Rabb Da Radio (transl. God's own Radio) is a 2017 Indian Punjabi-language film directed by Tarnvir Singh Jagpal and Harry Bhatti, and written by Jass Grewal. It stars Tarsem Jassar, Mandy Takhar and Simi Chahal. The film was produced by Manpreet Johal and Vehli Janta Films, distributed by White Hill Studios. It marked the debut of Tarsem Jassar.[1]
| Rabb Da Radio | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Tarnvir Singh Jagpal Harry Bhatti |
| Written by | Jass Grewal |
| Produced by | Manpreet Johal |
| Starring | Tarsem Jassar Jagjeet Sandhu Mandy Takhar Simi Chahal |
| Cinematography | Anshul Chobey |
| Edited by | Manish More |
| Music by | Jaidev Kumar |
Production company | Vehli Janta Films |
| Distributed by | Omjee Group |
Release date |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Punjabi |
| Box office | est. ₹16 crore |
Set in the Punjab of the 80s and 90s, the film revolves around family ties, love and unconditional faith over God. Rabb Da Radio takes back to an era where lovers used to just see each other and decide that they're going to be life partners.
The film was released theatrically on 31 March 2018. A commercial success, Rabb Da Radio earned ₹4.5 crore in its opening weekend and ₹16 crore at the end of its theatrical run.[2][3][4] Rabb Da Radio won 10 awards in different ceremonies from 49 nominations including Best film (critics) Award, Best Debut Actor, Best Actress (critics) and many others.
Plot
editThis story is about two brothers' families. Though they are real brothers, the elder brother's manipulative wife doesn't like her brother in law and his wife at all, so she builds up a wall in the house and divides it in two. Both the families start staying separately. The elder brother has two sons and the younger brother has three daughters. The three sisters love their cousin brothers, but the elder brother's sons don't reciprocate their love for their sisters because they fear their mother. When the three sisters went to their house to tie Rakhi to both brothers then their mother don't allow them and they have to return weeping. The elder brother gets his eldest son married and the invitation is not sent properly to younger brothers family. Naseeb, the new daughter-in-law, is given a welcome and is promised to be treated with proper care, but her manipulative mother in law orders Naseeb to never show her face to her brother in law's family and especially to the eldest girl Guddi. The eldest daughter of the younger brother is very intelligent and of loving nature, she craves to talk to her brother's wife, but as she's afraid of her aunt she's unable to do so. As the time passes Naseeb the daughter-in-law gets to know the dynamics of the house and understands that her mother in law doesn't talk to her sister in law because of her huge ego and arrogance. Naseeb gets too close to younger brother's daughter Guddi with time. During all this phase of changing relationships a rich boy Manjinder falls in love with Guddi. He tries to find mediator but fails. Then he learns that one of his Bhua is also related with Naseeb. Both brothers take their Bhua to Naseebs house where she is alone at that time. In the meantime Guddi also comes. Then Manjinder's aunt asks Naseeb to become mediator of marriage, but she refuses due to fear of her mother in law. Further they takes help from his Bhua and gets his marriage fixed to Guddi. When Naseeb's mother in law gets to know about this, she throws Naseeb out of the house and succeeds in breaking Guddi's relation/marriage as well. Naseeb's mother comes and visits Naseeb as she prophesizes that her daughter is going through a tough time. Naseeb opens up to her mother about how she tried to break her sister-in-law's marriage. Her mother consoles her. Naseeb and her husband go to Manjinder's house and try to fix Guddi's and Manjinder's alliance and succeeds in doing so. The two estranged families reconcile, break down the wall in their house, and wed Guddi and Manjinder, and they live happily ever after.
Cast
edit- Tarsem Jassar as Manjinder Singh
- Simi Chahal as Guddi
- Jagjeet Sandhu as Jaggi
- Mandy Takhar as Naseeb Kaur
- Harbi Sangha as Manga
- Dheeraj Kumar as Hardeep/Deepa (Naseeb's husband)
- Anita Devgan as Chhaparo (Naseeb's mother-in-law)
- Gurmeet Saajan as Kabul Singh (Naseeb's father-in-law)
- Nirmal Rishi as Bebe Hardev Kaur
- Satwant Kaur as Manjinder's Bhua
- Tarsem Paul as Sucha Singh (Guddi's father)
- Seema Kaushal as Karmo (Guddi's mother)
- Sunita Dhir as Manjinder's mother
- Malkeet Rauni as Harnek Singh (Naseeb's Chacha)
- Baljinder Darapuri as Raja ( laagi )
- Jimmy Sandhu as Preeto
- Jasneet Kaur as Paalo
- Siddhi Malhotra as Nikki
- Ammy Virk in a special appearance
Soundtrack
edit| Rabb Da Radio | |||||
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| Soundtrack album by Deep Jandu, Nick Dhammu & R Guru | |||||
| Released | 5 April 2017 | ||||
| Recorded | 2016 | ||||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | ||||
| Length | 22:06 | ||||
| Language | Punjabi | ||||
| Label | White Hill Music | ||||
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Soundtrack of Rabb Da Radio is composed by various artists Deep Jandu, Nick Dhammu and R Guru. Full soundtrack was released on iTunes on 5 April 2017.[5] The album was also made available for digital download on Google Play in the same month; it was well received by audience and holds an average score of 4.6 out of 5 on Google Play based on 20 reviews.[6] Album contains the vocals by Tarsem Jassar, Kulbir Jhinjer, Ammy Virk and Sharry Mann. Jass Grewal also won award for best lyrics for song "Rabb Da Radio" sung by Sharry Mann.[7]
