Imtiaz Ali Thought Amar Singh Chamkila's First Wife Would "Attack" Him At Screening. Instead, She...

The biopic features Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra in lead roles

Imtiaz Ali is basking in all the love and appreciation coming his way for his latest directorial project Amar Singh Chamkila. The film is based on the life of the eponymous musician and his second wife Amarjot Kaur, their meteoric rise as singers and their tragic murders. The film explores Amar Singh Chamkila's personal and professional choices and for this reason, Imitiaz Ali shared that he was nervous when Chamkila's first wife Gurmail Kaur attended the screening of the film. Stressing that there was no attempt to “whitewash” the late singer's life, Imitiaz Ali told ZoomTV:  “Chamkila's family was at the screening. His first wife Gurmail Kaur was there. Amarjot and Chamkila's son Jaiman Chamkila was there. Chamkila's daughters [from his first marriage] were also there. When we were watching the film, his first wife was sitting right next to me and I was thinking that there are some sensitive scenes in the film, should I just pull back or go back before she attacks me. But when the screening got over, she hugged me and everybody was so happy with the way that Chamkila was portrayed because we were hoping that they would like it.”

In a video posted by Diljit Dosanjh, Gurmail Kaur is seen giving Diljit (who plays the titular character) a warm hug. Parineeti Chopra is seen as Amarjot Kaur in the film.

Stressing that his attempt was always to portray Chamkila's character as the singer was, Imtiaz Ali added: “I have not whitewashed Chamkila because that was the point of making the film. He has done a lot of things that can be judged but I let it be like that in the film and it's actually credit to the family that they understood it. They knew that it's factual and they did not stop me in any way.”