Rhythm Boyz Entertainment

Rhythm Boyz Entertainment INC, or simply known as Rhythm Boyz is a Punjabi film production and distribution company founded by Karaj Gill and Amrinder Gill in 2013. The company was named after their college time Bhangra group.[2][3] Rhythm Boyz began to produce films in 2014 with Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo. Since 2014, Rhythm Boyz has produced total 13 films till date, out of which 9 are in List of highest-grossing Punjabi films including Angrej, Love Punjab, Bambukat, Vekh Baraatan Challiyan, Lahoriye, Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua, Ashke and Chal Mera Putt.[4][5] At Filmfare Awards Punjabi all the top three award-winning films are produced by Rhythm Boyz Entertainment.[6]

Rhythm Boyz Entertainment
TypePrivate
IndustryFilm
FoundedMarch 19, 2013 (2013-03-19)[1]
FoundersKaraj Gill
Amrinder Gill
Headquarters
Amritsar
,
India
Canada
Areas served
Canada
United States
India
Key people
Karaj Gill
Amrinder Gill
Amberdeep Singh
Gurshabad
Bir Singh
ProductsMovies
Studio
Production
Music
WebsiteOfficial website

Films produced by Rhythm Boyz are based on the culture of Punjab or revolve around the issues of Punjab. Angrej was based on love in Punjab of 1940s.[7] Lahoriye was based on love across the border between people of two different Punjabs[8] whereas Ashke was based on Punjabi folk dance Bhangra which released with a new experiment of releasing trailer just some hours before of release.[9] In 2019, Rhythm Boyz collaborated with Pakistani artists in Chal Mera Putt, which was based on the Punjabis trying hard to make living in foreign countries. Also, the film became highest-grossing Punjabi film at overseas. Its sequel Chal Mera Putt 2 was released in 2020.

History
Khalsa College, Amritsar is also seen in motion logo of Rhythm Boyz as it is the origin of the company

From the school days to Khalsa College, Amritsar Amrinder Gill and Karaj Gill were in same Bhangra team.[10] And Amrinder in his first recording for program Kala Doria on Doordarshan decided to give singing credits to their group instead of their names and the group was named as Rhythm Boyz.[11][3] In an interview Gill revealed the reason to found company, said, “We make films with such passion but they fail to reach the audience because of poor marketing and distribution. So we decided why not turn producers and have the freedom to produce and market our own films.”[3]

On 19 March 2013, the company was registered at British Columbia, Canada. In 2014, Judaa 2 album sung by Amrinder Gill was released by Rhythm Boyz.[12] Later in 2015, Rhythm Boyz released their first film Angrej in association with Dara Productions and J Studios. The film was based on love in Punjab of 1940s. The film grossed ₹30 crore in its theatrical run and became one of the highest-grossing film of all time. The film ran over fifty days in India and overseas.[13] The film settled the trend following couple of period films releasing every year. The film won ten awards at PTC Punjabi Film Awards including Best Film, Best Director (Simerjit Singh), Best Actor (Gill), and Best Actress (Sargun Mehta).[14]

Films produced

[15] [16] [17][18][19][20][21]

