Diljit Dosanjh On Lost Connection With Parents: Was Sent Away From Home Without Consent At 11

Diljit Dosanjh who is basking in the glory of his recently released film Crew and awaiting the release of Amar Singh Chamkila recently opened up about the painful experience of childhood that made him lose connection with his parents. He said that he was sent away from home without consent.?

Diljit Dosanjh Shares Painful Experience Of Being Sent Away At 11

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The singer-actor recalled how and why his parents sent him to Ludhiana when he was just 11 years old. "I shifted from my home when I was 11. I moved to my uncle's house in Ludhiana from my village. My uncle had told my father,?'Isko mere saath sheher bhej do?(send him to the city with me).' My parents agreed and said, 'Haanji le jaao?(take him with you).' Nobody asked me if I wanted to go or not".

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Dosanjh said that he felt lonely there and couldn't even call his parents. "I was very fond of Diwali and Holi. But in Ludhiana, I used to live alone in a room. There was no TV also. I just used to go to school and come back. I used to have a lot of free time in hand since there were no mobile phones. I couldn't call my parents because the calls were expensive," Dosanjh shared with?Ranveer Allahbadia on his podcast BeerBiceps.

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Eventually, Diljit lost connection with his family. "So, at the age of 11, my connection with my family broke." He added that he respects his mom a lot and called his father "adorable". Talking about his father Diljit Dosanjh said, "He hasn't ever said anything to me. He just said, 'You will get a house to live in and food to eat. Rest, it is your life."

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For the unversed, Diljit was born in village of Dosanjh Kalan in Phillaur tehsil, Jalandhar district, Punjab. His father Balbir Singh, is a former employee of Punjab Roadways and his mother, Sukhwinder Kaur, is a homemaker. The Amar Singh Chamkila actor has two siblings, one elder sister and one younger brother.

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