Director Puneet Issar
Music Tulip Joshi, Puneet Issar, Mika Singh, Monty Sharma, Daler Mehndi, Sukhwinder Si
Writer Puneet Issar
Lyrics Gurbani, Raj Hans, Sandeep Nath, Sudhakar Dutt Sharma, Sameer, Deepali Issar
Release Date 02-Dec-2011
About Story: This film is about a young Sikh named Ranveer Singh Sodi.Ranveer is a young, confident, intelligent and a very well settled man in India. Ranveer's elder brothers Balbir Singh & Bikram Singh are citizens of America. They are doing very well for themselves. They run restaurant business in the USA. Ranveer's parents leave for holiday to the US to meet their son. Ranveer doesn't want to join them as he is busy attending his friend's wedding in India. Life is easy going for this family.
The story takes a turn when Ranveer receives a call from his mother. Ranveer's life changes in a flash as he comes to know that his brother Bikram is dead. His father is seriously injured and his elder brother Balbir is missing. The cause of this is unknown. Ranveer is in a dilemma and he has to leave for the US.
The film about how he went to US and how he fight for the justice in US.
Expected Review of Movie:-To build expectations of any sort whatsoever, one has to be aware of the product at the least. In case of I Am Singh, one doesn't have any clue whatsoever around where did the film actually arrive from. Add to that the fact that it is a non-starcast affair and there are further apprehensions around what the music would indeed have in store here. With multiple composers creating a song or two apiece, 'I Am Singh' is a loaded album with as many as 10 tracks in it.
Next to arrive is the title song 'I Am Singh' which in its very treatment and flavour is different from the likes of 'Singh Is Kinng' or 'Shera Di Kaum' [Speedy Singhs]. This one is much more rooted in its appeal and has a 'desi' mood and feel to it. Composed by Sumitra Iyer and written by Raj Hans, 'I Am Singh'is a Punjabi track that sees the coming together of Daler Mehndi, Sukhwinder Singh and Hard Kaur. Though in first few listening it does lend a sense of deja vu, 'I Am Singh' does settle down after a while due to its boisterous and celebratory mood. Yet another song that lasts close to 7 minutes, it is also accompanied by a relatively shorter (four minutes long) 'Video Edit' version.
Though one didn't have any set expectations from I Am Singh to begin with, it turns out to be reasonably okay, though predictable, soundtrack. Given the fact that the album has arrived virtually unannounced on the stands, it is bound to struggle when it comes to making its presence felt amongst the listeners. However with a couple of Punjabi tracks expected to find their target audience, it may just manage to impress its target audience.
Movie Review:- After the 9/11 tragedy in US, the Sikhs were targeted and were victims of mistaken identity. The film highlights what happened to a few of them and their fights against it, never losing the faith in US judicial system. The film tells the stories of unsung heroes.
The direction is so incompetent that Punit Issar resorts to sunrise and sunset to metaphorically represent cheer and gloom.The cast is universally bad, and in competition with each other to snatch the trophy of 'Most Unconvincing Performer'. The disgustingly silly, lifeless and done-to-death script; the boring drama; the irritating English dialogues; the never-ending rhetoric; the below-average performances; poor editing.The constant references to and from Sikhism which will appeal to the Punjabis and Sikhs in the audience; a couple of song picturisations.On the positive side, a few scenes, where members of the Khalsa Panth are depicted wielding swords and showing off their martial skills, are well-shot and exciting.This film is come 5 years too late. By now everyone knows what Sikhs and Muslims went through after the attack on the Twin Towers and how the world was outraged at this.
I AM SINGH is not the one chartbusting album that one may expect but is certainly an entertainer for all those who cherish the feel of being 'Singh' and like 'bhangra' beat culture music. Tracks like 'Dukalaang Pranaasi','I am Singh', 'Kya Jeena' and 'Turban victory', are really good.
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