ISHQ My Religion – A musical love story, action thriller, a film by Gurdeep Dhillon Films and music by Mukhtar Sahota. A fresh look at Punjabi Cinema….in cinema’s now!
‘ISHQ My Religion’ is a forthcoming Punjabi film written & directed by Gurdeep Dhillon and Music by UK Music Producer Mukhtar Sahota, they previously worked together on the film, ‘Jatt James Bond’. ISHQ My Religion is a musical love story where religion becomes a barrier for true love and introduces fresh faces in the main lead, Bobby Dhillon and Simrrann Sabarwal alongside renowned actors, Mukesh Rishi, Rahul Dev, Yaad Grewal, Aman Dhaliwal, Yashpal Sharma, Mahreen Kaleka, Dolly Minhas, Vikram Sirohiwall and Rana Jung Bahadur.
Mukhtar Sahota known for his unique sound has stepped outside the norm of a Punjabi film sound track for ‘ISHQ My Religion’ and has featured an array of singers and lyricists. Having almost every Bollywood film featuring a ‘Punjabi’ song in it, Mukhtar suggested why not use a Hindi song in the film too! The Director was more than happy with the suggestion and loved the Hindi song Mukhtar had produced which fit the film situation very well. The singers featured in ‘Ishq My Religion’ are the Nooran Sisters, Sunidhi Chauhan, Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Arif Lohar, Mika Singh, Mussarat Abbas, and Sonu Nigam singing in Punjabi! The lyricists featured are S.M Sadiq, Shammi Jalandhari, Jasbir Cheema, Balvir Ahiyapuri, Preet Tapri and Late Manzoor Jhalaa.
The second song released is ‘Kaleh Rang’ where Mukhtar has brought together, ‘Arif Lohar & Sunidhi Chauhan’ singing a duet in Punjabi making this their first performance together. The song is a bhangra dance number and is available from all leading digital stores.
