Parineeti Chopra Ate Samosas, Chaat To Gain Weight For Amar Singh Chamkila, Reveals Imtiaz Ali

Renowned director and producer Imtiaz Ali is currently busy promoting his upcoming biographical drama film Amar Singh Chamkila starring Diljit Dosanjh and Parineeti Chopra in the lead roles. The film is all set to stream on the OTT platform Netflix from April 12. The film follows the true story of the Elvis Presley of Punjab, Amar Singh Chamkila (played by Diljit) who rose to fame in the 80s due to his musical skills. He and his wife Amarjot Kaur (played by Parineeti) were shot by an unknown gang of motorcyclists at the age of 27.

Recently, the makers of Amar Singh Chamkila unveiled the film’s official trailer which received good responses from the fans. During an interaction with Lallantop at the trailer launch, Imtiaz opened up about how he wanted Parineeti to gain weight for her role in the film.

The Love Aaj Kal director said, “She was the number one choice. When I met her she said ‘I have been waiting for years to do a film where I could sing’. I told her ‘This is such a film’ and she said ‘I am on’ and then we started realising ki iski shakal bhi milti hai Amarjot se thod bohot. Phir maine kaha, bohot asaan hai samos, malai, chaat , yeh sab khaana shuru krdo (Her face also resembles to Amarjot. Then I told her its very easy, start having samosa, malai and chaat), you have to gain 10-kg weight.”

Earlier, post wrapping up Chamkila, the Uunchai actor posted a video on her Instagram in which she could be seen shedding out the extra pounds which she gained for the film.

Parineeti captioned the post, “I spent 6 months last year singing in Rahman sir’s studio, and going back home to eat as much junk as I possibly could to put on 15 KILOS for Chamkila!”

Her caption added, “Music and Food. That was my routine. Now that the film is done, the story is the opposite. I miss the studio, and work in the gym trying to look like myself again. And not like Amarjot ji! Its been hard. But anything for you Imtiaz sir! And this role.”

The film marks the first on-screen collaboration of Parineeti and Diljit with director Imtiaz Ali. Meanwhile, talking about their other projects, Diljit was recently seen in Kareena, Kriti and Tabu starrer Crew. However, Parineeti has still not announced her next project.