It was the unfateful day of March 8, 1988, when, at round 2 PM, within the village of Mehsampur (Punjab), two singers have been shot lifeless. Amar Singh Chamkila and Amarjot Kaur, a husband and spouse who noticed fame, cash, success, and, sadly, demise collectively! Two singers who have been sure collectively by destiny and expertise, solely to die collectively unfatefully! Years later, in 2024, Imtiaz Ali metamorphosed this uneventful day on-screen.
However to be able to make a biopic on the late singer, Imtiaz was capable of justify the story of this much-loved and adored couple of Punjab. Chamkila’s biopic positively made the singer and his spouse stay once more. Their unique video and songs are as soon as once more respiratory. However at what value?
Amar Singh Chamkila is an excellent movie, however to realize this brilliance, did Amarjot Kaur need to die twice? We’ve got usually heard that behind each profitable man, there’s a lady, however behind Chamkila’s biopic’s success, there’s his spouse, who has been butchered deliberately or unintentionally by Imtiaz Ali!
Now, earlier than you decide me or name this piece one other feminist rant, I might simply plead with you to stick with me until the tip whereas we decode why Amarjot Kaur needed to die in 2024 as soon as once more to let Amar Singh Chamkila stay and shine in a biopic! Now, whoever follows Punjabi music and their historical past in basic, could be very properly versed that Chamkila and Amarjot have been common as a pair.
Was Amarjot Kaur Much less Essential?
Regardless of Chamkila writing, composing, and singing the songs, one can not discredit what Amarjot Kaur dropped at the desk, making his Akhadas and information as energetic as they might get. When two folks climbed the ladder of success collectively, how did one in all them turn out to be extra common than the opposite? On what parameters did we measure that Chamkila’s contribution in direction of his and his spouse’s success was greater than Amarjot Kaur’s contribution since she has been sidelined brutally within the movie that boasts of celebrating the singer who was the ‘Elvis Presley’ of India!
Now that each one of us have watched the movie on Netflix, we will focus on what was completely fallacious and uncalled for – Celebrating the person and abandoning the girl who walked together with him and his skilled success as an equal associate until the final breath of her life. However all we rejoice within the movie is Amar Singh Chamkila’s legacy! So, who determined that Amarjot Kaur was much less necessary within the story of Chamkila’s reputation and fame?
Amarjot Kaur’s Job Was Harder Than Chamkila’s!
Chamkila was threatened and possibly butchered for singing lewd lyrics. However think about being a girl within the 80s in a small village in Punjab and singing these lewd lyrics out loud amongst a bunch of male spectators, largely in Akhadas! Who was extra brave – Chamkila or Amarjot? Simply take into consideration being a girl and singing Chamkila songs even at the moment at a gathering! And right here was this lady whose braveness may put the very definition of braveness to disgrace as he matched her notes bravely with Chamkila to entertain her audiences! However we by no means see that lady as anything than a supporting character within the movie. It was her success, her destiny and her tragedy as a lot because it was for Chamkila however Imtiaz Ali by no means lets her stay on-screen regardless of her job being more durable than that of her husband!
Biopics are movies which might be once-in-a-lifetime alternatives for somebody to show immortal. And except you’re a Bhagat Singh or a Gandhi, possibly, you solely get one probability to re-tell one’s life on-screen. Whereas Amar Singh Chamkila will get that probability, there will probably be no biopic on Amarjot Kaur ever, and her solely probability to inform her story is the Chamkila biopic because it was the story of Amar Singh Chamkila & Amarjot Kaur collectively!
Such inequality coming from Imtiaz Ali is shocking since he has been one of many very few who has all the time labored on the gender dynamics of his movie deliberately or unintentionally. Be it Tamasha, which was as a lot Ved’s story as Tara’s, or be it Jab We Met, which, regardless of being Geet’s story, by no means undermined Aditya as a sidekick. Love Aaj Kal breathes due to the proper steadiness between Saif Ali Khan’s Jai and Deepika Padukone’s Meera! Nonetheless, Amar Singh Chamkila overpowers Amarjot Kaur in a narrative that was a lot hers as his.
Along with the legitimate considerations about Amarjot Kaur’s underrepresentation in Amar Singh Chamkila, one should additionally query the missed alternative to discover the socio-cultural defiance she embodied as a feminine performer in a deeply patriarchal society. The movie may have delved deeper into how Amarjot’s presence in male dominated Akhadas was not simply an inventive partnership however an act of on a regular basis rise up. Her defiance was not solely in singing sexually charged lyrics however in occupying public house, commanding male consideration on her personal phrases, and rewriting what it meant to be a girl in efficiency artwork in rural Punjab. This narrative depth may have added emotional heft and historic worth to the movie, making her greater than a footnote in Chamkila’s journey and as a substitute a coarchitect of their shared legacy.
Why Parineeti Chopra Couldn’t Be The Girl Of The Second!
Ever since the biopic was launched, Diljit Dosanjh has been raved about for his efficiency and look, however has anybody observed Parineeti Chopra? The actress ditched Ranbir Kapoor’s Animal to play Amarjot Kaur, and I can positively vouch for a undeniable fact that Imtiaz Ali couldn’t have gotten every other actress presently within the trade to play Amarjot Kaur with such perfection as Parineeti did. However she by no means will get to benefit from the reward and the applause in Diljit’s shadow, whereas she deserved extra for pulling out these songs as powerfully as the unique Amarjot Kaur!
Even the ultimate farewell to 2 singers in probably the most lovely songs of the movie – Vida Karo, doesn’t justify Amarjot’s farewell. Whereas Arijit’s voice instills ache, it’s Jonita Gandhi’s calmness that completes the music. But it surely by no means will get featured within the movie!
Why Was Amarjot Kaur Killed Twice?
Sadly, on March 8, 1988, two individuals who have been a duo died, however solely one in all them was given an opportunity to stay by way of Amar Singh Chamkila, and possibly solely Imtiaz Ali would be capable of reply why Amarjor Kaur needed to die twice to let Chamkila stay!
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