Jinder, Bikkar and Billa are illegally working in Birmingham, United Kingdom to earn money for family back in India. They are constantly in danger of Immigration Agents raid while working multiple jobs. Savy and Bal move in next door and they become friends with Jinder. Tavrej and Butta come from Pakistan with the aim of making money. They stay with Chaudhary Shamsher. One day Jinder, Bikkar and Billa vacate the apartment in hurry thinking police is there to pick them up. While looking for place to stay, they meet Shamsher. Shamsher is also in need for more roommates so they all move in together. Misunderstandings ensue resulting in lock up of Jinder and Billa. In the end, friends all help each other out and solve their problems.
Cast
Amrinder Gill as Jaswinder Singh 'Jinder'
Simi Chahal as Swaran Kaur 'Savy'
Iftikhar Thakur as Chaudhary Shamsher
Nasir Chinyoti as Tabrez Waseem
Hardeep Gill as Bikkar Chacha
Akram Udas as Butta Khan
Gurshabad as Balwinder Singh 'Billa'
Seema Kaushal as Chachi
Rup Khatkar as Bal
Raj Dhaliwal as Butta’s wife
Sanju Solanki as Billa’s father
Prabhjot Kaur as Chacha’s daughter
Nimrat Khaira as special appearance in song "Baddlan De Kaalje"
Agha Majid as Tavrej's Father
Soundtrack
Soundtrack of the film is composed by Dr Zeus and Gurcharan Singh. Background score is also composed by Gurcharan Singh. Lyrics are written by Harmanjeet, Bir Singh, Satta Vairowalia, and Bunty Bains.
Track List
Production
, Virasat Films, and Tata Benipal started working on Chal Mera Putt, Rakesh Dhawan developed the story and later approached to Rhythm Boyz Entertainment to produce. Amrinder Gill started his filming schedule even before the release of Laiye Je Yaarian. Also, Gill in an interview disclosed that the film is an Indian-Pakistan collaboration and is starring many actors from Pakistan including Iftikhar Thakur, Nasir Chinyoti and Akram Udas. He said, "Our films did well in Pakistan like Angrej and their stage dramas are loved in East Punjab. So we went for collaboration." On 2 June 2019, Gill and Simi Chahal were confirmed as lead actors. Gurshabad and Hardeep Gill also play main roles in the film. It marks the feature film directorial debut for Janjot Singh while his first announced film Aahlna is unreleased. Auditions for the film were held in February 2019 while principal photography of the film took place in single schedule of one month, it began on 25 May 2019 in Birmingham and completed on 26 June 2019 where Sandeep Patil served as cinematographer. Cast of the film spent more than a month in United Kingdom before filming to prepare for their respective characters. Gill in an interview disclosed that filming was initially scheduled for February 2019 but was delayed due to relations between India and Pakistan at the time. The film was edited by Sadik Ali Shaikh and its final cut ran for a total of 123 minutes and 51 seconds.
Release and marketing
Chal Mera Putt was announced by Amrinder Gill in an interview with BBC in May 2019 and was released on 26 July 2019. Despite being Indian films banned in Pakistan Chal Mera Putt was censored there, as Iftikhar Thakur is one of its producers. The film was scheduled to be released on same day in Pakistan but was delayed as it doesn’t received NOC till date. Thakur described its status as uncertain and said team is still trying to release the film. The film was released in UAE on 1 August 2019. All Indian Cine Workers Association asked for the ban on the film in India for violating ban on collaboration with Pakistani artists set by association after 2019 Pulwama attack. However, the film was released on its scheduled date. Jarnail Singh, production supervisor of the film disclosed that team of the film has faced several problems and people had put various allegations on them including some web portals asking for boycott while some calling it anti-national. He added, “it is said that artists don’t belong to any religion or boundary, it’s their artistry that matters.” The first look poster of the film was released by Gill on his social media handles on 24 June 2019. Second poster of the film was released on 7 July 2019 with Gill and Simi Chahal in it. Official trailer of the film was released on 15 July 2019 by Rhythm Boyz on YouTube. The trailer was well received by audience and was viewed near one million times within hours of its release. As of August 2019, it has been viewed over 7.8 million times on YouTube. First song "Baddlan De Kaalje" sung by Gill and Nimrat Khaira was released on 21 July 2019. On 24 July 2019, title song of the film sung by Gill and Gurshabad was released. On 25 July 2019, third song "Aaban De Deson" sung by Gill was released. The song depicted the pain and struggle of girls in foreign countries. On 28 July 2019, song "Shiftaan" sung by Gurshabad was released. In August 2019, songs "Gallan Na Changian" by Gurshabad and "Jithe Malak Rakhda" by Bir Singh were released.
Reception
Box office
Chal Mera Putt was opened at with A$313,404 and NZ$87,874 at Australia and New Zealand respectively. Also, at the time of release it had a record opening for Punjabi films in Australia for the year. In North America, the film grossed $464,051 in its opening weekend including $153,103 in United States and $310,945 in Canada. In India, the film opened with 63% occupancy at national multiplexes. In United Kingdom, the film grossed £99,293 in its opening weekend. The film grossed over A$530,672 and NZ$144,493 in Australia and New Zealand in its first week. As of its fifth weekend, the became the highest ever grossing Punjabi film at overseas with gross over US$3.6 million, breaking the previous record of Chaar Sahibzaade which has grossed US$3.57 million in its run. Also, the film became highest-grossing Punjabi film in Australia, Gulf states, and second-highest in United Kingdom and New Zealand.
Territories
Gross revenue
Opening Weekend
Canada
US$12,85,707
US$310,945
United States
US$429,716
US$153,103
Australia
A$943,423
A$313,404
New Zealand
NZ$221,620
NZ$87,874
United Kingdom
£4,12,345
£99,293
Germany
€33,059
Spain
€36,168
€18,928
Italy
€56,234
€25,237
Gulf
US$3,00,000
Critical reception
Gurnaaz Kaur of The Tribune gave three stars out of five, praising lead cast, she said, "Amrinder Gill is convincing. He is mostly calm and poised . His innocence and naughtiness is heartening. Simi Chahal, on the other hand, looks her bubbly self and plays her part well; just that she doesn’t have that much presence in the movie." She also praised performances from Gurshabad, Hardeep Gill, Iftikhar Thakur, Nasir Chinyoti and Akram Udas. In last added, "The comic timing, the dialogue delivery, the punches— Chal Mera Putt gains on all points."
During the Principal photography of the film, AICWA wrote a letter to the chief minister of Punjab, Captain Amarinder Singh demanding a ban on the release of the release of Chal Mera Putt. It was because after the Pulwama attack AICWA posed a ban on pakistani artists in all entertainment industries of India and Chal Mera Putt featured several Pakistani actors including Iftikhar Thakur, Nasir Chinyoti and Akram Udaas. The copy of this letter was also sent to Prakash Javadekar, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Prasoon Joshi.
Sequel
After the success of Chal Mera Putt, the makers decided to do a sequel. Chal Mera Putt 2 went on floors in November 2019.
