Amrinder Gill

Amrinder Gill
Amrinder Gill (on the left) with director Simerjit Singh on set of Angrej
Born	Amrinder Singh Gill (1976-05-11) 11 May 1976 Amritsar, Punjab, India
Residence	Chandigarh, India Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Other names	Ammy
Alma mater	Guru Nanak Dev University
Occupation	Actor singer songwriter dancer Producer
Years active	2001-present
Spouse(s)	Suneet Gill
Children	2 sons
Musical career
Genres	Punjabi Bhangra Romantic Pop Sikh Folk
Labels	Rhythm Boyz Entertainment Speed Records Kamlee Records T-Series Planet Recordz
Associated acts	Dr Zeus Jatinder Shah Happy Raikoti Kumaar Alfaaz Bilal Saeed Fateh Bir Singh Harmanjeet Shortie Jaani
Website	amrindergill.co.uk

Amrinder Singh Gill is a Punjabi singer, songwriter, actor and film producer. He started his singing career in 2000 with the album "Apni Jaan Ke". He is one of the most commercially successful Punjabi actors of all time.

Early life

Gill was raised in Boorchand, Amritsar, Punjab. He has studied at Khalsa College, Amritsar. He received master's degree in agriculture science.^[1] He is an alumnus of Guru Nanak Dev University.^[2] During college, he performed Bhangra dance as a support artist for personalities like Sarbjit Cheema. Before starting his singing career, he worked in the Ferozepur Central Cooperative Bank as a Manager^[3]

Career

He recorded his first song for Jalandhar Doordarshan program Kala Doria. Gill came into the limelight with his breakthrough track "Paigam," followed by such hits such like "Daru," "Madhaania," “Khedan De Din," with Sunidhi Chauhan, and many others like "Mel Kara De" and "Dildarian." His album Judaa was considered one of the most successful Punjabi albums of all time. In 2012, Judaa received a Brit Asia Music Awards for 'best album.^[4][5] After the success of Judaa, In mid 2014, Amrinder Gill came up with a sequel Judaa 2.As judaa helped him to earn more success Judaa 2 did the same, Judaa 2 became a super hit in Punjab.^[6] Angrej (2015) was one of the most commercially successful Punjabi movies of all time.^[7]

Acting career

He made his acting debut under Punjabi director Manmohan Singh's Punjabi Film Munde UK De in 2009 in a supporting role with Jimmy Shergill and Neeru Bajwa. He followed that up with a lead role in Manmohan Singh's Ik Kudi Punjab Di. His next film Taur mittran Di for Jimmy Shergill productions released in May 2012, it paired him with actress Surveen Chawla and MTV VJ and Bollywood actor Rannvijay Singh. It Opened to a below average response, it had the seventh highest opening day in Punjabi Films.^[8] His next movie was Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22 which pairs him with Punjabi rapper Honey Singh and actress Mandy Takhar.

After that he was seen in Saadi Love Story that co starred Diljit Dosanjh, Neeru Bajwa and Surveen Chawla and was directed by Dheeraj Rattan who's written several films for of Punjabi Cinema. He then worked in Daddy Cool Munde Fool in the same year for which he was applauded both by critics and masses. His 2014 film Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo also earned him praise. However, his best performance so far, is considered to be Angrej - 2015 which has cemented Amrinder Gill's performance as a terrific actor in the industry. Critics as well as masses have given rave reviews about this film.^[9] His latest release, Lahoriye (released in 2017) and Love Punjab were declared blockbusters which further made him the leading star in Pollywood and garnered praise from both critics and audiences.

It is to be noted that his film Love Punjab had clashed with Gippy Grewal directed Ardaas starring Ammy Virk. It was the first clash between two Punjabi movies and both were hits with this clash it was made clear that Amrinder Gill was the next big star as he defeated not only Gippy Grewal and Ammy Virk but also gave tough competition to Diljit Dosanjh starrer Ambarsariya in overseas and domestic box office.Ambarsariya collections were cut down by 5-10 crores thus proving Amrinder Gill's star power.^[10][11]

Thanks to the critical acclaim and commercial success his movies have achieved, Gill is considered one of the best Punjabi actors of the current generation.^[12]

Discography

Singles

Film Soundtrack

Filmography

Key

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Film	Role	Notes
2009	Munde U.K. De	Jasjot Gill	Debut Film (Supporting role)
2010	Ik Kudi Punjab Di	SP Singh
2012	Jatt & Juliet	Captain Yuvraaj	Guest appearance
2012	Taur Mittran Di	Himmat
2013	Tu Mera 22 Main Tera 22	Robby
2013	Saadi Love Story	Rajveer
2013	Daddy Cool Munde Fool	Manni
2014	Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo	Kalajeet Singh
2014	Happy Go Lucky	Harwinder Singh/Happy
2015	Angrej	Angrej/Geja	Best Punjabi film
2015	Munde Kamaal De	Vikram
2016	Love Punjab	Parghat Brar	All Time Blockbuster
2017	Sarvann	Mithu	Produced by Priyanka Chopra
2017	Lahoriye	Kikkar Singh	Filmfare award (Best Film)
2017	Vekh Baraatan Challiyan	Subeh (Haryaanvi)	Cameo Appearance
2018	Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua	Bhola	Based on Demonetization
2018	Ashke	Pamma	Based on Bhangra
2019	Ashke 2	Pamma	Releasing on 26 July 2019

Film awards

Music awards

References

External links

• Official website