International Emmys 2025: Imtiaz Ali Attends Panel, States Amar Singh Chamkila Was Love Story Between 'Artist And Art'

Writer and director Imtiaz Ali has travelled to New York along with producer Mohit Choudhary as nominees for Netflix's Amar Singh Chamkila at the 53rd International Emmy Awards. Ahead of the awards ceremony

on November 24, the filmmaker was also part of a panel and medal ceremony where he spoke about the difficulties of bringing the film to life and making sure the film focused on the love story between an art and an artist. Here is what he had to say.

Imtiaz Ali on Amar Singh Chamkila at the International Emmys

At the 53rd International Emmy World Television Festival's panel and medal ceremony, Imtiaz and producer Mohit Choudhary were on hand to get recognised for their work on Amar Singh Chamkila. The filmmaker recalled how the streamer Netflix stepped in to back the musical and give it a digital premiere. With the streaming service's backing, all the previous filmmaking problems disappeared.

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At the panel, Imtiaz further added that the focus for him was the music of the late Punjabi singer. He stated, "For me this was a love story between an artist and his art. A singer and performance are like lovers, and at some point of time you don’t do it for money, success and glamour, you do it for the performance itself, beyond any logic, to serve their audiences, and that was the strongest impulse in Amar Singh Chamkila’s character and that is what I focused on."ALSO READ: Amar Singh Chamkila Co-Writer REACTS To Film's International Emmy Nomination: Having A Person Like Diljit HelpedAmar Singh Chamkila is up for two awards at the upcoming ceremony, including Best Performance by an Actor for star Diljit Dosanjh and Best TV Movie or Miniseries. Diljit is also going to be present at the awards ceremony tomorrow. The Netflix film, which had music by AR Rahman, also featured Parineeti Chopra as the late singer's wife, Amarjot Kaur.