Surjit Bindrakhia was a singer from Punjab, India. He was known for his unique voice and hekh, in which he sings a note continuously in one breath. His biggest hits include Meri Nath Dig Paye, Dupatta Tera Satrang Da, Lakk Tunoo Tunoo, Bas Kar Bas Kar, Mukhda Dekh Ke, Tera Yaar Bolda, and Jatt Di Pasand. Surjit is considered to have one of the greatest voices in Bhangra. He received a special jury award at the 2004 Filmfare Awards for his contribution to Punjabi music.
Jagmeet Singh Bal is a popular Indian music video director who is known for his traditional and religious Punjabi music videos.
Jee Ayan Nu is a Punjabi drama film, released on 8 November 2002.
Punjabi cinema, popularly known as Pollywood, refers to the Punjabi-language film industry centered around the Indian state of Punjab, and based in Amritsar and Mohali.
Darshan Pal Singh Grewal is a producer of Punjabi movies Jatt & Juliet (2012) and Dharti (2011). He has also produced Babbu Maan's Ekam - Son of Soil (2010) and Hero Hitler In Love (2011). His next movies as a producer are Jatt and Juliet 2 (2013) and Just U & Me (2013). He is also the owner of Punjabi music channels Josh and Tadka.
Hero Hitler in Love is a 2011 Indian Punjabi-language romantic and action film directed by Sukhwant Dhadda and written by Babbu Maan. The Maan Films production stars Babbu Maan, Mouni Roy and Bhagwant Maan in lead roles. It is loosely based on the folktale of Mirza Sahiban and released on 18 November 2011.
Tejinder Singh "Babbu" Maan is an Indian singer-songwriter, music director, actor and film producer. Most of his artistic work focuses on Punjabi music and films. He is recognised as being among the biggest artists in Punjabi music.
Babu Singh Maan, also known as Maan Maraarhan Wala, is an Indian songwriter/lyricist of Punjabi-language folk songs. He penned the first song of singer Kuldeep Manak's career.
Muhammad Sadiq is a Punjabi-language singer, actor and politician from Punjab, India. He is best known for his duets with singer Ranjit Kaur. He is the current Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Faridkot, Punjab constituency. He was the Congress party MLA from Bhadaur in Punjab from 2012 to 2017.
Jaidev Kumar is an Indian musician and producer, who was born in Delhi but who moved to Mumbai in 2000. He has been working in the Punjabi music industry since 1999. His first hit album was "Dil Le Gayi Kudi Gujrat Di". He is the son of music director K Panna Lal.
Thakur Dinesh Singh is an Indian politician from Punjab and a member of Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP). He is a former MLA from Sujanpur & Ex Deputy Speaker of Punjab Legislative Assembly.
Shareek is a 2015 Punjabi musical drama film directed by Navaniat Singh, starring Jimmy Sheirgill, Mahie Gill, Guggu Gill, Simar Gill, Oshin Sai, Mukul Dev, Kuljinder Sidhu, Prince KJ, Hobby Dhaliwal, Gulchoo Jolly. It is produced under the banner of Ohri Productions and Green Planet Production. It was first released on 22 October 2015. Mukul Dev was awarded the PTC Punjabi film awards for best actor in a negative role for his performance in the movie.
Mandeep Benipal is an Indian film director. He made his directorial debut with movie Ekam - Son of Soil in 2010. Later he came up with the movie Sadda Haq (2013), Yoddha (2014) and Dakuan Da Munda.
Brar is a surname, and a Jat clan from the Punjab region.
Nimki Vidhayak is an Indian Hindi-language drama television serial broadcast by Star Bharat. It starred Bhumika Gurung and Abhishek Sharma and premiered on 28 August 2017 on Star Bharat. The show's main theme is about women's empowerment and shows how a girl becomes the Mukhiya of her village and then a Vidhayak (MLA) and strives to make a difference in the complicated world of politics. This show is also adapted in Marathi language as name Pinki Cha Vijay Aso.
Aate Di Chidi is a 2018 Punjabi-language black comedy film directed by Harry Bhatti and starring Amrit Maan, Neeru Bajwa, Gurpreet Ghuggi and Arjun Gupta. The film was released worldwide on 18 October 2018, on the Dussehra festival. It was shot in Canada and Punjab, India.
Banjara (transl. Nomad) is a 2018 Indian Punjabi-language drama film directed by Mushtaq Pasha. The film stars Babbu Maan in a triple role alongside, Sarah Khatri ,Rana Ranbir, Gurpreet Bhangu, Jiya Mustafa and Shraddha Arya. It is Maan's first film release after Baaz (2014). Based on the life of truck drivers and the film highlights the eras of 1947, 1984 and 2018, presenting the love stories of the three generations. The film was theatrically released on 7 December 2018.
Ardab Mutiyaran is a 2019 Indian Punjabi-language romantic comedy drama film directed by Manav Shah. The film is produced by Gunbir Singh Sidhu and Manmord Sidhu under the banner White Hill Studios. Starring Sonam Bajwa, Mehreen Pirzada, Ajay Sarkaria and Ninja, the story of the film revolves around Babbu Bains, who fights evils of the society in her own style. She represents all the women, who fight for their own identity.
Udaariyaan is an Indian Hindi-language television family drama series that premiered on 15 March 2021 on Colors TV. Produced by Sargun Mehta and Ravi Dubey, it formerly starred Priyanka Chahar Choudhary, Ankit Gupta, Twinkle Arora, and Hitesh Bharadwaj. Since August 2023, it stars Alisha Parveen Khan, Anuraj Chahal and Aditi Bhagat.
Nimki Mukhiya is an Indian drama television which premiered on 28 August 2017 on Star Bharat. Produced by Zama Habib, it stars Bhumika Gurung and Abhishek Sharma.
