Punjabi films have a huge global following, frankly, I don’t know why we haven’t reached Cannes yet: Sargun Mehta

Mumbai: Sargun Mehta has progressed from a TV actress to a Punjabi lead actress and now a producer. The actress/producer recently discussed the participation of the Punjabi cinema community at Cannes.

The actress while making a dig at south films says, “With the south industry making a show of strength at this year’s festival, what do you think stops the Punjabi industry from reaching that evel? Though Punjabi films have a huge global following, frankly I don’t know why we haven’t reached Cannes yet. This time when I saw the south industry making its presence at Cannes, I thought why not us? It’s a question that has come into my mind quite recently. Maybe we were all just so consumed with what was happening with our own industry that we were not thinking bigger and beyond. But, this is going to be something that we are going to be rooting for very soon.”

Later Talking about the change in the type of content in the Punjabi industry the actress says, “I think as the industry evolves, so does the acceptance of the people. What’s happening right now is that we are playing with our flavour, with the culture that we have. And we are attaching more and more audiences to us every day. There’s going to be a point when people will accept new genres. In fact, even when I did Qismat, everybody said that it wouldn’t work in Punjab because it was not a typical comedy film that Punjab was very used to. That film became one of the biggest blockbusters and then there was its second film. So, when you give people content with a lot of meat and something that they can enjoy also, it doesn’t matter what genre it is.”

When asked about her job experience while sharing the workspace with husband Ravi Dubey, the actress stated, “It’s the best thing ever. I thoroughly enjoy working with Ravi. Both of us are in sync, being creative people. But both of us have different viewpoints on every subject. Where I am going wrong, he catches it and vice versa. And regarding who calls the shots and decision making depends on what decision it is. We don’t overlap our roles (laughs), and we are managing it well. He’s not my colleague.”