Of marriage and regrets

Amarjot Kaur

Voila! Look what we have here. Behold the array of countless ceremonies shouting for attention just before the movie release and we are bang in the middle of all these festivities with the advent of a brand new Punjabi rom-com, Oh Yaara Ainvayi Ainvayi Lut Gaya. At the trailer launch of the film at PVR, Elante Mall, we spare very less questions to be answered at the following events like poster launch, music launch, and other promotional strategies. So, at the core of it, Oh Yaara Ainvayi Ainvayi Lut Gaya is a different film with a different concept, but it is a romantic-comedy. However, if you feel that’s what they tell you about every up and coming Punjabi film, well, maybe Rana Ranbir, who is also a part of the film that features Gauhar Khan and Jassi Gill, define the content and significance of comedy in Punjabi films. Considering that most of the Punjabi comedy films have bombed at the box office, largely, Rana Ranbir justifies the statement while strongly protecting the genre that’s close to his heart. “When a film fails, it’s not the comedy or actors who fail; it’s the subject and the directors that fail,” he says. Yes, talk of the comedy overdose that over-killed more scripts than a Goodnight mat kills mosquitoes!

However, Rana, as he speaks while his fans cheer up for him, shares the reason for the ‘lack of good subjects in Punjabi cinema’. “Kaali… …kaali,” he says as a thunder of claps and whistles follow his monosyllabic justification, which when translated, means “hurry!”

“I did not know Punjabi when I started doing the film, but now I can speak Punjabi quite well and as an actor, regional cinema helps one explore their creative dimensions,” Gauhar Khan chips in. Also, Jassi Gill, who is playing the role of a married man in the film, shares, “This is a film about human relations and it is very close to reality. The title of the film is to state that a man pretty much repents after marriage,” he laughs. “Well, it can also be construed as how one loses everything and then realises what he has lost,” adds Gauhar to her co-actor’s statement. The film has been directed by Raj Sinha and produced by Mukesh Sharma.

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