Premier of Punjabi Movie “Sikander” launches in Chandigarh
A path
breaking movie on Student Politics cutting away from the trend of run of the
mill comedies
Chandigarh
20 June
The
Premier of Punjabi film “Sikander“ held today at DT Cinema , IT Park Mani
Majra, Chandigarh. The entire starcast of the film was present on the occasion.
Dr. Anshu Kataria ,Chairman ,Aryans Group of Colleges was also present on the
occasion and accorded floral welcome to the star cast.
In “Sikander”, Kartar Cheema plays the title
character Sikander, a boy from Mansa who gets involved into student politics
and is eventually whirled into bigger political arena. He falls in love with Beant
(played by Gul Panag) but she has a different approach towards life.
Eventually, Sikander becomes victim of circumstances. The character of
Beant Kaur, is a strong headed girl from a small village, an anarchist who
is not anti-establishment, but a progressive rebel. She is independent with a
very clear idea about right and wrong. She stands by the rules she lays down
for herself, come hail, rain or storm. She lives life on her own terms and
challenges every conflict that comes her way.
The film also stars other brilliant actors
Manav Vij, Victor John, Raj Singh Jhinger and Nishawn Bhullar who all play
major roles. Sikander is directed by Jatinder Mauhar who earlier directed
Mitti, uses Panjab University, Chandigarh as
the backdrop for the story.
This film is an insider’s narrative,
representing the corrupt practices and cruel politics in educational
institutions which degrade these institutions. It depicts schools as making
poisonous impact on society as a whole. Living in this vicious atmosphere the
characters of this film are not immune to its evils. The youth is advancing
in organized crime. The political structures as
well as socioeconomic conditions are responsible for such violent degradation.
Despite the dominant phenomena of degeneration the ray of hope is still alive
among youth.
Sikander is a content driven heavy film whose
script is the hero. It's a fun film with the right mix of entertainment and
social message. Besides, this film is important for anyone who is a Punjabi at
heart. It also touches upon the topic of drug addiction amongst youth, a
problem very rampant in the state.
The versatile music of the film has various
songs sung by different singers. From Indian Bhangra and hip hop singer, Labh
Janjua to the king of Bhangra music Lehmber Hussainpuri, Bollywood playback
singer Kamal Khan to Punjbai singer Masha Ali and Rupinder Handa, upcoming
singers Manjit Sahota and Hardik Trehan, the music has different flavours to
it. The music directors of the film are Gurmeet Singh and Davvy Singh. The
lyrics are written by Rohit Kaushik, Gaurav Trehan and Manjit Sahota.
Poonam Pawar, producer of Sikander says, “The music of the film is such
that the audience will immediately connect to it. The title song is sung by
Ishq Sufiyana fame Kamal Khan. The lyrics of the title track say, “Eh sikander,
oh sikander, har sikander labh reha hai jit da ik nava manzar…. Eh sikander jit
layi chuk laye ne hathiyar….sikander yaaran da hai yaar…” Punjabi munde are
surely going to enjoy songs such as ‘Pind deyan mundeya da Chandigarh Hootar
Bole…” and “Yaari te Sardari layi apni ladayi hai….”
The film also has a song dedicated to the girls whose lyrics are, “Thonu
Mubarak thodi yaari naale saase toh sardari, rok sakon tan rok lavo, hun aagi
saddi waari.”
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