Jatt and Juliet

After the success of Jihney Mera Dil Luteya, Neeru Bajwa and Diljit Dosanjh are once again ready to hit the huge screens. Both Neeru Bajwa and Diljit Dosanjh will be seen together in their upcoming Punjabi movie entitled Jatt and Juliet. Jatt and Juliet is a Speed Records venture.

The film falls under the direction of Anurag Singh, the director of Yaar Anmulle. Dheeraj Rattan will be entertaining with his dialogues this time as well. Darshan Pal Singh Grewal and Gunbir Singh Sidhu are the producers of Jatt and Juliet.

The shooting for the film has already started. Most of the film will be shot in Canada. It is expected to get released in the mid of the year 2012.

Diljit Dosanjh

Birth name--Diljit Singh Dosanjh
Also known as Diljit
Born--6 January 1984 (age 28)
Dosanjh Kalan, Punjab
Genres--Bhangra
Occupations--Singer–songwriter, actor
Years active--2005–present
Associated acts--Honey Singh, Gippy Grewal

Diljit (born 6 January 1984; as Diljit Singh Dosanjh) is a Punjabi singer and film actor.

Music

Diljit Dosanjh debuted with his album Ishq Da Uda Ada. It was released by T-Series. He has come out with 6 albums so far.His most successful album, The Next Level is also his most recent.

[edit]Feature films

Diljit made his acting debut in the Punjabi action flick, The Lion of Punjab which opened to negative reviews from critics, though managed to end up successful at the box office. In 2011, he starred in the critically acclaimed Jihne Mera Dil Luteya which turned out to be a critical and commercial blockbuster hit. Critics also praised Diljit's comic performance in the film. In 2012, he begins the year with Hindi romance film Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya, in which he appears in a guest appearance through the song "Pee Pa Pee Pa" which is also sung by Diljit himself. The film is expected to hit theatres on 24 February 2012. His first official release of 2012 is announced to be love story Jatt and Juliet opposite Neeru Bajwa.[2] Jatt and Juliet is currently under-production, and will be released on 22 June 2012.

Gippy Grewal

Background information
Birth name--Rupinder Grewal
Born--January 2, 1982
koom kalan, Ludhiana, Punjab (India)
Genres--Bhangra
Occupations--Punjabi singer & Actor
Associated acts--Honey Singh, Diljit Dosanjh, Sukshinder Shinda

Gippy Grewal (or Rupinder Grewal) is a Punjabi singer and actor.[1] He was born in village Koom Kalan, Ludhiana, Punjab (India) on January 2, 1982. He was enrolled in a Hotel Management course prior to entering the Punjabi music industry.

Gippy Grewal has carefully developed a diverse and successful musical career since his induction to the world of Bhangra. By his first album called “Chakk Lai” Gippy had proven his extraordinary musical talents. Gippy Grewal has released many solo albums like “Chakk Lai”, “Nasha”, “Phulkari” and “Phulkari 2 Just Hits” Countdowns @ Top Place. And the “Phulkari” song become favorite to every bhangra lover and Punjabi DJ’s across the globe. The “Phulkari” Track became one of the biggest hit of 2004-05. His album 'Gangster' was a super hit in 2011. He has also made an entry into Punjabi cinema.[2] He debuted in the superhit film Mel Karade Rabba opposite Jimmy Shergill and Indo-Canadian actress Neeru Bajwa. He was also in the lead role in the movie Jihne Mera Dil Luteya.He is married to Ravneet Grewal and has two kids both boys

Honey Singh

Also known as--Yo! Yo! Honey Singh

Born--March 15, 1984 (age 28)

Genres--Desi Hip Hop

Occupations--Rapper, Music Composer

Years active--2006–present

Labels--Mafia Mundeer,

Associated acts-- Diljit Dosanjh, Gippy Grewal , Jassi Sidhu , Malkit Singh

Honey Singh (born 15 March 1984) also known as Yo! Yo! Honey Singh[1] is a Punjabi rapper and music producer. He started as a session and recording artist early in his career, and became a Bhangra producer.

While in the UK, he studied music at the prestigious School of Trinity.[citation needed] Singh has received the ETC award for the Best sound in 2006 for Glassi and the PTC award for the Best Folk Pop Award 2009 for Rebirth and PTC PUNJABI Best Music Director 2011.

I.V. (International Villager)[2] was the most awaited punjabi album of 2011 and released on 11 November 2011. The track Gabru International Villager featuring singer J-Star continues to be number 1 on all asian charts (including world iTunes and the official BBC asian charts) [3][4]

Honey Singh is now set to act in an upcoming Punjabi Movie Mirza- The Untold Story.

