My writing is formed from my observation - Jass Grewal

Ever since Bambukat released, the Punjabi film industry as well as its viewers have woken to the magic of its writer Jass Grewal. This new toast of the town deserves all the adulation for he made viewers fall in love with every character that he wrote. Over a cup of tea, the three-film-old Grewal indulges us in a freewheeling chat like a long lost friend. Here are excerpts from the conversation.…

I'm a commercial director and can't make a film like Anhe Ghore Da Daan - Pankaj Batra

Punjabi film director Pankaj Batra who has directed a wide range of films from Naughty Jatts and Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo to Channo Kamli Yaar Di and Dildariyaan is someone who doesn’t mince his words. By calling himself the ‘only Punjabi film director’ who neither works with ‘stars’ nor ‘established actors’, he portrays an image which is vastly different from the other filmmakers in this industry.…

As Gurvinder Singh’s highly awaited film Chauthi Koot, which is the first Punjabi film to premiere and compete under the Un Certain Regard category at Cannes Film Festival (2015), and has brought home several awards including the Best Asian Feature Film at Singapore International Film Festival, Best Film in the India Gold category at MAMI  and the National Award for Best Punjabi Film, hits…