Weekend roundup: Pollywood movies that made headlines this week

From movies hitting the big screen to posters being released on social media handles, to rescheduling of release date, a lot has happened in the world of Punjabi cinema this week. If you wish to get a brief of the same, here’s a scoop you would not want to miss. Read below to know about Punjabi movies that made news this week:

The highly anticipated Neeru Bajwa and Amrit Maan starrer ‘Aate Di Chidi’ released this week. The movie had a good opening at the box office and the makers, as well as the actors, garnered a lot of appreciation from the audience. However, it’s not just the box office collection of ‘Aate Di Chidi’ that is keeping the movie in news, the preponing of the release date just a couple of days prior to the earlier set release date is one of the reasons to why the film stirred a buzz. Earlier, the movie was scheduled to hit the theatres on 19th October, on the very day of Dussehra, but it instead made it to the big screen a day earlier on 18th October.

‘High End Yaariyaan’ is the title of director turn producer Pankaj Batra’s first Punjabi production venture. Starring Jassie Gill, Ranjit Bawa and Ninja, the movie will be hitting the theatres in 2019, on 22nd Feb. The poster of the same was released earlier, but the title was kept under wraps by the makers, which was unveiled this week. According to a TOI report, Pankaj Batra wanted to create a unique song around the title; thus, took his own sweet time in deciding the same.

The first look of Sharry Mann and Payal Rajput starrer ‘Marriage Palace’ came out this week. The poster featured Sharry Mann really dismayed by perhaps the mess happening in and around his wedding. Along with the first look, the makers also announced the new release date of the movie. The film was earlier scheduled to hit the big 28th September, but now will be making it to the box office on 23rd November. Reportedly, the shooting got a little stretched and there were a couple of shots pending; thus, the movie’s release date got pushed.

Another movie whose poster look came out this week is ‘Kaake Da Viyah’. This is yet again another movie woven around a wedding and the madness that surrounds it. However, unlike the poster of ‘Marriage Palace’, wherein Sharry Mann can be seen making a face, in the first poster look of ‘Kaake Da Viyah’, Jordan Sandhu posed as the happiest groom. Again, along with the poster, the makers announced the rescheduled release date of the movie. This Jordan Sandhu and Prabh Grewal starrer will be hiting the big screen on 1st February 2019. Earlier the same was slated to release on January 11, 2019.

Mandy Takhar who recently wrapped up the shoot of one of 2019 releases ‘Television’, has gone onboard for another project releasing next year. Titled ‘Band Vaaje’ the movie will star Mandy Takhar opposite Binnu Dhillon. The Sameep Kang directorial is reportedly a comedy-drama, whose title poster was released this week. Along with Binnu Dhillon and Mandy Takhar, the movie feature Jaswinder Bhalla and Gurpreet Ghuggi in important roles.

A new poster of ‘Nanka Mel’ released this week. The earlier poster only spoke about the male lead, Roshan Prince, but the latest one unveiled the whole cast of the movie. Rubina Bajwa will be playing the female lead in the period drama. Besides, there are around 50 Punjabi and Hindi film industry stars featuring in the movie. To name a few are, Nirmal Rishi, Sardar Sohi, Gurmeet Saajan, Sunita Dhir, Hobby Dhaliwal, Anita Devgan, Rana Jang Bahadur, Harby Sangha, Hardeep Gill, Rupinder Rupi, Malkit Rauni, Harinder Bhullar, Sanjiv Klair, Deep Dhillon, Gurpreet Bhangu, Arun Bali, Satinder Kaur, Narinder Neena Mohni, Ravinder Mand and Vijay Tandon. The movie is scheduled for a 2019 release.