Pollywood weekly roundup: Top Punjabi movies that made headlines this week

From new movie announcements to films getting their release date, yet again the Punjabi Cineworld has seen quite some action this week as well. Here’s brief on what all happened on the Punjabi filmy front. So if you wish to know about movies that hit the box office to the movies that are ready to do so, just scroll down.

This week Pollywood box office witnessed its first sequel of the year ‘Rabb Da Radio 2’. Released on 29th March, the movie is a family drama that gave the Punjabi audience a break from the back to back comedy flicks. Since this second part was in continuation from where the first installment ended, it showed the married life of Manjinder and Guddi a.k.a Tarsem Jassar and Simi Chahal.

Further, written by Jass Grewal and directed by Sharan Art, the movie is enjoying a good run at the box office.

Amid the hustle of Punjabi movies that are making it to the big screen this year, Pollywood project ‘Puaada’, which is scheduled to release in 2020 caught the attention. Featuring the much loved on-screen couple Ammy Virk and Sonam Bajwa, the movie is slated to hit the silver screen on 12 June 2020. Debutant director Rupinder Chahal will be the captain of the ship, while Atul Bhalla, Amit Bhalla, Anurag Singh, Aman Gill and Pawan Gill are bankrolling the movie. This is the fourth time that Ammy and Sonam are coming up as the lead pair opposite one another and second time for the producers to join hands.

After the success of ‘Kala Shah Kala’ Binnu Dhillon and Sargun Mehta are again ready to hook the audience with another outing. The two will be seen together again this year on 18th October. The title of their upcoming movie hasn’t been disclosed as of now. Nonetheless, the two will be seen playing the lead in the Amarjit Singh directorial, which has been bankrolled under Binnu Dhillon’s banner and Dreamiyata Entertainment.

On one hand, where Rakesh Mehta’s ’Yaara Ve’ is lined up for release, on the other, the shoot of his another directorial went on the floors. Titled ‘Yamla’, the movie is being shot in Amritsar. It stars Rajvir Jawanda, Sanvi Dhiman, Raghveer Boli, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Harby Sanga, Navpreet Kaur Dhillon and more in important roles. Further, the release date of this Bally Singh Kakar production hasn’t been unveiled yet.

This week the teaser of Harish Verma and Wamiqa Gabbi starrer ‘Nadhoo Khan’ was released. Featuring the tale of the bygone era, the teaser gave a glimpse of the man who was made of strong will. Further, within a short span, after the teaser release, the makers also presented the first song ‘Multan’ from the movie. Crooned by Mannat Noor, the song is a beautiful melody that stars Wamiqa Gabbi dancing like a dream.

Slated to release on April 26, ‘Nadhoo Khan’ is a period drama. Along with Harish Verma and Wamiqa Gabbi, the movie stars BN Sharma, Baninderjit Singh Bunny, Hobby Dhaliwal, Malkeet Rauni, Rupinder Rupi, Gurpreet Bhangu, Harinder Bhullar, Gurchet Chitarkaar, Simran Dhindsa, Parkash Gadhu, Mahabir Bhullar, Raj Dhaliwal, Gagan Gill, Satwinder Kaur, Seema Kaushal, Master Ansh Tejpal and Chacha Bisna.

Besides ‘Puaada’, another 2020 Punjabi movie was announced this week. Titled ‘Hera Pheri’, the movie stars Binnu Dhillon, Raj Singh Bedi and Gurpreet Ghuggi in the lead. It will be a comedy drama helmed by Smeep Kang and will be reaching to the audience on April 24, 2020. Further, Sameer Dixit, Jatish Verma, Girish Johar, Kewal Garg and Praveen Chowdhary are producing the movie, while Anshu Munish Sahni and Aniket Kawade are the co-producers.

The Ammy Virk starrer ‘Nikka Zaildar 3’ got a new release date this week. Earlier it was scheduled to release on June 21, but the same will now be making it to the box office on September 13. Though the reason behind postponing the date hasn’t been unveiled, if the movie would have been released as per the earlier schedule, it would have clashed with Diljit Dosanjh’s ‘Shadaa’.

Another movie whose release date got pushed forward this week is ‘Lukan Michi’. The Preet Harpal and Mandy Takhar starrer was earlier slated to hit the big screen on May 3rd, but now it will be releasing a week later on May 10th. Just like the aforementioned ‘Nikka Zaildar 3’, the reason behind pushing forward the date of the movie hasn’t been disclosed. And, another similarity here is, that if ‘Lukan Michi’ would have released on May 3rd, it would have been in the clash of screens with Parmish Verma’s ‘Dil Diyan Gallan’ and Rajvir Jawanda’s ‘Jind Jaan’.