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On Film Career Of Gurdas Mann
After a long journey in punjabi cinema mann finally
hit it really big. He got the challenge of playing a role in a movie
that went on to be a blockbuster. The name of that movie is Shaheed-E-Mohabbat.
The movie is based on a true story. Depicting a real life incident that
occurred in 1947. It's a love story that tells a tale of many during
the times of partition, and when watched, it rakes out innumerable
emotions in a person. The film originally made in Punjabi has been
dubbed in Hindi as well, so it can reach out to a wider audience.
And it's a big-budgeted movie, but like Gurdas Maan puts it so aptly:
"Its an art film with a commercial finish". Its about a man by name of
Boota, who has a Muslim wife, which was played by Divya Dutta. Due to
the unruly government laws of those times, she gets deported to Pakistan
and has no choice but to leave her infant daughter and her husband back
in India. But determined to get his wife back, he goes on to Pakistan,
and under circumstances forced upon her, she denies him completely.
After a struggle, that seems like a lifetime, he inevitably fails to
secure her return home. This causes him to breakdown and commit suicide.
It's a dramatically pictured film and everybody has given a fabulous performance.
The tomb of Boota Singh still stands in Lahore and the locals there visit the tomb
on Ursa in his honor every year. The movie was also selected for screening in the
film festival that was held in Calcutta and goes on to be recommended to for the
30th international film festival being held in Hyderabad.
This being a film where in his acting talents came to the forefront.
The movie is based on a true story and is directed by Manoj Punj.
And he quotes "I am glad to have done this film, for it has
brought the best in me". One would think so, with his powerful
performance coming across as very convincing on screen. Though the
film is in Punjabi, it has been dubbed in Hindi to reach a wider
audience. It is an expensive project costing Rs. 80 lakhs and Maan
believes that this is an art film with a commercial finish. He is
happy to have had undertaken this project. He found a promising
ally in director Manoj Punj. "Despite this successful attempt at acting,
music remains my first love. This film is a contribution to the
Punjabi language, which has made me what I am today." says
Maan.
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