Diljit Dosanjh has been getting a lot of appreciation for his lead performance in Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila. His co-star Anjum Batra, who plays the role of Kesar Singh Tikki in the film, recently opened up about his experience of working with Diljit, and said that the singer-actor prefers to keep his personal life lowkey. Anjum was asked about the rumours of Diljit being secretly married and if he knew anything about his wife.
In a chat with Bollyywood Now, Anjum said that he would “not like to comment on it (Diljit’s marriage) because I don’t know about it.” He then recalled that during the shoot of Amar Singh Chamkila, Diljit had shared why he likes to keep his personal life lowkey. “He told us that once, many years ago, in Punjab, there were some protests against one of his songs outside his house. Since then, he has been very protective of his family and that is why he keeps his family lowkey. He prefers that his family stays away from this world of showbiz,” he recalled.
In an earlier chat with India Today, Anjum had shared that Diljit chants Om Namah Shivay and Waheguru in between takes and has a calm presence. “Diljit paaji performs between action and cut and then instantly goes back to chanting ‘Waheguru’ and ‘Om Namay Shivay,” he said and added, “I think he is constantly in a state of meditation and has a divine connection with the almighty all the time. Ek roohani taar hai unke beech (They have a thread connecting them).”
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Anjum also recalled how Diljit broke the ice between them after their first scene. “Honestly, I have worked with the biggest of actors but never felt star-struck around them. But with Diljit paaji, there’s something about him that you cannot help but admire him. When we met for the first time, he humbly joined his hands to greet me, and there was no hug. Cut to, our first scene together, he came up to me saying how I was such a good actor and why I wasn’t working in Punjabi films. Right then, the ice was broken and we bonded so much over life and acting throughout our schedule,” he said.
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