SUBEDAR JOGINDER SINGH – New Punjabi Film – Gippy Grewal
A star cast of Punjabi actors have come together to pay their tribute to an award winning national Soldier Subedar Joginder Singh who was awarded by India for his commitment and martyrdom in the Indian Army for exemplary courage and bravery of highest order during the Sino-Indian War 1962.
The film is set around the Sino-Indian War which took place in 1962, a proud remembrance for Indians owing to the extraordinary courage and valor of the Indian soldiers. The film is set post partition when India and Pakistan were divided on October 20, 1962, India was unexpectedly attacked by China.
The film is based around a brave Soldier Subedar Joginder Singh, the commander of 11th platoon of Delta Company. Joginder, Served the 1st Sikh Regiment of the Indian army, with a handful of Sikh Soldiers who stood strong against thousands of Chinese soldiers and continued to fight despite being wounded and shot during war. Subedar Joginder Singh is a Biopic depicting the life and taking the audience on a journey dated back alongside reliving this martyrs triumph during the war.
This film was inspired by Producer of Seven Colors Motion Picture, Mr. Sumeet Singh and award winning writer Mr. Raashid Rangrez. He learnt about Subedar Joginder Singh, who fought 3 major wars for his country, and attained martyrdom on October 23, 1962.
The film that took 3-4 months to shoot in extreme conditions of Suratgarh, where the mercury soared to a melting level, and it has been filmed in bone-chilling climate of Drass, Kargil where the temperature drops below freezing point. It’s a multi-starrer film having the entire gamut of Punjabi Actors one big screen- Gippy Grewal, Kulwinder Billa, Rajvir Jawanda, Karamjit Anmol, Harish Verma, Charan Singh, Guggu Gill, Jordan Sandhu, Ganga fame- Aditi Sharma. Not only this, Subedar Joginder Singh’s daughter Sardarni Kulwant Kaur ji has been of immense help to the makers by giving true insights about the life of the this brave soldier.
Seven Colors Motion Picture Pvt. Ltd. – the production house dedicatedly working towards making of this film are appearing to be the most prominent ones amongst contemporary Production houses. In the era of easy going, and commercially viable film making, this particular production house chose a subject which is of huge significance to the entire nation. That’s a change of pace for Punjabi cinema! So much so, the sources reveal that Seven Colors Motion Picture, is the only production house in Punjab which manages end-to-end value-chain of film production; right from the scripting to the release of the of films (theatrical, digital) is managed in-house.
This much anticipated biopic of the Param Vir Chakra recipient ‘Subedar Joginder Singh’ is all set to release on the 6th of April, 2018 worldwide