Amar Singh Chamkila: After Diljit, Kapil Sharma Was The Second Choice To Play The Iconic Singer

Amar Singh Chamkila: Undoubtedly, Diljit Dosanjh left a lasting impression on everyone with his singing and acting in the recently released Netflix film Amar Singh Chamkila. During their recent engagement on The Great Indian Kapil Show, Imtiaz Ali, Parineeti Chopra, and Diljit from Team Chamkila discussed the film extensively and shared some information with the audience that they were unaware of.

Kapil Sharma Was The Second Choice To Play Amar Singh Chamkila

In the behind-the-scenes video, Kapil Sharma disclosed that he was away from home when he missed a call from the movie's composer, AR Rahman. "I met Rahman sir one day and he said, 'I called you for Chamkila,'" Kapil recalled.

¡°I think he wanted me to sing a song or something. I thought he was just sweet talking with me.¡±

Imtiaz went on to say that Rahman had talked about Kapil¡¯s singing. Kapil added, ¡°He said this to me in a serious manner. I said, ¡®Sir we were overseas and which is why we couldn¡¯t speak to each other.¡¯¡±

¡°I felt really bad, I cried the whole night. It was unfortunate.¡±

Imtiaz then said, ¡°But Rahman sir said that if Diljit couldn¡¯t do this film, we had only one more choice which was you.¡±

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For the unversed, The movie explores the life of the renowned Punjabi singer Amar Singh Chamkila, who was tragically killed at the age of 27. On April 12, the film made its Netflix debut to much praise. Parineeti Chopra who played Amarjot in the recently released Netflix film shared a post on Instgram a few days after the film¡¯s success. She went on to write in the caption, "A fact about me: I love it when directors give me a challenge. Thank you Imtiaz Ali sir for pushing me to do my absolute best in every scene.¡±