Punjabi movie ‘Afsar’ star cast in city

Tribune News Service

Ludhiana, October 3

The makers of Bambukat, Vekh Baraatan Challiyan and Rabb Da Radio are now coming up with yet another unique concept in their upcoming film, “Afsar”, which would narrate the tale of the importance of patwaris and kanungos in Punjab villages.

The film is directed by Gulshan Singh, who is debuting as a director through his maiden project, “Afsar”. The film stars renowned singer and actor Tarsem Jassar and singer Nimrat Khaira in the lead roles along with Gurpreet Ghuggi, Karamjit Anmol, Rana Jung Bahadur, Hardeep Gill, Pukhraj Bhalla, Tarsem Paul and Gurpreet Bhangu also in the prominent roles.

The team of the film was in the town on Wednesday for its promotions. The director said, “Afsar is actually a new and unique concept. It highlights the larger than life influence that patwaris have in the villages, often resulting in changing land records at will. Due to low levels of literacy, innocent villagers often think that they are even higher in ranks than kanungos, wherein kanungos are actually officers whose job is to supervise the conduct and work of patwaris in their charge, and it is their duty to report the bad work or misconduct on the part of patwaris.” He said he was sure that the audience would like the film.

Tarsem Jassar said, “It is an unusual script, the story is quite close to the real life. I am sure that as the audience has liked my previous films, they will like this film also.”