Vaapsi

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Vaapsi
Vaapsi - Movie Poster.jpg
Directed byRakesh Mehta
Screenplay byRakesh Mehta
Story byRakesh Mehta
Produced by Lakhwinder Shabla
Shailey Arya
Jagmohan Arora
Starring Harish Verma
Sameksha
Gulshan Grover
Ashish Duggal
Dhrriti Saharan
Lakhwinder Shabla
Mandeep Kaur
CinematographyDhirender Shukla
Edited byRakesh Mehta
Alok Pandey
Music byGurmit Singh
Production
companies
Miraj Ventures
Speed Records
Release date
  • June 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)
Countries India, Canada
LanguagePunjabi

Vaapsi (Return) is an Indian punjabi language drama film directed by Rakesh Mehta and starring Harish Verma, Sameksha, Dhrriti Saharan and Gulshan Grover as the main protagonists of the film. This film is about a young probable hockey player, Ajit Singh, who gets trapped in a tragic situation during the dark days of Punjab. [1] The trailer of the movie was released on 13 April 2016. The release date of the film is 3 June 2016. [2] [3] [4]

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Plot

Vaapsi film is the story of those youngsters, who left their country after 1984 massacre to survive and settle in other countries. Now all of them just want to come back to their native homes. They are eagerly waiting for the moment when they will come back to their country. [5]

The main protagonist of the story, Ajit Singh (Harish Verma), resides with his parents and sister

Music

No.TitleLyricsMusicSinger(s)Length
1."Saari Saari Raat"Manish VermaGurmeet SinghAkhil03:52
2."Vaapsi (Title Song)"Amardeep GillGurmeet SinghKamal Khan02:05
3."Rooh"Vijay DhammiGurmeet Singh Nooran Sisters 02:19
4."Pagg di Pooni" Amrit Maan Gurmeet Singh Amrit Maan 02:11

Cast

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