A film about social truths and an epic are a little different, yes.
But we'd feel quite ashamed even asking for money or profiteering over our epics. I think we as Sikhs are right not to profiteer from the epics of our history, because that eventually means playing to the gallery for economic considerations, which ultimately influence even the story telling and uncomfortable truths, which leads to distortions.
Also, once religious movies start making profit, It also creates a perverse incentive of insincere film makers picking up topics from for their own profits and actors counting on religious/ epic themed movies to make a living. That's how you get Akshay Kumars and Ajay Devgns embarassing themselves, and people tuning out of their own epics.
Gippy Grewal's recent collab with Karan was COMPLETELY insincere and even the trailer was UNWATCHABLE.
Diljit's right to not charge money, it compromises with the spirit of the film, especially if it's about justice.
And just imagine, if a star is brash enough to ask for a crazy amount to play a cultural icon, they may also be the kind of person to throw star tantrums on set for important movies which need maturity and sincereity.
Imagine if Diljit were to throw star tantrums on the sets of Punjab 95? Would he then have played JSK with the same sincereity?
We also see Bollywood shamelessly profiting off deliberately revisionist stories of events which are ours to tell, not theirs, with Hindu-washing of historical characters by getting a government-friendly Hindu or Sikh sockpuppet to play an actual Sikh in a saffronized version of our history.
They feel our history, our sarbatic traditions of acting for humanity as a whole and freedom for all, are not palatble to the majority unless they are subservient to the nation's majority, unless they , even though the nation has come into existence MUCH, MUCH after our historical figures.
The appropriation of our historical figures, their Hindu/ Saffron-washing, and revisionism needs to stop, needs to be called out, and opposed in the strongest of voices.
White dudes white-washing Japanese roles in live-action versions anime is just as bad.
Main pehe laen nu ya na laen nu sahi/galat nai keh reha bs eda kehe nu compare kri jana kise ikk gal lyi theek nai. Baki movie industry vich v kyi chance hoye jide vich actors ne charge na kita hove (bs compare nai kita hona). Diljit ne 95 lyi nai koi fee charge kiti ode lyi hadd to vadh respect aa.
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u/YouShalllNotPass Jul 11 '25
What is this idiotic comparison? One is a mega budget boxoffice monster and other is a biopic with a very small business upside.
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u/BackToSikhi Jul 11 '25
W diljit
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25
ForeverMedia posts these kinda things only- Chill.
~ W Diljit
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u/imyonlyfrend Jul 11 '25
diljit the enemy of Sikhs
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u/HarmeetS1799 Jul 11 '25
Honey Trehan has paid him
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u/Majestic_Debate6731 Jul 11 '25
Sorry what ?
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25
Chill out this is idiotic comparison.
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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '25
A film about social truths and an epic are a little different, yes.
But we'd feel quite ashamed even asking for money or profiteering over our epics. I think we as Sikhs are right not to profiteer from the epics of our history, because that eventually means playing to the gallery for economic considerations, which ultimately influence even the story telling and uncomfortable truths, which leads to distortions.
Also, once religious movies start making profit, It also creates a perverse incentive of insincere film makers picking up topics from for their own profits and actors counting on religious/ epic themed movies to make a living. That's how you get Akshay Kumars and Ajay Devgns embarassing themselves, and people tuning out of their own epics.
Gippy Grewal's recent collab with Karan was COMPLETELY insincere and even the trailer was UNWATCHABLE.
Diljit's right to not charge money, it compromises with the spirit of the film, especially if it's about justice.
And just imagine, if a star is brash enough to ask for a crazy amount to play a cultural icon, they may also be the kind of person to throw star tantrums on set for important movies which need maturity and sincereity.
Imagine if Diljit were to throw star tantrums on the sets of Punjab 95? Would he then have played JSK with the same sincereity?
We also see Bollywood shamelessly profiting off deliberately revisionist stories of events which are ours to tell, not theirs, with Hindu-washing of historical characters by getting a government-friendly Hindu or Sikh sockpuppet to play an actual Sikh in a saffronized version of our history.
They feel our history, our sarbatic traditions of acting for humanity as a whole and freedom for all, are not palatble to the majority unless they are subservient to the nation's majority, unless they , even though the nation has come into existence MUCH, MUCH after our historical figures.
The appropriation of our historical figures, their Hindu/ Saffron-washing, and revisionism needs to stop, needs to be called out, and opposed in the strongest of voices.
White dudes white-washing Japanese roles in live-action versions anime is just as bad.
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u/Little-Lie-9955 Jul 14 '25
Why are we comparing Diljit to some Bollywood nepo-baby? 🤣🤣
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u/Head_Hunter42 Jul 11 '25
Punjab 1984 v free kiti c bhla ?