that team of the film has faced several problems and people had put various allegations on them including some web portals asking for boycott while some calling it anti-national. He added, “it is said that artists don’t belong to any religion or boundary, it’s their artistry that matters.”
- Chal Mera Putt was theatrically released in India on 26 July 2019. The film was made available for streaming on Amazon Prime Video.
- Chal Mera Putt grossed over ₹30 crore (US$3.8 million) globally in its theatrical run, making it one of the highest-grossing Punjabi films and highest-grossing Punjabi film at overseas with an overseas gross over US$3.6 million.
- At PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2020, the film won three awards for Best Comedy Film, Best Debut Director (for Janjot Singh) and Best Actor critics’ (for Gill), from six nominations.
- After the success of Chal Mera Putt, the makers decided to do a sequel. Chal Mera Putt 2 went on floors on 13 March 2020.