Key
Denotes films that have not yet been released
Year Film Director Starcast
2014 Goreyan Nu Daffa Karo Pankaj Batra Amrinder Gill, Amrit Maghera, Yograj Singh, Binnu Dhillon
2015 Angrej Simerjit Singh Amrinder Gill, Sargun Mehta, Aditi Sharma, Ammy Virk, Binnu Dhillon
2016 Love Punjab Rajiv Dhingra Amrinder Gill, Sargun Mehta, Yograj Singh, Nirmal Rishi, Manvir Johal
Bambukat Pankaj Batra Ammy Virk, Simi Chahal, Binnu Dhillon, Sheetal Thakur
2017 Lahoriye Amberdeep Singh Amrinder Gill, Sargun Mehta, Yuvraj Hans, Nimrat Khaira, Gugu Gill
Vekh Baraatan Challiyan Ksshitij Chaudhary Binnu Dhillon, Kavita Kaushik, Jaswinder Bhalla, Ranjit Bawa, Amrinder Gill
Bhalwan Singh Param Shiv Ranjit Bawa, Navpreet Banga
2018 Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua Ksshitij Chaudhary Harish Verma, Simi Chahal, Aditi Sharma, Amrinder Gill, Jaswinder Bhalla, BN Sharma
Ashke Amberdeep Singh Amrinder Gill, Sanjeeda Sheikh, Roopi Gill, Jaswinder Bhalla, Gurshabad, Sarbjit Cheema
Bhajjo Veero Ve Amberdeep Singh Amberdeep Singh, Simi Chahal, Gugu Gill, Hardeep Gill
2019 Laiye Je Yaarian Sukh Sanghera Harish Verma, Roopi Gill, Rubina Bajwa, Amrinder Gill
Chal Mera Putt Janjot Singh Amrinder Gill, Simi Chahal, Iftikhar Thakur, Akram Audas, Nasir Chinyoti, Gurshabad
2020 Chal Mera Putt 2 Janjot Singh Amrinder Gill, Simi Chahal, Garry Sandhu, Iftikhar Thakur, Nasir Chinyoti, Akram Udas, Gurshabad
2021 Jodi Amberdeep Singh Diljit Dosanjh, Nimrat Khaira, Gurshabad, Hardeep Gill
Golak Bugni Bank Te Batua 2 Janjot Singh Harish Verma, Simi Chahal, B.N. Sharma
Ucha Buraj Lahore Da Amberdeep Singh TBA
Kandu Khera Karu Nabeda Amberdeep Singh TBA

Film distribution

Rhythm Boyz Entertainment also distribute films in United States and Canada. In 2019, Guddiyan Patole produced by Villagers Film Studio was also distributed by Rhythm Boyz.[22]

Year Film Director Countries Distributed Notes
2016 Bambukat Pankaj Batra Canada, United States
2017 Lahoriye Amberdeep Singh Canada, United States
2017 Vekh Baraatan Challiyan Ksshitij Chaudhary Canada, United States
2018 Ashke Amberdeep Singh Canada, United States
2018 Bhajjo Veero Ve Amberdeep Singh Canada, United States
2019 Guddiyan Patole Vijay Kumar Arora Canada Produced by Villagers Film Studio
2019 Laiye Je Yaarian Sukh Sanghera Canada, United States
2019 Munda Hi Chahida Santosh Subhash Thite, Deepak Thaper Canada, United States Produced by Neeru Bajwa Productions
2019 Chal Mera Putt Janjot Singh Canada, United States
2020 Chal Mera Putt 2 Janjot Singh Canada, United States

Highest-grossing films

Canada

Following is the list of highest-grossing films produced or distributed by Rhythm Boyz. Angrej (2015) became highest-grossing Punjabi film in Canada of all time upon its release.[23] Chal Mera Putt (2019) became the highest-grossing Punjabi film at overseas:[24]

Rank Highest-grossing film(s) Year Gross
(Indian currency)		 Gross
(US dollars)		 Ref
1 Chal Mera Putt 2019 ₹9.33 crore US$$1,301,322
2 Angrej 2015 ₹8.35 crore US$1,350,000 [N 1]
3 Love Punjab 2016 ₹6.95 crore US$1,048,110 [26]
4 Ashke 2018 ₹5.94 crore US$821,126 [27]
5 Guddiyan Patole 2019 ₹4.86 crore US$699,627 [28]
6 Bambukat 2016 ₹4.76 crore US$710,096 [29]
7 Lahoriye 2017 ₹3.84 crore US$594,605 [30]
8 Vekh Baraatan Challiyan 2017 ₹3.79 crore US$590,323 [31]
9 Laiye Je Yaarian 2019 ₹3.01 crore US$432,799 [32]
  1. (Angrej)It is only collection till third weekend as afterward the film’s (Canada and United States) collections weren’t updated by Bollywood Hungama.[25]

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