Punjab 1984
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| Directed by | Anurag Singh |
| Produced by |
Gunbir Singh Sidhu Manmord Sidhu |
| Written by | Surmeet Maavi Anurag Singh |
| Screenplay by | Anurag Singh |
| Story by | Anurag Singh |
| Starring |
Diljit Dosanjh Kirron Kher Pavan Malhotra Sonam Bajwa Rana Ranbir |
| Music by | Nick Dhammu Gurmeet Singh Jatinder Shah Gurmoh |
| Cinematography | Anshul Chobey |
| Edited by | Manish More |
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White Hill Productions
Basic Brothers Productions |
| Distributed by | White Hill Productions |
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Running time
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157 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Box office | ₹34 crore (US$5.3 million) |
Punjab 1984 (Punjabi: ਪੰਜਾਬ ੧੯੮੪) is a 2014 Indian Punjabi period drama film directed by Anurag Singh. It is based on the 1984-86 Punjab insurgency's impact on social life, notably it is a story of a mother and her missing son. Starring Diljit Dosanjh and Kirron Kher, the film is the fourth collaboration between director Singh and actor Dosanjh. Punjab 1984 released on 27 June 2014 to excellent box office collections.
The film starts with a scene on June 4, 1984, during Operation Blue Star. A group of pilgrims are locked inside a room in the parkarma, mostly elderly, women, and children, who are dying of dehydration and hunger due to the Army refusing the evacuation of Pilgrims from the Golden Temple Complex. The pilgrims are finally able to open the door locking them in. One of the women in the room, a mother of a newborn who hasn't eaten or drunk in two days, proceeds to go under fire to bring water for the pilgrims from the sarovar. However, one of the elderly pilgrims, Bachan Singh Maan, stops the mother and volunteers to bring water for her child. When he comes out of the room as the firing stops, just when he dips in the sarovar, Indian Army machine gunners kill him.
The story flash forwards to September 1986, where Satwant Kaur (Kirron Kher) is living alone and spends her days sitting outside the area police station. Satwant Kaur now feeds poor children and her son's Hindu best friend Bittu. It's revealed that Satwant's son, Shiva went to work in the field one year ago and never came back. To cope with the loss, Satwant treats Bittu as her son, much to the jealousy and anger of his Hindu parents. Bittu moves on to take Satwant Kaur to a Human Rights Lawyer who is known to have found many boys who were kidnapped by the Punjab Police and keeps a record of the boys who were killed in fake encounters.
The story then flashes back to 1984, a day before Operation Blue Star. Shivjeet, or Shiva (Diljit Dosanjh), is a college going young adult who is an avid fan of Kuldeep Manak and loves Jeeti, (Sonam Bajwa) his classmate. Shiva is having a land feud with his corrupt and drug-addicted cousin Jaggi, who is best friends with the village Inspector Deep Singh Rana. In enters Inspector Deep Singh Rana (Pavan Malhotra), a sadistic, apathetic, police officer who kills innocent Sikhs and Hindus for rank promotions and under orders from the Central Government. While facing Jaggi and Rana, Shiva guarantees that none of them can plow his land while he's still alive. At home, Shiva has an argument with his dad because his dad is a law-abiding and court-going man while Shiva believes that none other than the almighty guarantees his rights. Satwant Kaur reveals to Shiva of her knowledge of his secretive dating of Jeeti. In the morning, Bachan Singh leaves for Amritsar.
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