Gippy Grewal to play Punjabi prisoner in ‘Lucknow Central’

Gippy Grewal will be playing a grey character in Farhan Akhtar starrer ‘Lucknow Central’.  Grewal will be essaying the role of a Punjabi prisoner.

The singer-actor revealed more details about his character and the film in a recent interview. “It’s a very different film. The film is about prisoners and I am playing Punjabi prisoner Parminder Singhal, aka Pali in the film and he is bit of dangerous personality”, as reported by IndianExpress. “My character also has to look a bit aged so we took lot of effort to get my look for the film”, added Grewal.

The actor spoke out about misrepresentation of Sikhs in Bollywood films and thinks this is due to lack of knowledge about the community.  Playing a Punjabi character Grewal was keen to ensure his portrayal was empathetic. “For instance, in ‘Lucknow Central’, there are sequences where I suggested to do a scene in a certain way to build an emotional connection with Punjabi audience. We did that. I think just putting a turban on head and changing the language from Hindi to Punjabi does not make a one a Punjabi”, he said.

Shooting has now completed and the film expected to release in September 2017.