Ahead of 'Amar Singh Chamkila', releasing on Netflix, AR Rahman and Imtiaz Ali discuss their combustible partnership of many years and finding the sound of 80s Punjab.

Their last collaboration was Tamasha (2015), a well-loved romance with an enduring soundtrack, and before that Highway (2014) and the angsty, iconic Rockstar (2011). Like the ringleader of a thrilling heist, Imtiaz has assembled the old crew for Chamkila — besides Rahman, lyricist Irshad Kamil and singer Mohit Chauhan have jammed on the album.

Set in the tumultuous 80s, the musical biopic stars Diljit Dosanjh as legendary Punjabi folk singer Amar Singh Chamkila. Parineeti Chopra essays Chamkila’s wife and singing partner Amarjot. Known for his frank, playful lyrics that cast an uncanny spell over the masses, Chamkila was slain, along with Amarjot, by unidentified gunmen in Mehsampur in Punjab in 1988. Their deaths have remained a mystery, though one theory holds they were killed by Sikh separatists.

Read more: https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/imtiaz-ali-has-reinvented-himself-with-amar-singh-chamkila-ar-rahman/article68015983.ece

Reporting: Shilajit Mitra
Production: Johan Sathyadas

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