Sufna is a 2020 Indian Punjabi-language romantic drama film written and directed by Jagdeep Sidhu. Produced by Panj Paani Films, it stars Ammy Virk and Tania. The film chronicles the story of a young man who fall in love with the cotton picker arrived to his village. Sufna has Jagjeet Sandhu, Jasmin Bajwa and Seema Kaushal in supporting roles; it marked the feature film debut for Tania as a lead actress. The film was released on 14 February 2020 in India. Soundtrack of the film is produced by B Praak and songs are written and composed by Jaani.
Plot
Teg lives with her father's older brother and tayi. Her mother was Muslim and she passed away. Her father was part of the army and they say he is lost. Teg believes that her father is still alive and he will come home. Jeet is a care free boy. His father committed suicide because he couldn't pay off his debt. He falls in love with Teg when she comes to pick cotton in their village. Teg encourages Jeet to learn/study so he can become something in his life and pay off the debts of his father. When Teg come back after 13 months, she finds out the Jeet went away for higher studies. She becomes really happy that he listened to her. Jeet comes and meets Teg secretly and once he bought her a phone and a pastry. Teg calls Jeet on the phone whenever she is working in someone's house. She later gets engaged. She tells Jeet that she cannot meet him anymore because she is engaged and she gives him one of her mother's jewelry. She told him to sell it so he can find a job. Jeet tells the boy that Teg is a bad girl. But later tells him that he love her. Teg's fiance says that he would help them. Instead of helping them, he tells Teg's Tai. Teg is about to be married, but she runs away and hides in a house she works in. Jeet comes and finds that she has fainted. He brings her back to her Tai's house. She tells her uncle that you guys raised me so you guys have the right to wed me anywhere. Her uncle starts to beat her aunt. But Teg tells her that Tai may have treated me bad, but she never let me sleep hungry. That melts Tai's heart and Teg and Jeet get married. A couple of months later, Jeet comes back and he is now in the army. Teg says she has found her Phauji.
started writing the film in July 2019. Sidhu on social media disclosed that the film was inspired from Gurnaam Bhullar's song "Paagal" whereas cotton fields backdrop was inspired from Brazilian film Behind the Sun. Principal photography of the film began on 16 October 2019 and was wrapped on 19 December 2019. Tania visited the village before principal photography began to get into her character. The film marked debut for her as a lead actress. During editing, several scenes from the film were cut down, Sidhu on social media disclosed he missed few deleted scenes.
Soundtrack
Sufnas soundtrack was composed by Indian music producer and singer B Praak; the lyrics were penned by Jaani. The album consists of six songs which were primarily recorded by Praak and Virk, except tracks "Qabool A", which was sung by Hashmat Sultana and "Ammi", which was sung by Kamal Khan. The complete soundtrack was released under the label of Times Music on iTunes on 18 February 2020. The album was also made available for digital download on Google Play in the same month; it was well received by audience and holds an average score of 5 out of 5 on Google Play based on 3 reviews. Critical response to the music was positive; Manpriya Singh of The Tribune said, "music by B Praak consists of five numbers that lend to the story the warm fuzzy feeling of love and not take away from it the songs, like the script, tug at your heartstrings". Gautam Batra of Koimoi said, "Music is very good and takes the impact of the narrative one level above All the songs are really good but "Ammi", "Jaan Deyan Ge" and "Qabool A" take the cake". The songs "Qabool A" and "Jannat" also peaked on Asian Music chart by Official Charts Company. Upon the film's digital release, "Jannat" entered top 10 in the chart.
Track List
Release and marketing
The film was released on 14 February 2020 on the occasion of Valentine's Day. First look poster of the film was released on 2 December 2019 followed by another poster on 8 January 2020, featuring Ammy Virk and Tania in it. First song 'Qabool A' from the film is releasing on 14 January 2020.
Home video
The film was made available to stream on Prime Video from 10 April 2020.
Reception
Box office
Sufna became commercial success upon its release. In its opening weekend, Sufna grossed ₹46.68 lacs in United States, ₹1.94 crore in Canada, ₹38.87 lacs in United Kingdom, ₹37.26 lacs in Australia, and ₹11.44 lacs in New Zealand. After 10 days of its release, the film grossed ₹1.26 crore in United States, ₹5.17 crore in Canada, ₹80.56 lacs in United Kingdom, ₹96.02 lacs in Australia, and ₹25.81 lacs in New Zealand. The film has collected 19.35 Crore Worldwide.
Critical reception
Manpriya Singh of The Tribune gave three and a half star out of five. Gautam Batra of Koimoi gave four stars out of five. Sukhpreet Kahlon of Cinestaan gave three stars out of four. Gurlove Singh of BookMyShow said "Sufna is the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your lover that comes with a sweet love story narrated in the simplest manner and portrayed by supremely talented Ammy Virk and Tania".
