Last Updated:November 30, 2025, 20:21 IST

Meezaan Jafri revealed that he has auditioned for Imtiaz Ali’s films several times, including for Amar Singh Chamkila. He admitted that Diljit Dosanjh absolutely smashed the role.

Meezaan Jafri Reveals He Auditioned For Amar Singh Chamkila

Jaaved Jaaferi’s son Meezaan Jafri was recently seen in Ajay Devgn and Rakul Preet Singh starrer ‘De De Pyaar De 2’. Having made his acting debut in the 2019 film Malaal, he has also starred in Hungama 2, and Yaariyan 2. Meezaan recently revealed that he has auditioned for Imtiaz Ali’s films several times, including for Amar Singh Chamkila! He revealed that he put on a moustache, the pagdi and also learnt one of the songs in Punjabi for the audition. While he didn’t get the part, he admitted that Diljit Dosanjh was the perfect choice for the role, and that he absolutely smashed it!

Meezaan Jaafri On Auditioning For Amar Singh Chamkila

In an interview with Team Varinder Chawla, Meezaan Jafri said that he has auditioned for Imtiaz Ali several times. “Chamkila, I did the full stache, I put the pagdi, I learnt one of Amar Singh Chamkila’s song in Punjabi. I went and I did the whole song.” He was auditioning for the lead actor, and the role of Amar Singh Chamkila eventually went to Diljit Dosanjh. Meezaan admits Diljit was the perfect choice for the role.

“Suitable actor taken for the right role. I went for it dil se. And I will continue going for other characters also, because that is my job as an actor to do that. and I love that. But great choice by Imtiaz sir. Because Diljit knows the language, he knows the flavour. It’s his world, he comes from there. Diljit sir has absolutely smashed it, which is why he has been nominated for an Emmy as well!” said Meezaan.

For the unversed, Imtiaz Ali’s Amar Singh Chamkila had bagged two prestigious nominations at the 53rd International Emmy Awards. Diljit Dosanjh was in the running for the ‘Best Actor’, along with “Amar Singh Chamkila” being nominated in the ‘Best TV Movie/Mini-Series’ category. However, the film did not win an Emmy Award.

Amar Singh Chamkila is available on Netflix, having been released on the streaming platform last year. The film stars Diljit Dosanjh as the legendary Punjabi artist and Parineeti Chopra as his second wife and singing partner, Amarjot Kaur.