Angrej

Angrej
Theatrical release poster
Punjabi: ਅੰਗਰੇਜ
Directed by	Simerjit Singh
Produced by	Amarbir Singh Sandhu Jaspal Singh Sandhu Aman Khatkar Sameer Dutta Karaj gill
Written by	Amberdeep Singh
Starring	Amrinder Gill Aditi Sharma Sargun Mehta Ammy Virk Binnu Dhillon
Music by	Jatinder Shah
Cinematography	Navneet Misser
Edited by	Omkarnath Bhakri
Production company	Rhythm Boyz Entertainment Dara Productions J Studio Aman Khatkar Arsara Films
Release date	31 July 2015 (2015-07-31)
Running time	137 minutes
Country	India
Language	Punjabi

Angrej is a 2015 Indian Punjabi-language film directed by Simerjit Singh, written by Amberdeep Singh and starring Amrinder Gill, Sargun Mehta, Aditi Sharma, Ammy Virk and Binnu Dhillon as the main cast of the film. This is a family film which shows the rural Punjab of the 1940s. All actors portray characters typical of 1945.

The film starts in modern-day Pakistan. An unnamed youth (Varun Sharma) is having problems with his girlfriend after she agrees to a match with a foreigner. The youth has secretly sold his father's scooter so that he could buy a gift for his girlfriend. He is invited to his friend's house, where a guest from India, Angrej, has come to his pre-partition home. Angrej originally starts a conversation with the boys about pre-partition India. When partition broke out, Aslam Cheema, his Muslim best friend, dropped Angrej's family to Amritsar while Aslam's family took over their house and property, where they are currently sitting. The youth, however, is in a bad mood and complaining about his girl problems and how his scooter was "stolen." Angrej immediately tells that the youth sold his scooter, so that he can buy a girlfriend a gift. When the boys ask how he was able to find out, Angrej begins his love story.

In 1945, Angrej, (Amrinder Gill) known as Geja to his family, is a hardworking young man. In his aunt's village, a man that looked at a girl was shot in his thighs and groin by the girls father. He has a fight with his father about going to his paternal aunt's village for a carnival with Aslam (Binnu Dhillon), when his grandpa shows up and scolds his father, allowing Geja to go to the carnival. At the carnival, he falls in love with a girl named Maarho (Aditi Sharma), for whom he buys sweets and almost buys jewellery for. They meet in the woods with Aslam as his wingman, where Angrej confesses his love and asks to hold Maarho's hand, which was considered a vulgar sign of Public Affection in 40's India. Maarho is afraid and they both run away out of fear that someone will see them. That night, Angrej and Aslam stay at Angrej's Paternal Aunt's place. To get an opportunity to meet Maarho again, Angrej tells Aslam to give a Rooster's Crow, so that her family thinks it is dawn. When they meet secretly, Geja proposes marriage to Maarho, who in reply says that he must marry her through a matchmaker, so that her parents can approve. However, their escape is difficult as Aslam's rooster crow woke up the entire village.