‘Amar Singh Chamkila’ Trailer — Diljit Dosanjh Is the “Elvis of Punjab”
Diljit Dosanjh stars as Amar Singh Chamkila in the trailer for the Netflix biopic, following the titular musician known as "Elvis of Punjab."
After weeks of buildup, Netflix unveiled the trailer for its upcoming music biopic Amar Singh Chamkila, based on the life of the titular Indian folk singer. The movie is directed by the revered Bollywood filmmaker Imtiaz Ali, and features pop star Diljit Dosanjh in the lead role of Chamkila, a man “who emerged from the shadows of poverty and rose to the heights of popularity in the 80s”. Chamkila, whose stage name can be translated to “shiny (like a star)” in several Indian languages, was the top-selling music artist in his home state of Punjab in northern India, when he was gunned down by assailants in 1988.