Track list
edit| No. | Title | Lyrics | Music | Singer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Sardara" | Tarsem Jassar | Deep Jandu | Tarsem Jassar | 3:12 |
| 2. | "Rabb Da Radio" | Jass Grewal | Nick Dhammu | Sharry Mann | 4:44 |
| 3. | "Akh Boldi" | Tarsem Jassar | R Guru | Ammy Virk, Mankirat Pannu | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Tere Bajhon" | Tarsem Jassar | R Guru | Tarsem Jassar | 3:49 |
| 5. | "Sadke Sadke" | Tarsem Jassar | R Guru | Kulbir Jhinjer & Mankirat Pannu | 3:51 |
| 6. | "Rehmat" | Tarsem Jassar | R Guru | Tarsem Jassar | 2:48 |
| Total length: | 22:06 | ||||
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Date of ceremony[a] | Category | Recipient | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filmfare Awards Punjabi[8] | 23 March 2018 | Best Film | Rabb Da Radio | Nominated |
| Best Film (critics) | Rabb Da Radio | Won | ||
| Best Actress | Mandy Takhar | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Simi Chahal | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress (critics) | Mandy Takhar | Won | ||
| Best Actress (critics) | Simi Chahal | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Harry Bhatti & Tarnvir Singh Jagpal | Nominated | ||
| Best Debut Director | Harry Bhatti & Tarnvir Singh Jagpal | Nominated | ||
| Best Debut | Tarsem Jassar | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Anita Devgan | Nominated | ||
| Best Lyrics | Jass Grewal | Won | ||
| Best Playback Singer | Sharry Mann | Nominated | ||
| Best Editing | Manish More | Nominated | ||
| Best Sound Design | Parikshit Lalwani/ Kunal Mehta | Nominated | ||
| Best Production Design | Vijay Giri | Nominated | ||
| Best Background Score | Jaidev Kumar | Nominated | ||
| Best Choreography | Ritchie Burton | Nominated | ||
| Best Story | Jass Grewal | Won | ||
| Best Screenplay | Jass Grewal | Nominated | ||
| PTC Punjabi Film Awards[9] | 30 March 2018 | Best Film | Rabb Da Radio | Nominated |
| Best Actor | Tarsem Jassar | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Mandy Takhar | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Simi Chahal | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor (critics) | Tarsem Jassar | Won | ||
| Best Actress (critics) | Simi Chahal | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Anita Devgan | Won | ||
| Best Debut Director | Harry Bhatti & Taranveer Jagpal | Nominated | ||
| Best Debut | Tarsem Jassar | Nominated | ||
| Best Playback Singer | Sharry Mann | Nominated | ||
| Best Music Director | Nick Dhammu | Nominated | ||
| Best Dialogues | Jass Grewal | Nominated | ||
| Best Story | Jass Grewal | Won | ||
| Brit Asia Punjabi Film Awards[10] | 12 May 2018 | Best Film | Rabb Da Radio | Nominated |
| Best Debut Performance | Tarsem Jassar | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Anita Devgan | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Mandy Takhar | Nominated | ||
| Best Actress | Simi Chahal | Nominated | ||
| Best Actor | Tarsem Jassar | Nominated | ||
| Best Director | Harry Bhatti & Taranvir Jagpal | Nominated |
Sequels
editBefore release of Afsar (2018) sequel Rabb Da Radio 2 was announced along with Uda Adia on 4 September 2018 by Tarsem Jassar's production house Vehli Janta Films along with another film by same team Uda Ada. It was released in 2019.[12][13]
Rabb Da Radio 3, a threequel of the film series directed by Sharan Art is set to release in 2024.[14]
References
edit- ^ Date is linked to the article about the awards held that year, wherever possible.
- ^ "Rabb Da Radio (TRAILER) Tarsem Jassar | Mandy Takhar | Simi Chahal | Releasing On 31 March 2017 - YouTube". youtube.com. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ^ "Punjabi Film Rabb Ka Radio Does Very Well - Box Office India". www.boxofficeindia.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Rabb Da Radio (2017) - Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ "Rabb Da Radio". www.boxofficemojo.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ Rabb Da Radio (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - EP by Various Artists, 5 April 2017, retrieved 8 September 2018
- ^ "R Guru, Nick Dhammu, Deep Jandu: Rabb Da Radio - Music on Google Play". Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- ^ a b "Winners of the Jio Filmfare Awards (Punjabi) 2018". filmfare.com. Retrieved 14 August 2018.
- ^ "Nominations for the Jio Filmfare Awards (Punjabi) 2018". filmfare.com. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "PTC Punjabi Film Awards 2018: Winners list". punjabnewsexpress.com. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "FULL LIST OF WINNERS FROM THE PUNJABI FILM AWARDS 2018 - BritAsia TV". BritAsia TV. 14 May 2018. Retrieved 7 September 2018.
- ^ "Brit Asia TV's Punjabi Film Awards 2018: Winners list".
- ^ "Tarsem Jassar shares his Pollywood plan 2019". The Times of India. 6 September 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2019.
- ^ Taran Adarsh [@taran_adarsh] (13 February 2019). "Tarsem Jassar and Simi Chahal... #Punjabi film #RabbDaRadio2 to release on 29 March 2019... Poster: https://t.co/DbPPFKifdV" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "'Rabb Da Radio 3': Tarsem Jassar and Simi Chahal starrer to release on THIS date". The Times of India. 20 February 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 13 September 2023.