Punjabi music sensation Diljit Dosanjh, who is on his Dil-Luminati Tour, has been setting the stage on fire with stellar performances at his Delhi concerts. On the second day of his concert in the national capital, Diljit received praise from Amar Singh Chamkila director Imtiaz Ali. The filmmaker wrote that he is ‘shaking the country’.
On October 28, Imtiaz Ali re-shared a fan post of his recent performance at Diljit Dosanjh’s Delhi concert on Instagram. In a clip posted on his Instagram story, Diljit can be seen performing on late folk singer Amar Singh Chamkila’s original song Pehle Laalkare at the concert.
The singer is wearing a black jacket with a white dress. She paired it with a white turban.
Tagging Diljit, Imtiaz wrote, “Rocking the country.”
Check out the screenshot of her Instagram story here:
Diljit Dosanjh performed in Delhi for two days, i.e. 26 October and 27 October. Their concert was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium in the national capital. Diljit will perform in Jaipur on November 3, followed by Chandigarh, Guwahati, Pune, Indore, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Lucknow, Hyderabad and Ahmedabad.
Imtiaz Ali has been quite vocal about choosing Diljit Dosanjh for his directorial venture Amar Singh Chamkila. In an earlier interview with Mid-Day, Imtiaz had shared an anecdote about Diljit being offered the lead role. The filmmaker revealed that the singer-actor had narrated him a story from his 2023 film, Jodi, before signing the biographical drama.
According to Imtiaz, Diljit showed him some of Jodi’s parts and asked him to decide whether he would be the right fit for the role in Amar Singh Chamkila. The film, based on the life of late folk musician Amar Singh Chamkila, premiered on Netflix on April 12. Parineeti Chopra played the role of Diljit’s on-screen second wife Amarjot Kaur in Amar Singh Chamkila.
Imtiaz Ali started his directorial journey in 2005 with the film ‘Socha Na Tha’ starring Abhay Deol and Ayesha Takia. Imtiaz has also made films like Jab We Met, Highway, Jab Harry Met Sejal, Rockstar, Tamasha and Love Aaj Kal.
He also wrote the script for his brother, director Sajid Ali, for his 2018 film Laila Majnu.
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