Gippy Grewal


Rupinder Singh "Gippy" Grewal, is an Indian actor, singer, film director and producer whose works span over Punjabi and Hindi film industry.
His single Phulkari broke many records in the Punjabi music industry. He made his acting debut in the 2010 movie, Mel Karade Rabba, and which he followed with Carry On Jatta, Lucky Di Unlucky Story, Bhaji in Problem and Jatt James Bond. He revived "PTC Best Actor Award" in 2011 for his performance in the 2011 film Jihne Mera Dil Luteya. He received the "PIFAA Best Actor Award" in 2012 along with Diljit Dosanjh and received "PTC Best Actor Award" in 2015 for Jatt James Bond along with Diljit Dosanjh. After his hit movie Faraar, he came with Kaptaan and lock in 2016.

Personal life

Grewal was born in Ludhiana and his hometown is Koom Kalan, Ludhiana. He did his schooling from Nankana Sahib Public School, Kot Gangu Rai and studied at North India Institute of Hotel Management, Panchkula. His brother Sippy Grewal is a distributor based in Australia.
Grewal is married to Ravneet Kaur and has three sons.

Music career

Grewal made his debut with the album Chakkh Lai was produced by Aman Hayer. He followed with the albums Nasha, Phulkari, Phulkari 2 Just Hits and Gangster. His 2012 song "Angreji Beat", featured in the Bollywood film Cocktail. The video for his 2013 single "Hello Hello" was shot in Las Vegas, Nevada. He performed at the Sandwell and Birmingham Mela in 2014.
Before his fame though he was a wedding singer. He frequently performed at weddings in Punjab, India.

Film career

Grewal made his film debut in a supporting role in 2010 Punjabi-language film Mel Karade Rabba. He followed that up with a lead role in Jihne Mera Dil Luteya which became the biggest hit in Punjabi cinema when it released. In April 2012 his film Mirza – The Untold Story released with the highest opening for a Punjabi film at the time.
His next movie Carry On Jatta released in July 2012 and had the second highest opening and total collections for Punjabi film. In 2013, Grewal released the action film Singh vs Kaur, comedy film Lucky Di Unlucky Story and Best of Luck and the comedy movie Bhaji in Problem.
In 2014, he appeared in the dramatic thriller Jatt James Bond. His second film of 2014 was the comedy film Double Di Trouble.
He dubbed a voice in the Punjabi version of A Good Day to Die Hard which was the first Hollywood movie to be dubbed in Punjabi.
In 2015, Grewal entered Bollywood with a guest appearance in the comedy-drama film Dharam Sankat Mein. He then made his full acting debut in Bollywood with the romantic-comedy film Second Hand Husband.
In September 2017 Gippy Grewal starred in his most recent Hindi movie, Lucknow Central, along with Farhan Akhtar. Carry on Jatta 2 released on 1 June 2018.

Discography

Film soundtrack

Punjabi

Hindi

Filmography

Denotes films that have not yet been released

Actor

Director

Special appearances

Dubbing roles

Singles

YearAlbumLyricsMusic
2013Hello HelloVeet BaljitDr Zeus
2014PhotoJassi LokhaDJ Flow
2014Shut upRavi RajPav Dharia
2016Ghat BoldiJaaniB Praak
2017LahoreNavi KambozDr Zeus
2017Car Nachdi ft BohemiaJaaniB Praak
2017VelnaHappy RaikotiJay K
2017Nai Shad DaJaaniJay K
2018SoorajJaaniB Praak
2018Hukam Da YakkaNarinder BaathDesi Crew
2018WeekendSabbi KotheponaLaddi Gill
2019Khatarnaak ft BohemiaKumar SunnyDesi Crew
2020Where Baby WhereJaaniSukhe
2020Nach NachKulshan SandhuEnzo
2020Miss YouHappy RaikotiEnzo
2020Vigad GayaRav HanjraSnappy
2020Me & UHappy RaikotiDesi Crew

Television

Awards and nominations

YearFilmAward CeremonyCategoryResult
2009Mel Karade RabbaPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Male Debut
2009Mel Karade RabbaPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Villain
2011PTC Punjabi Film AwardsPunjabi Music Best Folk pop Album Award
2011Jihne Mera Dil LuteyaPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
Diljit Dosanjh for Jihne Mera Dil Luteya
2012PTC Punjabi Film AwardsPunjabi Music Most Popular song of the year
2012Mirza: The Untold StoryPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
2012Mirza: The Untold StoryPTC Punjabi Film AwardsCritics Best Actor
2012Carry On JattaPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
2012Mirza: The Untold Story
Carry On Jatta		PTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Popular Star Of The Year
2013Singh vs KaurPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
2014Jatt James BondPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
2014PTC Punjabi Film AwardsEntertainer of The Year
2015FaraarPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
2016KaptaanPTC Punjabi Film AwardsMost Popular song of the year
2016ArdaasPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Director
2016ArdaasPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Debut Director
2016ArdaasPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Screenplay
2016ArdaasPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Story
2016KaptaanPTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
2016ArdaasFilmfare Awards PunjabiBest Director
2016ArdaasFilmfare Awards PunjabiBest Debut Director
2016ArdaasFilmfare Awards PunjabiBest Original Story
2016KaptaanFilmfare Awards PunjabiBest Actor
2017Manje BistreFilmfare Awards PunjabiBest Actor
2017Manje BistreFilmfare Awards PunjabiBest Original Story
2017Manje BistreFilmfare Awards PunjabiBest Screenplay
2017Manje BistreBrit Asia AwardsBest Actor
2017Punjabi Music AwardsBest Duat vocalist for patt Lain ge
2018Carry on Jatta 2PTC Punjabi Film AwardsBest Actor
2018Carry on Jatta 2Brit Asia AwardsBest Actor