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Gippy Grewal is an actor, singer, and producer who has established himself as one of the most successful Punjabi music and film industry artistes.
Grewal was born Rupinder Singh Grewal; however, he adopted the stage name "Gippy" because it was his childhood nickname. He completed his early education at Nankana Sahib Public School in Kot Gangu Rai, Ludhiana. He went on to earn a degree in Hotel Management from the North India Institute of Hotel Management in Panchkula. source
Grewal began his music career in 2002 with the album Chakk Ley featuring Jagdev Maan. He then went on to release several albums like Aaja Ve Mitran (2003), Phulkari 2 (2005), Chandi De Challe (2007), My Time To Shine (2008), Desi Rockstar (2010), The Main Man (2020), and Limited Edition (2021).
His song Yo Yo Honey Singh Feat. Gippy Grewal: Angreji Beat (2011) with Yo Yo Honey Singh was the biggest hit of his music career. The song was also featured in the Bollywood film Cocktail (2012) starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone.
Grewal made his acting debut in the Punjabi film Mel Karade Rabba (2010) in 2010, a huge commercial success. Next, he played a lead role in Jihne Mera Dil Luteya (2011), a romantic comedy that was also a commercial hit.
In 2012, he starred in Mirza: The Untold Story (2012), directed by Baljit Singh Deo. He has since acted in several Punjabi films like Jatt James Bond (2014), Carry on Jatta (2012), Manje Bistre (2017), and Daaka (2019).
In 2015, Grewal made a guest appearance in the Hindi film Dharam Sankat Mein (2015). His first Hindi film in a leading role was a romantic comedy titled Second Hand Husband (2015), in which he starred with Tina Ahuja.
Grewal has won numerous awards for his work in the Punjabi film industry, including the PTC Punjabi Film Award for Best Actor for Jatt James Bond (2014) in 2015 and Carry On Jatta 2 (2018) in 2019. He also received the Brit Asia Award for Best Actor for Carry on Carry On Jatta 2 (2018) in 2019.
Besides acting, Grewal has also won awards for his music career, such as the PTC Punjabi Music Awards in categories like Most Popular Song, Best Dual Vocalist, etc.- Music Artist
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Daljit Singh Dosanjh, popularly known as Diljit Dosanjh, is a singer, actor, and television presenter who works in the Hindi and Punjabi film industry. He is a leading artiste in the music industry in Punjab.
Dosanjh spent the initial days of his life in Dosanjh Kalan before moving to Ludhiana, Punjab. He was a student of Sri Guru Harkrishan Public School in Ludhiana.
Dosanjh performed Kirtan and sang devotional songs at local Gurdwaras during his school days. His first music album was Ishq Da Uda Ada, released in 2004. He followed it up with a second album named Dil which was released in the same year. He gained wide popularity with his third album, Smile, released in 2005.
Dosanjh began his acting career with the Punjabi movie Mel Karade Rabba (2010), starring Jimmy Shergill and Gippy Grewal, directed by Navaniat Singh. He made a cameo appearance in the film.
The following year, he debuted in a lead role in the action film The Lion of Punjab (2011), directed by Guddu Dhanoa. His third Punjabi film was Jihne Mera Dil Luteya (2011), co-starring Gippy Grewal and Neeru Bajwa. Dosanjh sang six of the total 12 songs in the movie. He won the Punjabi International Film Academy Awards 2012 for Best Actor for his performance in the movie.
Dosanjh's music album Sikh was released in 2012. It was his first album featuring devotional songs.
Dosanjh's next big screen venture was in 2012 with Anurag Singh's romantic comedy Jatt & Juliet (2012), in which he played the lead role opposite Neeru Bajwa. The film received a positive response from critics and became a huge box office hit. He bagged the PTC Punjabi Film Award 2013 for Best Actor for the movie. Its success led to the making of its sequel.
In 2013, its sequel, Jatt & Juliet 2 (2013), was released. Dosanjh and Neeru Bajwa formed the lead pair of this movie as well. The film was a critical and commercial success. He received the PTC Punjabi Film Award 2014 for Best Actor for this movie.
Dosanjh next saw him teaming up with Surveen Chawla to play the lead pair in Disco Singh (2014). He next appeared in Anurag Singh's period drama Punjab 1984 (2014). The movie also starred Kirron Kher in a pivotal role. The film was a huge success at the box office. Dosanjh bagged the PTC Punjabi Film Award 2015 for Best Actor for the film.
He essayed the role of a ghost hunter in his next film, Sardarji (2015). The movie also starred Neeru Bajwa and Mandy Takhar. Dosanjh was next seen in the comedy thriller Ambarsariya (2016) opposite Monica Gill and Navneet Kaur Dhillon.
In the same year, he debuted in Hindi films with Udta Punjab (2016), co-starring Shahid Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, and Kareena Kapoor. This crime drama, directed by Abhishek Chaubey, dealt with the issue of substance abuse in Punjab. It gained critical acclaim and commercial success.
Dosanjh was next seen in Anshai Lal's fantasy-comedy Phillauri (2017). He went on to act in films like Sardaarji 2 (2016), Super Singh (2017), Welcome to New York (2018), Arjun Patiala (2019), Shadaa (2019), Good Newwz (2019), Suraj Pe Mangal Bhari (2020), and Honsla Rakh (2021).
Dosanjh played the lead role in Babe Bhangra Paunde Ne (2022), a comedy movie about three friends who try to get rich by following a shortcut. Dosanjh produced the film along with Daljit Singh Thind.- Actor
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Shergill was born in a Sikh family in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. He moved to Punjab, the place of his ancestors, in 1985 where he studied in Yadavindra Public School, Patiala and Bikram College Patiala. He learnt acting from Sri Harpal Singh, and then moved to Mumbai to work in the entertainment industry. He's married to Priyanka Puri from Delhi and they have a son named Veer Shergill.