Mohit Chauhan Reacts To Amar Singh Chamkila's International Emmy Snub: Award Nahi Mila Lekin... | EXCL

Mohit Chauhan did not just sing for Amar Singh Chamkila, but played a brief yet significant role in introducing the film. When the biopic directed by Imtiaz Ali was nominated for the International Emmy

Awards 2025, the nation was happy. However, the film couldn’t win awards in the two categories it was nominated in. Talking to Zoom exclusively, Mohit reacted to the snub.

Mohit Chauhan reacts to Amar Singh Chamkila's snub

Mohit, who is currently promoting his latest music video Heer, told Zoom, “I heard about it and had a chat with Imtiaz Ali. He is a dear friend and I am happy ki voh International Emmys mein nominate hui which is a huge thing. International recognition hai. Award nahi mila, koi baat nahi. Unki joh kalakari hai uss film mein aur music hai, voh vahan tak pohonchai.”ALSO READ: Diljit Dosanjh Gets Emotional Remembering Late Singer Amar Singh Chamkila: Felt Like He Was Watching Me(Translation: I heard about it and had a chat with Imtiaz Ali. He is a dear friend and I am happy that it was nominated for the International Emmys, which is a huge thing. It is an International recognition. We didn’t win the award, no problem. The craft of every person involved and Amar Singh Chamkila’s music reached a global platform.)

About Amar Singh Chamkila

Imtiaz Ali’s Netflix biopic, Amar Singh Chamkila, was nominated for the International Emmys in two categories. Diljit Dosanjh competed in the Best Performance by an Actor category, whereas the film was only Indian title nominated under the TV Movie/Mini-Series category. Though he lost the trophy to Oriol Pla, Diljit recalled playing Amar Singh Chamkila, a popular Punjabi folk singer who was assassinated along with his wife.Amar Singh Chamkila, directed by Imtiaz Ali and produced by Mohit Choudhary, Select Media Holdings LLP, Saregama, and Window Seat Films, also starred Parineeti Chopra. It released on Netflix in 2024.