Dharti (2011 film)

Dharti is a 2011 First Punjabi political suspense thriller film directed by Navaniat Singh with story, screenplay and dialogues by Manoj Jha. Dharti was produced by Darshan Singh Grewal, J.S. Kataria and Jimmy Shergill, and stars Jimmy Shergill, Surveen Chawla, Rannvijay Singh, Japji Khera, Prem Chopra, Rahul Dev, Binnu Dhillon and Shavinder Mahal. It was released onApril in Australia and onApril 2011 globally. The film was actually to be made in Hindi but on much insistence of Jimmy himself the producers and the directors agreed to make it in Punjabi. Moreover, Rajneeti a similar political thriller released few months ago so it did make sense to make the film in punjabi. The film established Navaniat Singh as one of the most talented and enthusiastic directors.

Dharti released onApril 2011 in Australia. It released worldwide onApril 2011. The premiere took place in Australia.Dharti beat the record of other two movies that were released on same day Dum Maro Dum Hindi and Mr. Perfect Telugu in Punjab and overseas. At the Wave multiplex in Ludhiana, the first two shows of Dharti were Rs. 21,963 and Rs. 35,824. At Orient in Ludhiana, Dharti drew the first two shows full Rs. 25,100 per show at PVR in Ludhiana, it collected Rs. 31,203 in the first show. At Harsha multiplex in Karnal Dharti collected Rs. 10,086 in first show. ........

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