Gippy Grewal

Rupinder Singh "Gippy" Grewal (born 2 January 1983) is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works span over Punjabi and Hindi film industry.

Gippy Grewal
Gippy Grewal in 2024
Born	Rupinder Singh Grewal[1][2] (1983-01-02) 2 January 1983 (age 42)[3][4] Ludhiana, Punjab, India[5]
Occupations	Singer actor filmmaker
Spouse	Ravneet Kaur Grewal
Children	3
Relatives	Sippy Grewal (brother)
Musical career
Genres	Panjabi Bhangra Romantic Pop Sikh
Labels	Humble Music Speed Records T-Series Moviebox Records Tips Saga Music Panj-aab Records
Website	gippygrewal.com

His single "Phulkari" was very successful in the Punjabi music industry.^[6] He made his acting debut in the 2010 movie, Mel Karade Rabba, and which he followed with Carry On Jatta, Lucky Di Unlucky Story, Bhaji in Problem and Jatt James Bond. He revived "PTC Best Actor Award" in 2011 for his performance in the 2011 film Jihne Mera Dil Luteya. He received the "PIFAA Best Actor Award" in 2012 along with Diljit Dosanjh and received "PTC Best Actor Award" in 2015 for Jatt James Bond along with Diljit Dosanjh. He is owner of production houses Humble Motion Pictures and Big Daddy Films along with his brother Sippy Grewal.

Personal life

Grewal was born in Ludhiana and his hometown is Koom Kalan village, Ludhiana. He did his schooling from Nankana Sahib Public School, Kot Gangu Rai and studied at North India Institute of Hotel Management, Panchkula.^[5] His brother Sippy Grewal is a distributor based in Australia.^[7]

Grewal is married to Ravneet Kaur and has three sons.^[2][8][9]

Music career

Grewal performing live in Chandigarh

Grewal made his debut with the album Chakkh Lai was produced by Atul Sharma.^[10] He followed with the albums Aaja Ve Mitraa, Mele Mitraan De, Phulkari 2 and many more. He become a famous name in Punjabi Music among the audience. In 2010, his eighth album "Desi Rockstar" produced by Aman Hayer was a huge hit and was very much loved by Audience. After the album he released song " Angreji Beat" with Yo Yo Honey Singh which proved to be the biggest song of his career. He enjoyed his prime time of stardom during 2010-2014 making him leading artist in Punjabi Music Industry. In 2012 his song "Angreji Beat", featured in the Bollywood film Cocktail.

The video for his 2013 single "Hello Hello" was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed at the Sandwell and Birmingham Mela in 2014.^[11] Before his fame though he was a wedding singer. He frequently performed at weddings in Punjab, India.

Film career

Gippy Grewal with Sargun Mehta during the promotions of Chandigarh Amritsar Chandigarh

Grewal made his film debut as the main antagonist in 2010 Punjabi-language film Mel Karade Rabba. He followed that up with a lead role in Jihne Mera Dil Luteya which became the biggest hit in Punjabi cinema when it released.^[12] In April 2012 his film Mirza – The Untold Story released with the highest opening for a Punjabi film at the time.^[13]

His next movie Carry On Jatta released in July 2012 and had the second highest opening and total collections for Punjabi film.^[14] In 2013, Grewal released the action film Singh vs Kaur and comedy films Lucky Di Unlucky Story, Best of Luck and Bhaji in Problem.

In 2014, he appeared in the dramatic thriller Jatt James Bond. His second film of 2014 was the comedy film Double Di Trouble.

He dubbed a voice in the Punjabi version of A Good Day to Die Hard which was the first Hollywood movie to be dubbed in Punjabi.^[15]

In 2015, Grewal entered Bollywood with a guest appearance, portraying pop star Manjeet Manchala in the comedy-drama film Dharam Sankat Mein.^[16] He then made his full acting debut in Bollywood with the romantic-comedy film Second Hand Husband.^[17]

In 2016, he launched own production house Humble Motion Pictures with his first directional debut Ardaas.^[18]

In September 2017, Grewal starred in his most recent Hindi movie, Lucknow Central, along with Farhan Akhtar.^[19] Carry on Jatta 2 released on 1 June 2018.

In 2022, he launched a new production house "Big Daddy Films".^[18]

Discography

Main article: Gippy Grewal discography

Studio albums

• Chakk Ley (2002)
• Aaja Wey Mitra 2003)
• Mele Mittaran De (2004)
• Phulkari 2 (2005)
• Akh Larh Gayi (Canada & India)
  The Album (UK) (2006)
• Chandi De Challe (Canada & India)
  Im Here (UK) (2007)
• My Time To Shine (2008)
• Desi Rockstar (2010)
• Talwar (2011)
• Desi Rockstar 2 (2016)
• The Main Man (2020)
• Limited Edition (2021)

