Want to divide my time between Punjabi, Hindi cinema: Gippy Grewal
Mumbai May 11 (IANS) Diljit Dosanjh has reason to worry. His closest competitor and fiercest rival from Punjabi cinema Gippy Grewal is back in Bollywood this time playing a sardarji in a film about male bonding titled Lucknow Central. He says he hopes to create a balance between his projects in Hindi and Punjabi.
Gippy who has just scored a huge hit in Punjabi called Manje Bistre has spent 90 days shooting for new director Ranjit Tiwari s Lucknow Central.
He says The film is complete now. I had the time of my life shooting with four of the most kind hearted and talented actors of Hindi cinema -- Farhan Akhtar Rajesh Sharma Inamul Haq and Deepak Dobriyal. I learnt so much from them just talking to them and working with them. I ve come away a rich man.
Lucknow Central is a prison drama about the bonding among five prisoners.
There are five protagonists and I play a sardarji. There are no girls for any of us. Diana Penty is a part of the cast. But she isn t paired with any of us.
Gippy says he is happy to be multi-cultural in his career.
I ve a place in Punjabi cinema. My new film is by God s grace a hit. I want to divide my time between Punjabi and Hindi cinema. Nowadays travel is so easy. In a couple of hours you can be in any city of the world.
In fact I was working with Rajesh in Lucknow Central in Mumbai and we became close friends. I asked him why he hasn t invited me home yet. And he said that s because he was in a hotel. He told me he lives in Kolkata and flies to Mumbai whenever required to shoot.
So the world is an oyster and I want to do both Punjabi and Hindi cinema with equal certainty that I don t have to look anxiously over my shoulder at either of my career options he said.
Gippy is filled with praise for his Lucknow Central co-star Farhan.
He is such a sorted artiste and into singing and acting and direction. I am trying to do the same says Gippy who wants to direct a Hindi film soon.
I would ve made my directorial debut in Hindi sooner. But I got busy shooting for my Punjabi film Manje Bistre for my Hindi film Lucknow Central . But now I will direct my Hindi film said Gippy who also wants to sing in Hindi.
I ve a name for singing and acting in Punjabi. Now it s time to make my presence felt in Bollywood Gippy said.
--IANS
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