Sardaar Ji

Cast

Box office

The movie had a record opening in history of Punjabi Cinema, it opened to 100% occupancies and shattered previous openings record of Jatt & Juliet 2. It collected ₹2.5 crore (US$390,000) on its first day in Punjab while Jatt & Juliet 2 earned ₹1.5 crore (US$230,000) on its opening day. Sardaar Ji also earned ₹14.45 crore (US$2.3 million) in its opening weekend recovering its making costs of ₹11 crore (US$1.7 million) easily. Sardaar Ji beat bollywood film ABCD 2 easily at overseas box office in top the international collection chart.

In its first running week Sardaar Ji collected over ₹28 crore (US$4.4 million), highest ever in Punjabi cinema. It was first Punjabi movie (Chaar Sahibzaade has total collection of ₹72 crore (US$11 million) as movie was released in English, Hindi and Punjabi languages) to cross ₹60 crore (US$9.4 million) mark worldwide and ₹30 crore (US$4.7 million) mark alone in India.

Critical response

CNN-IBN, Hindustan Times & The Tribune gave positive reviews to the movie. Film was also reviewed by British media like The Guardian.

Sequel

A Sequel, entitled Sardaar Ji 2, directed by Rohit Jugaraj, written by Dheeraj Rattan and produced by White Hill Production, was released on 24 June 2016. Diljit Dosanjh and Sonam Bajwa starring as main leads.

Telugu remake

Telugu Filmmaker Vasu Manthena acquired the rights of Sardaar Ji, to produce it in Telugu cinema.

Television viewership record

In December 2015, Sardaar Ji broke UK TV ratings records by delivering the biggest ever audience for a channel as it registered a huge 54,900 viewers, peaking at 90,000 viewers.