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Punjabi Cinema

Punjabi cinema is the Punjabi language film industry in the states of Punjab in India and Pakistan. This article deals with Punjabi cinema in India.

The first Punjabi film was released in Lahore, provincial capital of the Pakistani Punjab. The Lahore film industry is known as Lollywood, a portmanteau of the words Lahore and Hollywood, similarly, Punjabi cinema has been called Pollywood (ਪੋਲ੍ਲ੍ਯ੍ਵੂਦ) by western audiences.[citation needed]

As of 2009, the Punjabi film industry has produced between 900 and 1,000 films.The average number of releases per year in the 1970s was nine; in the 1980s, eight; and in the 1990s, six. In 1995, the number of films released was 11; it plummeted to seven in 1996 and touched a low of five in 1997. Since the 2000s Punjabi cinema has seen a revival with more releases every year with bigger budgets, home grown stars, and Bollywood actors of Punjabi descent taking part.

List of Punjabi Cinema

Movie nameYearBannerDirectorProducer
Laajo (ਲਾਜੋ)
1963Jugal Kishore
Sat Saliyan (ਸਤ ਸਲਿਯਾਂ)
1964Karunesh ThakurKarunesh Thakur
Satluj De Kande (ਸਤਲੁਜ ਦੇ ਕੰਡੇ)
1964
Mama Ji (ਮਾਮਾ ਜੀ)
1964Roshna BharatwajGopal saigal,S.P.Malhotra
Jagga (ਜੱਗਾ)
1964Jugal Kishore
Geet Baharan De (ਗੀਤ ਬਹਾਰਾਂ ਦੇ )
1964
Chambe Di Kali (ਚੰਬੇ ਦੀ ਕਾਲੀ)
1965Phani Majumdar
Nanak Naam Jahaz Hai (ਨਾਨਕ ਨਾਮ ਜਹਾਜ਼ ਹੈ)
1969Ram Maheshwari Pannalal Maheshwari
Nanak Dukhiya Sub Sansar (ਨਾਨਕ ਦੁਖਿਯਾ ਸੁਬ ਸੰਸਾਰ)
1970Dara SinghDara Singh
Tere Rang Nyare (ਤੇਰੇ ਰੰਗ ਨ੍ਯਾਰੇ)
1973Pushp Raj
Man Jeete Jag Jeet (ਮਨ ਜੀਤੇ ਜਾਗ ਜੀਤ)
1973B.S. Thapa Kanwar Mohinder Singh Bedi
Bhagat Dhanna Jatt (ਭਗਤ ਧੰਨਾ ਜੱਟ)
1974ChandrakantDara Singh
Teri Meri Ik Jindri (ਤੇਰੀ ਮੇਰੀ ਇਕ ਜਿੰਦਰੀ )
1974Dharam Kumar 
Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam (ਦੁਖ ਭੰਜਨ ਤੇਰਾ ਨਾਮ)
1974
Santo Banto (ਸੰਤੋ ਬੰਤੋ)
1976Ajit Singh Deol
Daaj (ਦਾਜ)
1976Dharam Kumar
Sat Sri Akal (ਸਤ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਅਕਾਲ)
1977Chaman NillayPrem Nath
Jindri Yaar Di (ਜਿੰਦਰੀ ਯਾਰ ਦੀ)
1978Dharam Kumar
Dhyanu Bhagat (ਧਯਾਨੁ ਭਗਤ)
1978Dara SinghDara Singh
Sehti Murad (ਸੇਹ੍ਤੀ ਮੁਰਾਦ)
1979Kailash Bhandari
Saida Jogan (ਸਈਦਾ ਜੋਗਨ)
1979B.S.Shaad
Jeeja Sali (ਜੀਜਾ ਸਾਲੀ)
1985Mohan Bhakri
Kee Banu Duniyan Daa (ਕੀ ਬਾਣੁ ਦੁਨਿਯਾਂ ਦਾ)
1986JagjeetAnil Deepak, L. Dhanpatrai, Baldev Mamujaiea, J. Moodgil
Shaheed Udham Singh (ਸ਼ਹੀਦ ਊਧਮ ਸਿੰਘ)
1999ChitraarthIqbal Dhillon
Shaheed-E-Mohabbat (ਸ਼ਹੀਦ-ਏ-ਮੁਹੱਬਤ)
1999Shamim Ara, Manoj PunjManjeet Maan

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