Punjabi ਲਵ ਪੰਜਾਬ Written by Amberdeep Singh | Directed by Rajiv Dhingra Music by Jatinder Shah | |
Produced by Jaspal Singh Sandhu
Karaj Gill
Amarbir Singh Sandhu Starring Amrinder Gill
Sargun Mehta
Manvir Johal
Yograj Singh
Nirmal Rishi | ||
Love Punjab is a 2016 Punjabi film directed by Rajiv Dhingra, written by Amberdeep Singh and starring Amrinder Gill, Sargun Mehta and Manvir Johal as the main protagonists of the film. This film is about a journey of a family to find love, ties of families and fragrance of Punjab and was released on 11 March 2016.
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Plot
Parghat (Amrinder Gill) and Jessica (Sargun Mehta) are a couple who are going through a separation for various reasons. They together have a son named Manveer (Manvir Johal) who has his own set of problems in school where he faces racism and discrimination issues. Manveer goes into deep depression and on the recommendation of the doctor, his parents decide to take him to Punjab to show his roots, culture and ancestral village. Jessica somehow convinces her father-in-law, Brar Sarpanch (Yograj Singh) to show Manveer that Punjab is better than Canada. Parghat, Jessica, and Manvir go to Punjab together for 15 days. Parghat and Jessica act like a happy couple, as Parghat's parents do not know about the soon divorce. After spending time with each other they fall in love but do not tell each other. After 15 days Manveer is better and enjoying life again. After the divorce, Jessica is soon getting engaged to Zora, Jessica's childhood friend. Parghat soon realizes he loves Jessica and can not live without her. At the engagement, Manvir steals the engagement ring but returns it. Praghat a fake phone call from his father and makes Jessica tell his father about the divorce. Jessica realizes that Praghat was lying and says there is network here and goes outside. Jessica later leaves her engagement, hops into her car drives fast to her and Praghat's house later they have a small argument. Praghat says I love you. One year later, the couple has a baby girl and plan to go to Punjab again.
Cast
Trailer controversy
Love Punjab trailer was initially released on 20 February 2016 but in a major controversy this trailer was removed by a fake application to YouTube inc compelling Amrinder Gill to lodge a police complaint. Trailer was again uploaded by producers and was liked by audience.
Box office
First time in history of Punjabi cinema two major Superstars' films were released on same day, Love Punjab and Ardaas.
Love Punjab shattered the records of Bollywood movies Ranveer Singh's Bajirao Mastani and Akshay Kumar's Airlift in the international market breaking the opening weekend box office collection record with a big margin. In Australia and New Zealand, Love Punjab grossed ₹2.07 crore (US$310,000) from the Australian box office and ₹51.91 lakh (US$77,000) from the New Zealand box office. While Bajirao Mastani minted ₹1.44 crore (US$210,000) from Australian box office and from New Zealand box office it minted ₹26.50 lakh (US$39,000).
On the other hand, Airlift grossed ₹93 lakh (US$140,000) from Australia and ₹36 lakh (US$53,000) from New Zealand.
Critical response
The Tribune reviewed Love Punjab as a film that take you on a journey to discover your roots and make you proud of them.