I watched Chamkila today and man, such an EXHILARATING watch it is!
Even after all the good reviews, I was wondering if it will live up to the hype but it had me gripped from the get go.
This is like watching a whole new Imtiaz with this movie....I don't remember any of his movies being this tightly edited and stylized in a long while now....don't know if the subject matter was such to pull such a film out of him but he really hit it out of the park in terms of execution.
I was toh so gripped with the beginning montage only and just watching in amazement how well the music and visuals flow together. All my wariness about the soundtrack was absolved while watching the movie....the songs are bang on with the way they've been used in the film. And Diljit's singing voice has all been utilized for Chamkila's actual songs so you get that whole flavor from there too.....the fact that Diljit's background also mirrors this in terms of being that folk singer who sang in villages while he was coming up really adds to the authenticity of that entire bit.
Parineeti's singing was kinda weak for her part but otherwise she did decent in her role and Amarjot-Chamkila's relationship was also nicely shown.
Chamkila toh bigamist nikla yaar.....lol and they didn't try to whitewash it in any way....saamne se dikhaya ki he did give dhoka knowingly. And all the times he tries to act his way out of tough situations but at the same time he's genuinely an almost naive and servile man in many ways.
The way they creatively translated all the Punjabi lyrics of the vulgar songs into Hindi with that text accompaniment and so much use of split screen I've never seen before in an Imtiaz film.
I also liked how they addressed the hypocrisy of society that so many people were on Chamkila's case for composing lewd songs but not a single person asked why his songs were so popular with the masses and no one questioned the masses for listening to his music....lol if his songs were really playing at all the weddings and parties, tab kahaan mar gayi thi censorship? Bas singer ko hi pakadne baithe the? lol
Woh Sumo ke Papa from EDKV2 was the cop investigating the Chamkila murder in this one and most of the story is told in FB through narration to him....lol
Diljit was just FAB.....he has taken it to another level as an actor with this one....hope he wins some award for this.
.....this is another standout one from Arijit beyond the typical ones he usually gets to sing. 
.....bade dino baad something gripped my attention enough for me to finish the movie in one sitting
Cryptocurrency
Cricket
961