Entertainment
Surkhi Bindi is a 2019 Indian-Punjabi drama film written by Rupinder Inderjit and directed by Jagdeep Sidhu. The film produced by Shri Narotam Ji Films and bankrolled by Ankit Vijan, Navdeep Narula, Gurjit Singh and Santosh Subhash Thite, stars Sargun Mehta, Gurnam Bhullar, Rupinder Rupi and Nisha Bano.
Film production started on 4 April 2019 and was theatrically released on 30 August 2019 to positive reviews with Gurnam Bhullar and Sargun Mehta’s chemistry being highly praised by critics and audiences. The film performed well at the box office with a domestic gross of INR 7.20 crores ($1.02 million) .
Cast
- Gurnam Bhullar as Sukha
- Sargun Mehta as Rano
- Rabab Sidhu as Young Rano
- Nisha Bano
- Rupinder Rupi
- Sukhwinder Raj
- Kaka Kautki
Production
Surkhi Bindi was announced in March 2018; and was scheduled to be released on 8 March 2019 but was postponed due to Jagdeep Sidhu’s busy schedule as he was working in Guddiyan Patole, Shadaa, and Nikka Zaildar 3. Instead of the film Guddiyan Patole was released on the date which also stars Gurnam Bhullar and is written by Sidhu.
Earlier, the film was supposed to be directed by Vijay Kumar Arora, who has also directed Sidhu’s written Harjeeta and Guddiyan Patole, and star Bhullar and Simi Chahal in lead roles.Later, Arora was replaced by Sidhu while Chahal was replaced by Sargun Mehta.First schedule of principal photography of the film began on 4 April 2019 and was finished on 6 May 2019 while second schedule began in early June 2019.
