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Mehsampur (Punjabi: ਮਹਿਸਮਪੁਰ) is a village in Jalandhar district of Punjab State, India. It is located 16 km from Nakodar, 31 km from Phillaur, 40 km from the district headquarters Jalandhar and 140 km from the state capital Chandigarh.
Jan 19, 2020 · Filmed in Punjabi, Hindi, and English, Mehsampur is a clash of Indian cultures. It acknowledges the filmmakers’ own external gaze as the Mumbaikar Devrath journeying into the Punjabi heartlands. It portrays the dark sides of each world—urban and rural—and the relatable humanity of both.
Oct 28, 2018 · Mehsampur keeps you guessing what kind of film it is exactly. Like a documentary, it begins with a brief introduction of its (apparent) subject: "wildly popular" Punjabi folk singing duo Chamkila and Amarjot, known for their sexual innuendo-laden songs in the 80s, were gunned down by unknown assailants – a mystery that as yet remains unsolved.
Nov 9, 2018 · Aiming to document Punjabi folk singer Amar Singh Chamkila’s assassination, the story of a film within a film, Mehsampur is a fiction, a meta-fiction, a documentary and a biopic all at once – yet sometimes it seems it is none of them. Director Kabir Chaudhary’s “Devrath” is anything but a sensitive and empathetic documentary filmmaker.
Sep 29, 2018 · MEHSAMPUR (2018, India) | 98 minutes | 18+This wild and daring hybrid film is unlike anything we’ve seen from India before. A blend of fiction and reality, i...
Apr 18, 2024 · Mehsampur: An angrier, edgier, meta alternative to Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila. Post Credits Scene: An edgier investigation into the circumstances surrounding Amar Singh Chamkila's death, Mehsampur makes for an odd, but oddly fitting double bill with Imtiaz Ali's biopic. Written by Rohan Naahar. New Delhi | Updated: April 19, 2024 08:52 IST.
May 19, 2018 · Is it a biopic? A documentary? Docu-fiction? ‘Mehsampur’ is none – and all of the above. Kabir Singh Chowdhry’s film, based on Punjabi folk singer Amar Singh Chamkila, is happy to avoid...
