2010s
In 2010, 16 movies were released. Mel Karade Rabba, starring Jimmy Shergill later broke all records and grossed 11 crore nett and became the highest grossing Punjabi film ever. Sukhmani (film) (Hope for life), starring Gurdas Maan, Juhi Chawla & Divya Dutta. Chhevan Dariya (The Sixth River), directed by Ish Amitoj Kaur was released on September, 2011. Ish Amitoj Kaur was the first Punjabi woman to have directed produced and written a Punjabi film. The film starred Gulshan Grover, Neena Gupta, Manpreet Singh, Lakhwinder Wadali, Christa Cannon and Rana Ranbir.
In the year ending Chak Jawana were released, directed by Simerjit Singh starring Gurdas Maan.
In February 2011, the PTC Punjabi channel organised the first ever Punjabi film awards at Panchkula. It was a tremendous boost to the industry and was attended by the likes of Om Puri, Prem Chopra, Gurdas Maan, Guddu Dhanoa, Preeti Sapru, Raza Muraad, Satish Kaul, Manmohan Singh, Amrinder Gill, Gippy Grewal, Jasbir Jassi, Puneet Issar, Rakesh Bedi, Rama Vij, Sudhanshu Pandey, Akriti Kakkar and many more.
With renewed interest from the public, Punjabi cinema has seen a revival with more releases every year featuring bigger budgets, home grown stars, and Bollywood actors of Punjabi descent taking part.
2011 looks to be the year when the industry moves away from the "typical NRI-centered" storylines and towards more meaningful and creative storylines with movies like The Lion of Punjab and Dharti. This year also saw the production of the first Punjabi 3D feature film Pehchaan 3D.
Jihne Mera Dil Luteya is a 2011 Punjabi film directed by Mandeep Kumar with story and screenplay by Dheeraj Rattan, produced by Batra Showbiz Pvt. Ltd. and starring Gippy Grewal, Diljit Dosanjh, Neeru Bajwa, Jaswinder Bhalla . It grossed 12.5 crore.
In September, Yaara o Dildaara directed by Ksshitij Chaudhary, starring Harbhajan Mann, Tulip Joshi, Kabir Bedi, Gurpreet Ghuggi.
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