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Rehmat: Punjab’s Final Film? | India News
A powerful new Punjabi film, “Rehmat,” premiering at Locarno, weaves a century of Punjab’s history with urgent modern struggles—drug abuse, agrarian crisis, youth exodus—through the lens of compassion and resilience. Directed by Gurvinder Singh, who may be closing his chapter on Punjab cinema, the film stars veteran Naseeruddin Shah alongside surprise debutant Jaswant Singh Zafar, a 60-year-old poet and government official who shot scenes on weekends. Filmed in historic villages like Kila Raipur, it draws from short stories by Partition-survivor Ajeet Cour, celebrating “Punjabiyat”—the spirit…
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