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Dear Jassi (2023)

Dear Jassi poster
Directed by
Tarsem Singh
Genre
drama
Country
India
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a traditional family falls in love with a man from a working class background. When her family disapproves, she faces severe consequences.

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What happens

Dear Jassi is a 2023 drama film directed by Tarsem Singh and written by Amit Rai. A coproduction of companies from India, Canada and the United States, the film is based on the real-life story of Jaswinder Kaur Sidhu, a Punjabi Canadian woman who ran afoul of her family when she fell in love with and chose to marry a working-class man they did not approve of. The film stars Pavia Sidhu as Jassi and Yugam Sood as her love interest Mithu, as well as Gourav Sharma, Sukhwinder Chahal, Sunita Dhir, Baljinder Kaur, Karan Arora, Abhinash Bachchan, Kam Bains, Paras Bajaj, Rajni Bajaj, Avni Batra, Ranjodh Beli, Aman Bhogal, Harinder Bhullar, Mahabir Bhullar, Suchi Birgi and Roopa Cheema in supporting roles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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