Diljit Dosanjh fires back at trolls alleging he disrespected the Indian flag at Coachella 2023: ‘If you don’t know Punjabi then Google it’

The 2023 Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival became a huge platform for South Asian artists to take over the stage and enthral music-goers. Punjabi actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh’s enthralling performances on two weekends took over the internet by storm. However, the singer had to fire back at trolls who were spreading edited video of his to allege that he disrespected the Indian flag.

A video of Diljit Dosanjh surfaced online in which he was speaking about a woman waving the Indian flag in the crowd. At the concert, the singer said, “Eh mere Punjabi bhain bhraawan layi, mere desh da jhanda laike khadi aa kudi, eh mere desh layi, negativity ton bacho, music saareyan da saanjha (This is for my Punjabi brothers and sisters, this girl is holding my country’s flag. Stay away from negativity. Music is for everyone).”

The video was seemingly edited online and presented online in a way that looked like he disrespected the Indian flag. “So @diljitdosanjh objects when someone waves Indian tricolour during one of his concert in US. Which passport he’s carrying? Republic of KhaIistan? Shame one those Indians who listen to such 2rs artists,” read a comment with the video.

Diljit fired back at the fake news spreading and wrote on Twitter, “DON’T SPREAD FAKE NEWS and NEGATIVITY. Mai Kiha Eh Mere Desh Da Jhanda Hai. Eh Mere Desh Lai.. Means MERI Eh Performance Mere desh Lai. Je Punjabi Nhi Aundi Tan Google Kar leya Karo Yaar… Kion ke Coachella Ek Big Musical Festival Aa Othey Har desh to log aunde ne.. that’s why Music Sab Da Sanjha Hai. SAHI GAL NU PUTHI KIVE GHUMAUNA KOI TUADEY WARGEYA TON SIKHEY ENU V GOOGLE KAR LEYO (I said this is my country’s flag, this is for my country… which means this performance is for my country. If you don’t know Punjabi then Google it. Because Coachella is a big music festival, people from all over the world come there that’s why music is for everyone. Someone should learn how to twist a good thing from you… Google this too).”

DON’T SPREAD FAKE NEWS & NEGATIVITY

Mai Kiha Eh Mere Desh Da Jhanda Hai ???????? Eh Mere Desh Lai.. Means MERI Eh Performance Mere desh Lai
Je Punjabi Nhi Aundi Tan Google Kar leya Karo Yaar…

Kion ke Coachella Ek Big Musical Festival Aa Othey Har desh to log aunde ne.. that’s…

— DILJIT DOSANJH (@diljitdosanjh) April 25, 2023

For the past two weekends, Diljit Dosanjh took the Coachella stage in California. The singer became the first Punjabi artist ever to perform at Coachella 2023. Donning a traditional black kurta on one Saturday and white kurta with lungi and turban on second Saturday, he obliterated the stage with many of his hit tracks including ‘Patiala Peg’, ‘GOAT’, ‘Ni Mein LA Nu’ and ‘Vibe’ among others. Diljit Dosanjh addressed the crowd in Punjabi and said “Punjabis have taken over Coachella.”

Diljit Dosanjh is known for his Punjabi music and movies, including the albums Smile, Back 2 Basics, Con.Fi.Den.Tial, G.O.A.T and Moonchild. He has also contributed as a singer to several Bollywood movies.

Meanwhile, on the work front, Diljit Dosanjh recently unveiled the first trailer of his upcoming Punjabi movie, Jodi. Set for May 5 release, the film stars him opposite Saunkan Saunkne actress Nimrat Khaira. He will also be seen in Imtiaz Ali’s directorial Chamkila with Parineeti Chopra. The actor has also signed The Crew alongside Kareena Kapoor Khan, Kriti Sanon and Tabu.

ALSO READ: Diljit Dosanjh continues his historic reign at Coachella 2023; enthralls the audience with ‘Vibe’, ‘Patiala Peg’ for the second weekend, watch videos

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Photos: Arbaaz Khan, Ali Asgar and others at the grand launch of S. Shubham’s music video ‘Tumse Pyaar Hai’

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Photos: Rhea Chakraborty snapped at a salon in Bandra

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Anushka Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Faf du Plessis strike goofy pose, see picture

Bollywood actress Anushka Sharma recently delighted her followers with an unseen photo of herself, in which she is pictured making a silly pose alongside her spouse, Virat Kohli, and South African cricket player Faf du Plessis.

Anushka Sharma, the actor and wife of cricketer Virat Kohli, has developed a strong connection with Faf du Plessis, the captain of Virat’s team Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB). On Tuesday, Faf shared a previously unseen picture of himself, Anushka, and Virat on his Instagram Stories. In the photo, Anushka can be seen looking serious while Virat Kohli can be spotted making a humorous expression sticking out his tongue and making peace signs with both hands. Faf du Plessis, positioned behind them, smiled for the camera. The picture appears to have been taken outside, potentially at a restaurant. The three of them were dressed in green attire. Faf du Plessis captioned the photo, “Team Green.”

