Ammy Virk says there was once ‘character assassination’ of Sikhs in Bollywood: ‘Could have proven us as refined’ | Bollywood-OxBig News Network

On working with Sargun and Nimrat

Saunkan Saunkne 2 reunites Ammy with Sargun Mehta and Nimrat Khaira, two actors with whom he has accomplished a number of movies prior to now. The actor says their off-screen rapport usually drives the performances, even in tragic scenes. “We have been taking pictures the climax of Qismat 2. It was very chilly. Sargun and I have been within the open, and Tania was arranging our blankets. We have been nonetheless laughing regardless that it was a heavy scene. The rapport helps, and it retains issues mild and entertaining,” he says with fun.

On viewers’s ‘syaanapan’

Saunkan Saunkne 2, like the primary half, offers with a polygamous man, who’s now looking out for spouse quantity 3. But regardless of taking a delicate subject like this in a light-hearted means, the movie by no means acquired any criticism. Ammy chalks it right down to the viewers’s understanding and intelligence. He explains, “People perceive it is a comedy, they usually take it like that. They know we’re not making an attempt to offer any message. For occasion, if we discuss South movies, there may be a lot motion and so many explosions. That just isn’t taking place in actual life. The similar goes right here! It’s simply leisure.”

The actor provides that at the moment’s viewers is ‘syaani’ (good) sufficient to know a filmmaker’s intention. He provides, “The viewers understands what a movie is made for by any particular person. Whether it is for getting cash, catching individuals’s feelings, or simply to idiot individuals, the viewers understands all that. People are good!”

On the depiction of Sikhs in mainstream Bollywood

For years, Hindi cinema had been responsible of depicting Sikhs in very restricted roles. They have been both lowered to muscle males or comedian aid, a development that’s altering now. Ammy, together with Diljit Dosanjh, is likely one of the few Sikh actors to play lead roles in mainstream Hindi movies of late. Talking in regards to the stereotypical depiction of his neighborhood for years, he says, “I do not fault the Hindi movie business for that (stereotype). They had seen these sorts of stereotypes round them. If you go to Shri Hazur Sahib (a Sikh holy place in Maharashtra), one can find that look and getup. There are Sikhs who’ve been residing in Maharashtra for generations, and their getup may be very completely different from how it’s in Punjab. It is due to the blended tradition. Whoever made movies prior to now borrowed from them.”

But he agrees that there was some fault of the storytellers, too. “Of course, there was some character assassination, too. They might have proven Sikhs as refined individuals, too, however most characters have been lowered to comedian aid. There have been Sikh Prime Ministers and pop stars. They additionally signify our tradition,” says Ammy, earlier than including, “But now I’m proud of the change. People like Diljit paaji (Diljit Dosanjh) are doing so good and representing us on the worldwide stage.”

Saunkan Saunkne 2 is scheduled to be launched in theatres on May 30.