EXCLUSIVE: ‘Akaal’ Gippy Grewal Comments On Punjab’s Portrayal In Cinemas; Confesses, “I Couldn’t Have Made Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava, Didn’t Know Who Prabhas Was”

Rupinder Singh “Gippy” Grewal is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works in the Punjabi and Hindi film industries. He made his acting debut in the 2010 movie Mel Karade Rabba, followed by Carry On Jatta, Lucky Di Unlucky Story, Bhaji in Problem and others. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood Bubble, Gippy Grewal says he couldn’t have made Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava like it was made by Laxman Utekar.

Gippy Grewal Admits He Couldn’t Have Made Chhaava

When asked if there was a pressure of wrong portrayal of Punjabi culture or people, Gippy Grewal said, “Kaise hai ji, main toh bachpan se Punjab se hoon. Agar main Chhaava (Vicky Kaushal and Laxman Utekar’s film) banata, toh main achchi nahi banata. Matlab mere se achchi nahi banti, jitni achchi unhone banaai hai. Woh kiyu ki, direction ka matlab yeh nahi hai, direction ka matlab yeh bhi hai ki jo aap bana rahe ho na uski aapko 100 nahi 200 percent ki samajh honi chahiye. Toh mere liye Akaal ki samajh bahut hai kiuki main bachpan se Guruon ki kahaani sunni hai, ki woh kaise ladhte the. Abh jaise inhone (referring to Nimrat Khaira) kahi hai ki kinki shiksha ko hum aage lekar jaa rahe hai.”

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Continuing he said, “Humaare Guru ne hume kya shiksha di hai, hum kaise pale bade hai, woh sab cheeze hai iss film mein. Toh woh mere liye banana easy tha, par shayad koi aur banata…Wahi ek wajah hojaati hai shayad humain lagta hai ki yaar aap logo ne right nahi banaya. Woh unko itna pata nahi hota kai baar, kai baar itni research nahi hoti. Research bhi mujhe aisa lagta hai ki, maine abhi Chhaava ki baat kari hai, toh shayad a main agar bahut research bhi karta toh main unki jitni bhi nahi kar sakta, jo yahi ke hain pale bade hai. So woh mujhe ek lagta hai jo farak aata hai. Baaki definitely hum toh yeh film ke saath abh apna chahte hai ki Punjabi sen main ek daayre ho.”

Gippy Grewal On Expanding Punjabi Cinema

Gippy Grewal said, “Aur Punjabi jaise baithke South ki filmain dekhti hai, toh humain nahi pata tha ki Baahubali ka, RRR ka. Humne Punjab main baithkar yeh dekha, jabki humain Prabhas ka nahi pata tha ki yeh koun artist hai. Toh Humne jab wahaan baithke film dekhi, toh hume unka art achcha laga, hume unki film achchi lagi. Hum baithke Korean filmain bhi dekhte hai, toh hum inke saath connect kar lete hai. Hume lagta hai ki yeh artist bada achcha hai. Hume naam bhi nahi pata hota hai toh dhundhte hai. Abhi bhi hum English actors ke naam bhul jaate hai toh humain lagta dhundhte hai ki woh iss film main tha. Toh woh art ki value hai. Hum chahte hai ki humaara jo Punjabi cinema ka jo craft hai, jo unko filmain aarahi hai, art aaraha hai woh aage jaaye.”

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In conclusion, the director said, “Humaare aise aur raaste khule. So we are blessed ki yeh film dono Hindi aur Punjabi languages main aayegi, kiuki humaari filmain nahi bahut log… Jab mujhe kai baar log milte hai, abhi bhi planes mein, yaa idhar udhar typical woh log milte hai jo bilkul Punjabi nahi aati. Woh kehte hai ki humain aapki film dekhi, Carry On Jatta dekhi, humne TV main dekhi, OTT pe dekhi. Toh mujhe lagta hai inhone cinema mein kiu nahi dekhi? Mujhe lagta hai jab film ki bahut charcha hui tabh inhone TV pe dekhli. Hum chahte hai ki aap humaari filmain cinema mein dekho. Hum ek achcha cinema lekar aaye hai toh isko language aapki language kardi haina. Toh cheeze humne try kari hai iske liye. “

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