Resharing the picture on his Instagram Story, Virat wrote, “Haha what are we called? @anushkasharma”. Replying to him, Anushka shared the picture on her Instagram Story and wrote, “Band name – Fresh lime soda.” Faf du Plessis shared their posts and wrote, “I like it.”

For the unversed, Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli got married in Italy on December 11, 2017. They were blessed with a baby girl in January 2021.

On the work front, Virat Kohli is currently busy with the IPL (Indian Premiere League). On the other hand, Anushka Sharma surprised her fans with cameo in Qala. The actress is now gearing up for the release of Chakda Xpress. The film will see her play the lead role of former Indian cricketer Jhulan Goswami. It will release on Netflix in 2023. Backed by her brother Karnesh Sharma’s production house Clean Slate Filmz, the film also stars Tripti Dimri, Swastika Mukherjee and Babil Khan.

Also Read: EXCLUSIVE: Sheldon Santos reveals the story behind Virat Kohli-Anushka Sharma’s viral photo

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Shah Rukh Khan helps his frustrated son in coming up with brand logo in Aryan Khan-directed ad campaign, watch video

Following their working together as voice-over artists in The Lion King Hindi version, Shah Rukh Khan has become the face of his son Aryan Khan’s luxury brand D’yavol X. For the same, the Khan junior directed his father for the ad campaign and fans can’t get enough of the intensity in the eyes of both of them.

In the ad campaign, Aryan Khan is frustrated while working on a blackboard and developing the ideas and perfect logo for his brand. Words such as ‘quintessential’ and ‘timeless’ are written on the board but he is not very satisfied with it. He throws the chalk away and strikes a line on the board with red paint. Soon, Shah Rukh Khan enters the screen and notices the board. He picks up the paintbrush and strikes a line across making it a cross mark. This is the new logo of D’yavol X.

 

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Aryan has studied Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cinematic Arts, Film and Television Production, School of Cinematic Arts at University of Southern California. In December 2022, Aryan Khan and co-founders Bunty Singh and Leti Blagoeva marked their foray into the luxury lifestyle business by unveiling D’YAVOL, their passion project. The three entrepreneurs aim to bring consumers the best global experiences and authentic products across fashion, beverages, and exclusive events.

On the work front, Shah Rukh Khan was last seen in Pathaan. The film’s collections crossed Rs. 1000 crore at the worldwide box office. It released in theatres on January 25, 2023. The film stars Deepika Padukone and John Abraham. Siddharth Anand directs it. He will also be seen in Atlee’s Jawan in June 2023. The film stars Vijay Sethupathi and Nayanthara. Deepika is making a cameo. He also has Rajkumar Hirani’s Dunki. The film is backed by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment. It will release on the big screen on December 22, 2023. The film stars Taapsee Pannu in the lead role. The film also stars Satish Shah and Boman Irani. It is a story about immigration. Dunki has already been shot in Mumbai, Budapest and London.

ALSO READ: Shah Rukh Khan receives flowers and warm welcome as he lands in Kashmir for Dunki shoot, watch videos

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Yash Raj Films’ debut film Daag-A Poem of Love hits 50!

The words, “Yash Raj Films” were first seen on screen in the credit titles in Daag: A Poem of Love, which released on April 27, 1973—that is exactly 50 years ago. The film became the third-highest grosser of that plentiful year for Hindi cinema, next only to the record-smashing Bobby and the trendsetting Zanjeer and ahead of other blockbusters like Yaadon Ki Baraat and Jugnu.

This was the first film of Yash Chopra as producer. His sixth film as director and fifth success after his 1959 directorial debut, Dhool Ka Phool, it also had Yash Chopra writing the screenplay along with the then-top writer, novelist Gulshan Nanda, who also penned the story.

Few then, including Yash Chopra himself, could have foretold that in the next half-century, despite some setbacks off and on, the banner would become the Numero Uno film production company in the country.

Yash Chopra had merely decided to break away and become independent without remaining as a shadow to elder brother, B.R. Chopra at BR Films, a legend and a legendary institution, respectively. He had been assisting his elder brother since Ek Hi Rasta (1956) besides also directing Waqt (the biggest hit of 1965), Ittefaq and Aadmi Aur Insaan.

The new company, named Yash Raj Films, was launched in 1971 with this maiden production, when Yash was working with B.R. Chopra in his Dastaan. The muhurat shot for Daag: A Poem of Love was given by its hero, Dilip Kumar, who later went on to do Mashaal (1984) for Yash Raj Films. The woman who motivated Yash Chopra to launch their banner was wife Pamela, who passed away just a week before the 50^th release anniversary of the film.

