A friend had asked me to meet Mann ji and soon I was on the set of his film. I had done a film before Dil Apna Punjabi too. About her mindset of films, Neeta said, 'I had a certain image of films in my mind. It was only after doing Dil Apna Punjabi that she took her career in Punjabi films more seriously.ДЄctress Neeta Mohindra was happy with her theatre plays and was not keen to join movies. Until then she had no plans of doing more Punjabi films. It was the second Punjabi film of Neeru Bajwa, who had done a casual attempt in Assan Nu Maan Watnan Da. This character was helpful when I played a similar role in Mann jiвЂ™s other film Munde UK De,' he concluded.ДЄlso Read: The Pakistani Legend Who Inspired Punjabi Actors Yograj Singh and Guggu Gill! I wore a Kenyan style turban, in contrast to the regular style that I generally wear. I took this as an opportunity and even experimented with my look. 'All my previously shot scenes were scrapped. Mann ji asked Dara Singh ji, Deep Dhillon ji, and Harbhajan Mann if they had any issues in redoing the scenes and they all agreed without any hesitation,' added Gurpreet. 'Some of my scenes were already shot but had to be redone due to this experiment of mines. It turned out to be better, even though as an actor I was worried whether I will be able to continue with the same pitch and accent in the other scenes as well.' Then I experimented with my dialogues in different accents. I asked him if he found any shortcomings in my character but he said that it was okay. Initially, I played it just like any routine character and shot a few scenes for the film. Reminiscing about his character in Dil Apna Punjabi, Gurpreet Ghuggi recalls, 'My character was of an NRI artist promoter. Gurpreet Ghuggi has always bagged a variety of roles in Manmohan Singh's films. He thinks he will reunite with his first love after his newfound success but things become more complicated. Destiny takes him to London where he meets another girl Lisa, a pop star, played by Mahek Chahal.

This affects his love life as the girlвЂ™s (Laadi played by Neeru Bajwa) father (played by Kanwaljit) does not approve of him. While in his previous films, Harbhajan Mann played the obedient son, this one had him play a carefree young boy who roams around with his friends aimlessly.

The story revolved around a family that spans four generations. Back then it was a big thing for a Punjabi film to get the backup of a big Hindi film production house like Tips Films.Дil Apna Punjabi was a romantic family drama. Tips Films head gave his nod to the project immediately when he learned Manmohan Singh is associated with it. The film's music was done by Sukhjinder Shinda with lyrics penned by Babu Singh Mann and Amarjit Musapuria. Apart from the lead trio, Dara Singh, Kanwaljit, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Deep Dhillon, Amar Noorie, Sunita Dheer, Darshan Aulakh, Neeta Mohindra, Harmeet Gauri, Harpal Singh, Seema Kaushal, Satwant Kaur, Bharat Bhushan Verma, Gurvinder Kaur, Sandy Sandhu, Saroop Parinda (Chachi Atro) and Rana Ranbir played important roles in the film.Дil Apna Punjabi was written by Baldev Gill and Manmohan Singh. The love triangle had Harbhajan Mann, Neeru Bajwa and Mahek Chahal in lead roles. Let us celebrate Dil Apna Punjabi's 14 years of release. We looked back at the Harbhajan Mann starrer musical blockbuster and felt nostalgic. Recently, the 2006 release Dil Apna Punjabi completed 14 years of its release.

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