Din Dehadey Lai Jaange (DDLJ): A Punjabi Romantic Comedy Film

By 1 2 1 News Reporter

Chandigarh 24^th July:-- Punjabi film industry is seeing an unprecedented growth these days. DDLJ (Din Dehadey Lai Jaange) is one such wholesome entertainer  where the focus is not just on the 'One Line Punches' to engage the audiences, as we have seen in so many movies recently, which are low on content, and are rejected by the audiences.

The movie is being produced by 'Asha Creative & Productions' and 'Movie Kalling Productions' and it is being directed by thedirector duo 'Honney – Rommey', who made countless Punjabi Music Videos before taking up film direction and made their debut as writer and directors' with an independent – parallel production of a well-received Hindi film 'Umang'.

The story is by Honeey Singh and Anutej Singh and the screenplay is written by Anutej Singh, who recently returned from USA after studding film – direction and writing at University of Southern California, and the dialogues are written by the very talented Manoj Sabharwal, one of the main writers of huge television hits as 'Comedy Circus' and 'Comedy Nights with Kapil', and Honeey Singh as well.  

The music is provided by Tarun Rishi, who has done tons of Punjabi music albums, and the songs will be sung by such known artists as Master Salim, Roshan Prince, Shahid Malaya, Kamal Khan and Miss Pooja and or other famous Punjabi singers

The director of photography is very experienced, Rajeev Shrivastav, who started his career from 'Tum Bin' and 'Vastav', and worked on big movie projects like 'Ra One', 'Dhamaal' etc. to name a few. He is one of the main members of Anubhav Sinha's core team. Most recently he worked as the cinematographer of 'Chatur Singh Two Star'

The star cast includes Gurmeet Choudhary, who is well known name in almost every household with such hit TV shows as 'Ramayan', 'Geet – Hui Sabse Parayi', 'Punar Vivah', and not to mention that he was the winner of 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 5', where he has shined as performer and entertained the audiences all over. The female lead is Sapna Thakur, who is a famous model and has done couple of films as well. The supporting cast includes Jatinder Suri and Rajiv Mehra, both from 'Comedy Circus' and Comedy Nights with Kapil' fame, Sanjeev Attri from 'Hasde Hasande Ravo' fame, who also worked in Hollywood production of 'West is West', the sequel to uber famous 'East is East' with Jimmy Mistry and Om Puri, and Punjabi comedian Kake Shah, as well as newcomer Satnam Bhullar, who has been a famous model as well. And above all, famous Bollywood Character artist Ranjeet, the name itself requiring no introduction, as he has done over 200 films in Bollywood with career spanning more than 4 decades.

First schedule of the movie is to be shot in and around Chandigarh from 25^th of this month and the second and final schedule is to be held in and around Manali and Leh and Ladakh commencing on later part of Aug and early September  

Duo Director of the DDLJ, Honney and Rommey said  'What we are trying to do is tell a good story with a good narrative and not on over the top, loud, punch after punch comedy, but comedic relief is provided by situations that arise in the story and what the script really demands, so that we can entertain audiences across generations, where people can go to cinema and enjoy a good, clean film with their families. It is our tribute to Yash Chopra ji, the king of wholesome family entertainment in the Bollywood film industry for more than 5 decades. And if we are lucky enough, our DDLJ could be 'Dil Wale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' of Punjabi film industry, rest is up to the audience, as we all know, audience today is smart, audience today is also unforgiving, you really cannot fool them, Period.'