The Punjabi film industry is among the fastest-growing ones in India. With interesting storylines and amazing music, Punjabi cinema captures the real essence of the soil of Punjab and has been widely appreciated.
Indeed, the Punjabi film industry has also given famous personalities such as Gurdas Mann and Diljit Dosanjh to the rest of India.
With annual box office returns of over 500 crores, the Punjabi film industry is among the largest growing ones in the country. And upcoming Punjabi film releases make news all over the media.
A good example is an upcoming film The Black Prince, based on the life of Maharaja Duleep Singh, which has been making waves in the news in India as well as overseas.
Since its first production in 1928, the Punjabi film industry has indeed come a long way. With a stellar investment to box office returns ratio, Punjabi cinema has now turned into one of the most profitable film industries in the world.
There’s many of you who’d like to stay updated with information on upcoming Punjabi films releasing in 2022.
Now, this information can be really difficult to find online in just one place. But worry not: we have created a list of upcoming Punjabi movies releasing in 2022 just for you.
So for all Punjabi cinema fans, here you go:
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Welcome Bhua Ji
- Cast: Binnu Dhillon, Nirmal Rishi & Smeep Kang
- Director: Smeep Kang
- Produced by: Rohit Kumar, Sanjeev Kumar, Pankaj Trehan, Ashu Munish Sahani
Release Date: 2 September 2022
Bai Ji Kuttange
- Cast: Dev Kharoud, Smeep Kang, Upasna Singh & Gurpreet Ghuggi
- Director: Smeep Kang
- Produced by: Nirupma, Hadelin de Ponteves
Release Date: 19 August 2022
Laung Laachi 2
- Cast: Amberdeep Singh, Neeru Bajwa, Ammy Virk
- Directed By: Amberdeep Singh
- Produced by: Amberdeep
Release Date: 19 August 2022
S.W.A.T. Punjab
- Cast: Hardeep Grewal
- Directed By: Garry Khatrao
- Produced by: Hardeep Grewal
Release Date: 5 August 2022
Janjj
- Cast: Ammy Virk
- Directed By: Gurpreet Singh Palheri
- Produced by: Ammy Virk
Release Date: 29 July 2022
Now that you have a list of the upcoming Punjabi movies with release dates, you can go ahead and start blocking your dates to catch them first day-first show. We understand that new movies are announced all the times so we promise to keep this list updated constantly.
Also, while you’re at it, we would like to know more about your favorite Punjabi movies and the stars that you absolutely love. So do leave a comment and tell us about which of these upcoming Punjabi movies you’re really looking forward to and why.
How big is Punjabi Film Industry
Punjabi movies are rolling these days. Everything from Movies to songs to Short stories is being released more in number by the Punjabi Film Industry. As a matter of fact, it’s being loved by the younger generation due to the content they produce.
The songs released by Punjabi production houses are a hype among the youth. In the recent times, there has been a huge growth in the number of views for the Punjabi songs on Youtube. Singers like Diljit Dosanjh, Guru Randhwa, Jassi Gill, Ammy Virk, Pav Dharia etc are ruling the internet.
Talking about the growth of Punjabi Movies, the credit goes to the ace cinematographer Man Mohan Singhji who changed the future and perspective of Punjabi Movies with his first Punjabi film, Jee Aayan Nu which was released in the year 2002.
Even though it can’t beat the other regional film industries in terms of collection, it still came a long way from producing Rs.50 Lakh budget movies to Rs.50 crore budget movies. Some of the huge production houses like Eros and T-series also started producing Punjabi films.
Jimmy Shergill, one of the renowned actors of Bollywood has done six Punjabi films. Not just this, his production house Jimmy Shergill Productions has tied up with Eros in a bid to make more and more Punjabi films.
Overseas Market
Although the demand for Punjabi movies is high in foreign countries like Australia, Europe, and North American, the growth is still constant. Punjabi Movies are produced mainly from the overseas markets, some of them are giving a tough competition to the collections of Bollywood films in the overseas markets.
There is no proper increase in the slope of Punjabi movies as the same kind of content is being generated with untrained actors and not so good direction. The scripts of Punjabi movies lack a lot of important factors because after a certain point even the audience get bored of seeing the same kind of stuff over and over again.
Punjabi film industry is very big as many Punjabi Film Festivals like Ma Boli International Punjabi Film Festival, New Zealand Punjabi Film Festival, Punjabi International Film Festival, Sikh International Film Festival etc are being held year after year in the foreign countries.
Actors and Actresses
The actors and actresses who are ruling the Punjabi Film Industry currently are
- Binnu Dhillon
- Gippy Grewal
- Harbhajan Mann
- Amrinder Gill
- B.N. Sharma
- Jaswinder Bhalla
- Karamjit Anmol
- Kulraj Randhawa
- Mahi Gill
- Surveen Chawla
- Monica Gill
- Sargun Mehta
- Simi Chahal
- Neeru Bajwa
- Mandy Takhar
- Sonam Bajwa
From making movies like Posti, Bhangra, Nanak Nam Jahaz Hai in the 60s and 70s to making better movies like Channa Mereya, Super Singh, Love Punjab etc, the Punjabi Film Industry has come a long way.
All in all, the Punjabi Film Industry is getting bigger and better with every passing year. It has produced 41 movies in 2016 alone and is risking to produce different conceptual movies. With the right choice of actors, script and extraordinary directors, Punjabi Movies can skyrocket its collection and value.