From 1979 to 1988, Chamkila ruled the music landscape in Punjab with songs that were a commentary on village life, drug abuse, guns, extra marital affairs, dowry, alcoholism and matters of Punjabi masculinity among others.
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Chamkila and Amarjot, along with two of their band members, had tragically met their end at the young age of 27. They were gunned down in 1988, abruptly halting Chamkila's soaring career.
Thirty five years after his death and years of conjecture over the same, the life and times of the slain Punjabi folk icon will be adapted for the screen.