Exclusive: Director Tarsem Singh thought of his own sainted mother as he tried to understand why a Canadian woman of Indian heritage would plot to have her daughter abducted then murdered.
It was to be a significant moment as Singh prepared to shoot Dear Jassi, his first feature shot in India, the land of his birth.
The riveting film played at TIFF, shocking audiences who thought they were going to watch a gentle love story. ”It is a love story,” Singh noted, but with a grisly murder at its center.
Dear Jassi is inspired by the real-life honor killing of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu in June 2000.
Aided by a local policeman, thugs ambushed Jaswinder and her husband, dragged the young bride to a desolate farm in a Punjabi village and slit her throat on the direct orders of the girl’s mother, who was at the other end of a phone...
It was to be a significant moment as Singh prepared to shoot Dear Jassi, his first feature shot in India, the land of his birth.
The riveting film played at TIFF, shocking audiences who thought they were going to watch a gentle love story. ”It is a love story,” Singh noted, but with a grisly murder at its center.
Dear Jassi is inspired by the real-life honor killing of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu in June 2000.
Aided by a local policeman, thugs ambushed Jaswinder and her husband, dragged the young bride to a desolate farm in a Punjabi village and slit her throat on the direct orders of the girl’s mother, who was at the other end of a phone...
- 9/16/2023
- by Baz Bamigboye
- Deadline Film + TV
Former Indian cricketer Yuvraj Singh’s father, Yograj Singh, has featured in the music video of the new song titled ‘Mujhe Poora Karde’. It also features singer-actor Raman Romona, who not only features opposite choreographer-actor Punit J. Pathak but also lent her voice to the song along with Sangram Hanjra.
The song is a romantic number and depicts the innocence and togetherness of the characters and tells a decade’s love story through flashbacks.
On being asked about the song, Punit J. Pathak said: “This is my first music video where I have been featured as an actor, so the connection with this song is bound to be intense. When I listened to the song for the first time, I immediately felt a rush of emotions and I knew through this song I wanted to tap into the beauty of an innocent romance of every decade.
“The song aptly captures...
The song is a romantic number and depicts the innocence and togetherness of the characters and tells a decade’s love story through flashbacks.
On being asked about the song, Punit J. Pathak said: “This is my first music video where I have been featured as an actor, so the connection with this song is bound to be intense. When I listened to the song for the first time, I immediately felt a rush of emotions and I knew through this song I wanted to tap into the beauty of an innocent romance of every decade.
“The song aptly captures...
- 2/10/2023
- by News Bureau
- GlamSham
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