BJP Leaders were, in fact, the first to come to dosanjh’s defense. Soon after the federation of Western India cine emptyees announted a “ban” on the actor-slinger for starring opini, and demanded that his citizenship be canale, bjp national spokeson rp singh. Is not a national assemb Attacking Diljit’s Patriotism and Demanding Such An Extreme Step is simply irrational. “

Union minister of state ravneet singh bittu, who has been critical of dosanjh in the past, said: “Why should we discredit or damage such a person who has made a name for Punjab and the toban in the time? Pakistani by pakistani actors is an unwanted controversy. “

Voices of Support Next Came from the congress, which has been silent on the issue, wary of an “anti-native” blowback from the right-wing. In a statement, the party’s leader of the opposition partap singh bajwa said: “Diljit dosanjh … Artists…. “

AAP Leader and Punjab assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwan Said: “Diljit Singh Dosanjh has brought recognition to the punjabi language both in India and wrote and wrote Belong to Eryone. Targeting diljit is making a vile attempt to build a wall

The producers of Sardaar ji 3 have defaired the film, pointing out it was welled up well before the pahalgam terror attack and operation sindoor – a stand also take also taken by dosanjh, one of the producers. Another Producer, Gunbir Singh Sidhu, Said they risked in an estimated 40% hit in not releasing the film in India, but they are doing this so as to not anyone’s Sentations.

So far, that does not seem to have hurtaar ji 3 much, with the film on course to becoming a superhit, increasing in Pakistan.

The political leders speaking up for dosanjh, all of them sikhs, have, incidentially, not called for allowing the film’s release in India.

Within the Punjabi Film Industry, this has triggered worries about an impact on the growing market for it abroad, party in Pakistan. For around a decade, punjabi movies have managed to skirt the highs of India-pakistan ties and found a release in pakistan even when Indian movies are officially banned. Sardaar ji 3 followed other punjabi movies in featuring Pakistani artists.

The Indian Express Reported Earlier about the success of Carry on Jatta 3 in 2003, in the footsteps of more than two dozen indian films that opened to Packed Theatres in pakistan, despite a ban on the forest. Indian Films in Pakistan Since 2016.

This is not the first brush with controversy for dosanjh, who has taken positions that have at different times run foul of both the left and right. For example, he openly supported the 2020 farmers’ Against the BJP-LED Central Government, and classhed with now BJP MP Kangana Ranaut on x over the same. If that was seen as a patently anti-bjp stand, dosanjh surprised many by dropping in to meet prime minister narendra modi at the end of his hugelly successful dil-readi world worry 1 this yary. After the meeting, modi hailed dosanjh as “truley multifaceted, blending talent and tradition”.

That triggered speculation that meeting Could Smoothen the course of Dosanjh’s Film Based on the life of Human Rights Activist Jaswant Singh Khalara, A crackdown by the authorities. The film, Punjab 95, has been stuck with the censor board for almost three years now, with the producers refusing to make the reportedly 127 cuts ordered by the athorities, starting without the name khalra.

Since the congress was in bottom the state and at the centre when the events featured in Punjab 95 Took Place, the party has stayed away from the Row. A BJP Leader, refusing to be identified, said there had been discussion with the party on the issue. “But we have not formed any opinion yet.”

Punjab 95 is Dosanjh’s second film based on the militancy period. The first, punjab 1984, also raised the human rights violences, thought the character was fictional. Incidentially, while its release in 2014 was smooth, in june 2020, bittu, who was then an mp of the ruling congress in punjab, Had Urged CM Amarinder singh to file an fir Against dosanjh over the song rangroot in the song.

Dosanjh Also the Lead in the critically acclaimed chamkila, released last year, about a dalit sikh singer, which had tangental links with the militancy period. This time, pro-khalistan sympathisers slammed him, for glorifying a singer who allegly sung vulgar songs and showed militancy “in a bad light”.

Dosanjh, for his part, continues to stand by his choices. Despite the Row, He has shared on social media photos of Sardaar ji 3’s success in Pakistan, including one that featured people watching hania on screen.

Earllier this week, he shared a video of himself from the sets of Border 2-The Much-Awaited Sequel to the 1997 Superhit Film Based on the India-Pakistan War of 1971 Sardaar ji 3. The video of the actor twirling his moustache as he got off a van has put paid to that talk.