Pollywood roundup: Punjabi actors and movies that made headlines this week

From Punjabi artists boarding the B-town bus to filmmakers announcing the release date of highly anticipated movies, Pollywood witnessed a lot of things this week. However, if you missed out on the main highlights, here’s a brief for you. Scroll down to know about the Punjabi actors and movies that made news this week.

The ‘Nikka Zaildar’ fame Ammy Virk turned heads this week by confirming the news of him being roped in the Kabir Khan directorial ‘83’. Ammy Virk will be making his debut in Bollywood by essaying the role of Balwinder Singh Sandhu, the fast bowler. The movie is based on the World Cup win in 1983 and has Ranveer Singh playing the lead as Kapil Dev. Earlier it was scheduled to hit the box office this year, but the same has been rescheduled to release on 10th April 2020.

After releasing the first look and teaser, the makers of ‘Kala Shah Kala’ presented the trailer of the movie yesterday. It featured the love triangle between Binnu Dhillon, Sargun Mehta and Jordan Sandhu. The trailer gave a glimpse of the plot with all the twist and turns, but who will be one to woo the girl, in the end, will only be confirmed once the movie hits the theatres on February 14. Moreover, this is the first time Binnu Dhillon, Sargun Mehta and Jordan Sandhu are sharing the screen space; thus, the anticipation has gone a level up.

Written and directed by Gippy Grewal, ‘Ardaas 2’ also made headlines this week. The movie has been in news right from the word go, and this time the reason for the buzz around it was the announcement of the release date. Ending the suspense, the makers unveiled that the movie will be making it to the big screen on July 19, 2019. Gippy Grewal took to his social media handle to share this news and added to the excitement of the fans. Crafted on the lines of social drama, the movie is reportedly a content driven project just like its first installment.

Though the release date of ‘High End Yaariyaan’ is a month away, the makers are trying to keep the buzz around the movie stirring. Thus, after the official poster look and trailer, they released the first track from the movie’s soundtrack. Titled ‘Rabaa Ve’, the song is a beautiful heart touching melody. It has been sung by B Praak and written by Jaani. The song made it to the top numbers on the music charts in no time.

Since the release date of ‘Uda Aida’ is coming close, the whole team is busy with the promotions. Amid this, the maker released ‘Mere Fikar’, a beautiful song encapsulating the love story of the lead pair Neeru Bajwa and Tarsem Jassar. Sung by Prabh Gill and written by Vinder Nathu Majra, the track is a love ballad.

Besides, Neeru Bajwa also took to her social media handle to share the making video of the song ‘Disco’. Based on Halloween party, the song is packed with a lot of fun and so was the making video. Coming to the movie ‘Uda Aida’ is slated to release on February 1.