Best known for the popular track ‘Dil Le Gayee’, singer Jasbir Jassi has extended his support to Diljit Dosanjh and the makers of ‘Satluj’, lauding the film for its depiction of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra’s life. Sharing a video of himself speaking in Punjabi, Jasbir said that bringing Khalra’s story to the screen took immense courage, adding that “sometimes people are afraid of the truth,” and urged people to stand by truth and humanity.
Jasbir Jassi congratulates Honey Trehan for choosing the topic
Speaking in Punjabi, Jasbir said that ever since ‘Satluj’, originally titled ‘Punjab 95’ and based on the life of Sardar Jaswant Singh Khalra Sahib, released, “a lot of media people, media friends were calling to say something about it, because it is a topic of discussion.” He added: “I don’t think any of the old films have been discussed so much. First of all, I would like to congratulate Honey Trehan. Paaji, you chose this topic, Khalra Sahib’s topic, and chose a topic for the benefit of Punjab. You chose a topic for the benefit of humanity. Congratulations to you.”
Jasbir Jassi praises Diljit Dosanjh’s courage in taking up the role
Jassi remarked that making a film like this takes a great deal of courage. He went on to congratulate Diljit for taking on and portraying this role. “It was a topic for the benefit of Punjab. It was a topic for the truth of Punjab. Because the people who speak the truth, the people who walk on that path, it is their duty to speak the truth in front of the people. So, congratulations to everyone.”
Jasbir Jassi slams those who speak against Punjab
He then shared, “The people who used to speak against Punjab, they are still speaking against Punjab. I would like to tell them that this is a topic you cannot speak against. Even if it is a hot topic, it is still controversial. This is a topic of humanity. You see, this is a unique topic. When a person leaves his family for the service of humanity, leaves all his work, ignores his life, takes his life for the sake of humanity, Khalra was a hero of that time. I was thinking that you don’t want to talk about Punjabi films. But now you don’t even want to talk about them. This is too much. You want to do more than what Khalra did. And you will not be ashamed. You will not be ashamed, but you should have some respect. You should have some respect for humanity. So, you talked about a great hero, Honey paaji.”
Jasbir Jassi questions why the film was banned
The singer mentioned that he isn’t sure why the film was banned. “Why was it banned? Why was it banned from the app? But I think sometimes people are afraid of the truth. It is very difficult to speak the truth. It is very difficult to recognize the truth. It is very difficult to speak the truth. So, to stand with Punjab, Honey Paaji, I appreciate you so much that you stood with Punjab.”
Jasbir Jassi says people in America keep discussing the film
Jasbir shared that he’s currently in America, and mentioned that everywhere he goes, people keep bringing up the film. “We have been taught by our Guru that we should stand with the truth. We should stand with the truth. We should stand for Punjab. Punjab stands with the whole world. We should stand with Punjab.”In his caption, written in Punjabi, Jasbir Jassi said: “Eddan dian movies n Songs bnaun Layee Punjabi Jigra chahida hai, Shabashi Bandi aa @honeytrehan bhajiiii @diljitdosanjh veer n team (It takes true Punjabi courage to make films and songs like this. Kudos to Honey Trehan bhaji, Diljit Dosanjh veer, and the entire team.)”
About ‘Satluj’
‘Satluj’ was removed from an OTT platform just a day after it was released. The film is a biographical drama directed by Honey Trehan, based on the life of human rights activist Jaswant Singh Khalra. It stars Diljit along with Arjun Rampal, Kanwaljit Singh, Suvinder Vicky and Geetika Vidya Ohlyan. The film shows how Khalra investigated the disappearances and killings carried out by Punjab Police during the Punjab insurgency in the early 1990s.