Though young Yash launched his own company, he also took key team members from the BR Films fold for his first film—dialogues writer Akhtar-Ul-Iman (later known as Amjad Khan’s father-in-law), editor Pran Mehra, lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi and M.A. Shaikh, audiographer on a number of B.R. Chopra films.

Kaygee, assistant cameraman on several BR projects and independent cinematographer in the experimental super-hit, Ittefaq directed by Yash Chopra, was the DOP. Gaekwad, also assistant art director in several of the elder Chopra’s movies, who had started off independently with Ittefaq too, was signed as art director.

At that time, Yash also took on three key members from the Dastaan team: leading lady Sharmila Tagore and composers Laxmikant-Pyarelal on board his maiden outing. Prem Chopra (in a crucial guest appearance), Manmohan Krishna and Iftekhar were others from Dastaan also cast in the film.

Rajesh Khanna, hero of Ittefaq and then the nation’s new heartthrob, billed as a Superstar, and Raakhee, the new heroine who was also going places, were the other lead players. The casting coup of two top Bengali actresses, Sharmila and Raakhee, also made news, especially as Sharmila and Rajesh Khanna were already a popular star-pair.

But when the film was released, the superstar was beleaguered by flops in a row—Shehzada, Mere Jeevan Saathi, Dil Daulat Duniya, Bawarchi, Joroo Ka Gulam, Maalik and Raja Rani.  However, the title Daag once again proved lucky for a huge star—in 1952, a film with the same title had rescued Dilip Kumar after several failures! And after this film, Rajesh Khanna once again had a successful streak until late 1974, even as Amitabh Bachchan was evolving as the new challenger, changing trends.

The music of Daag was a huge hit, and thus for the first time, in a Yash Raj film, the heroine (and hero) were filmed romancing in snow. Simultaneously, the other heroine, Raakhee, was given chiffon sarees, and her name was ‘Chandni’. All these were forerunners of the YRF leitmotif later of glamorous heroines in chiffon sarees against the backdrop of snow, including the name (and film title) given to Sridevi in Chandni. The song ‘Ni Main Yaar Manana Ni’ also is the forerunner of the Punjabi folk number that became a must-have ingredient in several Yash Chopra films to follow.

Also, with this film, Yash Chopra and Raakhee struck a long association with films like Joshila, Kabhi Kabhie, Doosara Aadmi, Trishul and Kaala Patthar following. As a filmmaker, Yash Chopra has never worked more often with any actress.

Trivia hunters also state that this is the first-ever appearance of Anupam Kher, as he plays an ‘extra’ (junior artiste) in this last song. Kader Khan also was associated here in the small role of the prosecuting attorney in the decisive court scene that gave Hindi cinema what is, perhaps, its most unique and bold climax.

Last but not least, we have to mention that this was the first film of Yash Chopra that needed outside finance—as B.R. Chopra was not involved. It was Gulshan Rai, well-known producer and distributor who financed this love story. However, he was sceptical about the results and initially had a less-than-normal number of screens for the film, especially as Rajesh Khanna was also going through a dull phase. In one week, however, the number of prints had to be tripled.

Yash Raj Films thus had a terrific beginning—half a century ago!

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 director James Gunn want to work with RRR star Jr. NTR; says he is ‘amazing and cool’

The third and final instalment from Marvel Cinematic Universe’s Guardians of the Galaxy is almost here. But before the film finally lands in theatres on May 5, fans can’t keep calm, as critics worldwide have shared warm reactions to the film. This makes the last outing of director James Gunn with the MCU but nonetheless he’s had a remarkable and memorable journey.

In a recent interview with an Indian publication, James stated that he wishes to work with our very own Indian actor Jr. NTR. The director was asked if he could introduce an Indian actor into the Guardians universe, who it would be. Replying to the same, the director said he would love to work with the guy from RRR ‘with all the tigers coming out of the cage and everything’. Gunn also added that RRR star Jr NTR was ‘amazing’ and ‘cool’ in the film.

This statement by James Gunn is a testament to the growing popularity of Indian cinema on a global scale and the impact it is having on international audiences.

In Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3, the band of misfits are settling into life on Knowhere. But it isn’t long before their lives are upended by the echoes of Rocket’s turbulent past. Peter Quill, still reeling from the loss of Gamora, must rally his team around him on a dangerous mission to save Rocket’s life—a mission that, if not completed successfully, could quite possibly lead to the end of the Guardians as we know them.

The film stars Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, and Pom Klementieff, featuring Vin Diesel as Groot and Bradley Cooper as Rocket, Sean Gunn, Chukwudi Iwuji, Will Poulter and Maria Bakalova.

James Gunn helms the third installment and also wrote the screenplay. Kevin Feige produces with Louis D’Esposito, Victoria Alonso, Nikolas Korda, Sara Smith, and Simon Hatt serving as executive producers.

ALSO READ: James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 to feature MCU’s first ever uncensored f-bomb

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