Angrej Movie Story....
Talking about Angrej,
Amberdeep said, “I used to wonder how a typical Indian wedding would look like
in ancient Punjab. Those were the days when the baraat would arrive three days prior to the wedding
and all thebaraatis would visit the bride
except the groom. The culture, the food, the joy, everything I wanted to show
to the youth of today.” Amberdeep knew from day one that the character of the
protagonist would suit Amrinder Gill. Although there were some changes made on
the set as per the director’s visualization, Amberdeep takes it normally. He
said, “Everyone has his own way of perceiving things and so happens on the set
of every film. But the final result here is absolutely close to what I had
visualized. The film looks superb.”
As Angrej means an
Englishman, Director Simarjit tells the reason behind this title, “In older
times, when someone out of the village used to think ahead of times, he was
given this name. Our protagonist also is talking about loving and dating a girl
which, in those times, wasn’t something normal. I have seen such culture in the
80s in Punjab and was excited to present that on screen. We went to the roots
of it and our Production Designer Raashid Rangrez gave us a lot of suggestions
about the colors, clothes, structure of the frame, etc.”The director also
points out that one has to be over 1000 times careful while making a period
film. From a pin to a plane, the team of the film was very particular about
various things in the frame.
The producers of the
film wanted to bring out the best in limited time. All of them are very
thankful for the cooperative director, actors, designers and the whole crew who
summed the project up in almost 40 days.
Singing heartthrob
Ammy Virk is all excited about the film and loves the feeling of such a good
start. He said, “It is a period film which is a dream of every actor. Also
living the days of Punjab of the 40s is a great feeling. On the set we would do
all desi stuff which now is very hard to find even in
rural households.”
The lead girls Aditi
and Sargun were not so easy to find. After a lot of auditions and screen tests
the director could find such talent and the girls have done their job
perfectly. They both praised about the whole team and are eagerly waiting for
the release of ‘Angrej’.
Meet Raashid Rangrez,
the man won the National Award in 2007 for taking us to the 18th century through his art direction in Punjabi film Waris
Shah-Ishq Da Waaris. The man is back again to take us to Punjab of 1945.
Raashid has handled the overall production design for this film which includes
art direction as well as the costumes. The film was immediately planned and
Raashid could not get much time to research on it. He consulted some books and
references and out of his own experiences he could create a Punjab of
pre-independence era. He told, “We had to establish the geography of a Punjab
which wasn’t really green that time. The colors had to be very earthy and also
the costumes had to be very simple and most importantly handmade. Yes we have
used all handmade costumes in the movie.”
Once again, the magic
of Jatinder Shah’s music is ready to take you to another world. The world of
1945 Punjab when loving someone was not so easy. But ‘Angrej’ makes a
difference and he will make you dance. The album has seven songs for which
Vinder Nathumajra, Happy Raikoti, Jaggi Jagowal and Shweta Saira have penned
the lyrics. It is a mix of happy, sad, dancing numbers which go perfectly with
the periodic theme of the film. Jatinder Shah said, “We have tried to be as
traditional as we could. My musicians and percussionists performed with their
understanding of the pre-independence era of Punjab. The singers have given the
songs a different touch to make it match the storyline.”