Bollywood

He tasted his magic of music to the audience too by debuting music featuring Gagan Sidhu for the title track of the movie called Shakal Pe Mat Ja released on November 18, 2011. The cbfc removed the abusive language contained in the title track of the movie.

Jimmy Shergill

Jasjit Singh Gill (born 3 December 1970), popularly known as Jimmy Shergill (Punjabi: ਜਿੰਮੀ ਸ਼ੇਰਗਿਲ), is an Indian Hindi and Punjabi film actor.

Early life--

Shergill was born in a Jatt Sikh family in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh.[citation needed] He later moved to Punjab the place of his ancestors where he studied in Yadavindra Public School, Patiala and Bikram College Patiala.[citation needed] He learnt acting from Sri Harpaul Singh[who?], and then moved to Mumbai.

Film career--

Shergill started his career with Maachis, a film directed by Gulzar and based on terrorism in North India. The film was critically acclaimed and did reasonably well at the box office.[citation needed] Jimmy has since worked in many films, but only few have been successful. He starred in My Name is Khan alongside Shahrukh Khan and Kajol.

Shergill has performed a variety of roles in films such as Munna Bhai MBBS, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Delhi Heights and A Wednesday. He has been a critically acclaimed[by whom?] performer ever since his entry into Bollywood. His role in Mohabbatein was well appreciated.[citation needed] He went on to act in Mere Yaar Ki Shaadi Hai and Tanu Weds Manu.

One of his best performances[citation needed] was in the movie Yahaan where he plays the role of an army officer who falls in love with a young Kashmiri woman in the strife-torn valley of Kashmir and Haasil where he plays the role of a college student who gets roped into the infamous student politics of Allahabad University.

Miss Pooja

Miss Pooja (Punjabi: ਮਿਸ ਪੂਜਾ (Gurmukhi), مِس پُوجا (Shahmukhi), मिस पूजा (Devanagari)) is an Indian singer. She was born on 4 December 1980 as Gurinder Kaur Kainth. Before she embarked on her professional singing career, she received a Master's degree in music and worked as a music teacher in Patel Public School in Rajpura, India. She chose Miss Pooja as her professional name because "Pooja" was her childhood nickname.

She is widely regarded as having revived Punjabi duet songs. During the late 1980s to the early 21st century, Punjabi duet songs were often given second place by DJs. However, Miss Pooja's duets often get played at the top of the party. She has become the largest-selling female bhangra artist in India and overseas. A partial reason for her success is the rapid increase in the number of songs that she continues to record. She has released duets with more than 70 different male singers.

Birth name--Gurinder Kaur Kainth

Born--December 4, 1980 (age 31)

Genres--
Bhangra, Folk,
Religious, Hip Hop

Occupations--Singer, Actress

Years active--2006-present
Associated acts--Geeta Zaildar, Manjit Rupowalia, Preet Brar, Rai Jujhar, Roshan Prince

career

Miss Pooja started her career with Darshan Khella and released the album Jaan to Piyari; it was released in January 2006. Since then she has recorded duets with other artists on over 2,000 songs and released over 350 albums.[1]

Miss Pooja toured the United States in 2006. In 2007 a Miss Pooja live session was broadcast in the UK on BBC Asian Network. In 2008 she toured the United Kingdom with Canadian bhangra singer Jazzy B.

In 2009 Miss Pooja won Best International Act at the UK Asian Music Awards.[2]

In 2010 she won Best International Album for her album Romantic Jatt.[3]

In 2011 she was nominated for Tanveer Dhami's International Act and Best International Album (for Panjaban)[4] and ended up winning Best International Act.

Kaler Kanth

Kaler Kanth is a Punjabi singer, who is famous for singing sad songs. He belongs to Nakodar, Jalandhar district. His hit songs include Hun Teri Nigah Badal Gai, Dass Asi Kehra Tere Bina Mar Challea, Udikan, and Teri Yaad Sajna.

His original name being Harvinder Kaler, he changed his name after being advice by his spiritual Guru Baba Murad Shah to place the Kanth (voice) before all. He recorded his first album Hun teri nigah badal gayi with the help of famous lyricist Madan Jalandhari, who was really impressed by his voice.[1]

He would soon be singing for the Punjabi film Chhevan Dariya.

Albums

Tere Bin

Aadat[2]

Sadhra

Doriya

Intezar

Tu Chete Ave

Teri Yaad Sajna

Teri Akh Vairne

Dhol Janiya

Hun Teri Nigah Badal Gai

Pichhon Mukar Na Javi

Sad Songs - Vol. 9

Anmol - The Priceless