India, April 23 -- Who would've thought that a socks factory worker from Punjab's hinterland would one day capture the imagination of the whole nation? That too 36 years after his untimely and violent death. After a short life of just 27 years and an even shorter but rocket-like career, Amar Singh Chamkila is today captured in a slick musical that is wowing audiences from Srinagar to Sriperumbudur. What's more, this surprise hit by director Imtiaz Ali comes in an election year that is being fiercely fought with many films tackling revisionist ideas of India and the icons who played key roles in its founding.

Amar Singh Chamkila is a brilliant biopic of a music maker about whom most of us didn't know anything until the movie came out.

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