Filmography

Key

†	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Actor

Year	Film	Role	Actor	Producer	Director	Writer	Notes	Language
2010	Mel Karade Rabba	Nihal Dhasah	Yes	No	No	No	Punjabi Film Debut	Punjabi
2011	Jihne Mera Dil Luteya	Yuvraaj Singh Randhawa	Yes	No	No	No
2012	Mirza: The Untold Story	Mirza	Yes	No	No	No
	Carry On Jatta	Jass Dhillon	Yes	Yes	No	No	Co-Producer
2013	Singh vs Kaur	Nihal Singh	Yes	No	No	No
	Lucky Di Unlucky Story	Lucky	Yes	Yes	No	No	Co-Producer
	Best of Luck	Kullu	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Bhaji in Problem	Jeeta	Yes	No	No	No
2014	Jatt James Bond	Shinda	Yes	No	No	No
	Double Di Trouble	Fateh/Ekam (Double Role)	Yes	No	No	No
2015	Second Hand Husband	Rajbir	Yes	No	No	No	Bollywood Film Debut	Hindi
	Faraar	Shinda/Ekam (Double Role)	Yes	No	No	No		Punjabi
2016	Ardaas	Sukhi	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Cameo Appearance
	Kaptaan	Advocate Kaptaan Singh	Yes	No	No	No
	Lock	Bhola	Yes	No	No	No
2017	Manje Bistre	Sukhi	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Lucknow Central	Parminder Singh Gill (Pali)	Yes	No	No	No		Hindi
2018	Subedar Joginder Singh	Joginder Singh	Yes	No	No	No		Punjabi
	Carry on Jatta 2[20]	Jass	Yes	No	No	No
	Mar Gaye Oye Loko	Tittu	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
2019	Manje Bistre 2[21]	Sukhi	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
	Chandigarh Amritsar Chandigarh	Rajveer	Yes	No	No	No
	Ardaas Karaan	Sehaj	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Co-Story Writer and Co-Screenwriter with Rana Ranbir
	Daaka	Shinda	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Co-producer
2020	Ik Sandhu Hunda Si	Sandhu	Yes	No	No	No
2021	Paani Ch Madhaani[22][23]	Gulli	Yes	No	No	No
	Warning	Geja	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Cameo Appearance
	Shava Ni Girdhari Lal	Magghar Singh Sandhu (Girdhari Lal)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No
2022	Posti	—	No	Yes	No	No	Starring Babbal Rai
	Maa	Jora	Yes	Yes	No	No	[24]
	Saamna	Gurpreet singh (Gippy)
	Yaar Mera Titliyaan Warga	Gurmail Singh	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Honeymoon	Deep	Yes	No	No	No
	Snowman	—	No	Yes	No	No
2023	Mitran Da Naa Chalda	Laadi	Yes	No	No	No	With Tania
	Carry on Jatta 3	Jass	Yes	Yes	No	No	[25]
	Maujaan Hi Maujaan		Yes	No	No	No
2024	Shinda Shinda No Papa	Gopi	Yes	Yes	No	No
	Warning 2	Geja	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	[26]
	Jatt Nuu Chudail Takri		Yes	No	No	No	[27]
2025	Akaal: The Unconquered†	Sardar Akal Singh	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
	Phatte Dinde Chakk Punjabi†		Yes	Yes	No	No	Completed[28]
	Manje Bistre 3 †	Sukhi	Yes	Yes	No	No	[29]
	Widow Colony†		Yes	Yes	No	No	[30]

Special appearances

Year	Film	Role	Sources
2011	Dharti	Himself
2015	Dharam Sankat Mein	Manjeet Manchala
2016	Ardaas	Sukhi
2018	Asees

Dubbing roles

Year	Film	Role	Original Actor	Original language	Dubbed language
2013	A Good Day To Die Hard	Jack	Jae Courtesy	English	Punjabi

Awards and nominations

Year	Film	Award Ceremony	Category	Result
2009	Mel Karade Rabba	PTC Punjabi Film Awards	Best Male Debut	Nominated
			Best Villain	Nominated
2011			Punjabi Music Best Folk pop Album Award	Won
2011	Jihne Mera Dil Luteya		Best Actor (tied with) Diljit Dosanjh for Jihne Mera Dil Luteya	Won
2012			Punjabi Music Most Popular song of the year	Won
2012	Mirza: The Untold Story		Best Actor	Nominated
			Critics Best Actor	Won
	Carry On Jatta		Best Actor	Nominated
	Mirza: The Untold Story Carry On Jatta		Best Popular Star Of The Year	Won
2013	Singh vs Kaur		Best Actor	Nominated
2014	Jatt James Bond		Best Actor	Won
2014			Entertainer of The Year[31]	Won
2015	Faraar		Best Actor	Nominated
2016	Kaptaan		Most Popular song of the year	Won
2016	Ardaas		Best Director	Nominated
			Best Debut Director	Won
			Best Screenplay	Nominated
			Best Story	Nominated
	Kaptaan		Best Actor	Nominated
	Ardaas	Filmfare Awards Punjabi	Best Director	Nominated
			Best Debut Director	Won
			Best Original Story	Won
	Kaptaan		Best Actor	Nominated
2017	Manje Bistre		Best Actor	Nominated
			Best Original Story	Nominated
			Best Screenplay[32]	Won
		Brit Asia Awards	Best Actor	Won
2017		Punjabi Music Awards	Best Duat vocalist(With Neha Kakkar) for patt Lain ge	Won
2018	Carry on Jatta 2	PTC Punjabi Film Awards[33]	Best Actor	Won
		Brit Asia Awards[34]	Best Actor	Won
2020	Ardaas Karaan	PTC Punjabi Film Awards[35]	Best Director	Won
		PTC Punjabi Film Awards[35]	Best Film	Won

Controversy

Grewal faced strong opposition in Punjab over his film Akaal: The Unconquered. Several Sikh organisations protested against the film, raising questions about Grewal’s character as well. These groups claimed that the film distorted Sikh history, pointing out that there is no historical evidence of the main character, Akaal Singh. Moreover, the film shows several Sikh characters consuming meat and alcohol, which goes against Sikh religious beliefs. Grewal was also criticised for wearing a fake beard in his role, which many people found disrespectful. Questions were also raised about Nimrat Khaira’s character. Additionally, several screenings of the film were cancelled at various locations.^[36]