Imtiaz Ali thought Amar Singh Chamkila's first wife would attack him at screening, but here's what happened

Imtiaz Ali has revealed he was initially doubtful how Amar Singh Chamkila's family would react to his film during the screening.

Imtiaz Ali has been basking in the positive reception of his latest release Amar Singh Chamkila. In a recent interview with Zoom, however, the director revealed that he was doubtful only about how the film would be received by those who knew the real-life Punjabi singer, especially his first wife. He even thought that Chamkila's first wife would attack him.

In the interview, Imtiaz said: “Chamkila’s family was at the screening. His first wife Gurmail Kaur was there. Amarjot and Chamkila’s son Jaiman Chamkila was there. Chamkila’s daughters were also there. When I was watching the film, his first wife was sitting right next to me and I was thinking that there are some sensitive scenes in the film, should I just pull back or go back before she attacks me or something like that? But when the screening got over, she hugged me and everybody was so happy with the way that Chamkila was portrayed because we were hoping that they like it."

He further added that he presented the character of Chamkila as he was. "I have not whitewashed Chamkila because that was the point of making the film. He has done a lot of things that can be judged but I let it be like that in the film and it’s actually credit to the family that they understood it. They knew that it’s factual and they did not stop me in any way,” he said.