{"id":732189,"date":"2026-06-12T15:10:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:10:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/732189\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T15:10:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T15:10:11","slug":"diljit-dosanjh-misses-main-vaapas-aaunga-promotions-as-imtiaz-ali-explains-why-i-cant-represent-the-whole-film-industry-on-this-one-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/732189\/","title":{"rendered":"Diljit Dosanjh misses \u2018Main Vaapas Aaunga\u2019 promotions as Imtiaz Ali explains why: ‘I can\u2019t represent the whole film industry on this one’ | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Diljit Imtiaz Ali<\/a> has explained why Diljit Dosanjh<\/a> has stayed away from the main promotions of \u2018Main Vaapas Aaunga,\u2019 which released in theaters worldwide on Friday. The film stars Diljit, Sharvari, and Vedang Raina<\/a> in lead roles, but Imtiaz and Vedang have done most of the promotional work so far. The filmmaker said Diljit is busy with overseas concerts, while Sharvari is also shooting abroad, and the team knew this situation would come up when they planned the film.<\/p>\n

Imtiaz Ali explains Diljit Dosanjh\u2019s absence<\/p>\n

According to Hindustan Times, Imtiaz addressed the issue during an interaction with India Today. He was asked about actors avoiding media interviews and using social media instead to promote their films. The question also referred to stars such as Shah Rukh Khan, who have skipped traditional media interactions for some recent projects.Imtiaz said, \u201cI can\u2019t represent the whole film industry on this one, but for us, Diljit is not here because he\u2019s doing shows abroad, Sharvari is not there because she is shooting abroad.\u201dHe added, \u201cWhen we got a release date, we knew this is going to happen in fact when we were taking the dates from Diljit to shoot for this film, we knew that he is going to perform at concerts when we will be releasing this film. But at that point of time, what was more important was the casting of the film rather than the actor’s ability to promote.\u201dImtiaz said the team did not avoid promotions as a strategy. \u201cWe don\u2019t have the strategy of not doing promotions or interactions, and I don\u2019t know which is a better or a worse strategy. We do this because we are habituated to do this. We have made a film and we want it to reach across.\u201d<\/p>\n

Should actors prioritize international work over promotions?<\/p>\n

Diljit Dosanjh missed trailer launch too<\/p>\n

Imtiaz also responded when asked if actors now avoid media interactions to stay away from controversies. He said, \u201cNo, I don\u2019t think so. It might just hinge on whether it might be effective or not. If somebody is not doing promotions, they must be thinking that it is not important and will not help the prospect of the film.\u201dDiljit had earlier missed the trailer launch of \u2018Main Vaapas Aaunga.\u2019 In a video message, he said, \u201cHello folks, this is Diljit Dosanjh. Love and greetings to all. You are going to watch the trailer of Main Vaapas Aaunga, so enjoy it. I am in Texas, so I could not come. Tonight’s show in Texas is sold out.\u201dHe added, \u201cI am taking care of some things here; you do the same thing. Jaldi Main Bhi Vaapas Aaunga (I will also come back soon). Enjoy the trailer. If you like it, share it. If you don’t, still share it! After all, it’s Imtiaz Ali’s film.\u201d\u2018Main Vaapas Aaunga\u2019 marks Diljit and Imtiaz\u2019s second collaboration after \u2018Amar Singh Chamkila.\u2019 The new film is set against the backdrop of the 1947 Partition and explores displacement, identity, memory, and belonging.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Imtiaz Ali has explained why Diljit Dosanjh has stayed away from the main promotions of \u2018Main Vaapas Aaunga,\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":732190,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[49,48,35205,75,148945,163930,209576,263507,337,263506,206457,107386],"class_list":["post-732189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-diljit-dosanjh","tag-entertainment","tag-film-promotions","tag-imtiaz-ali","tag-main-vaapas-aaunga","tag-movie-marketing-strategies","tag-movies","tag-overseas-concerts","tag-sharvari","tag-vedang-raina"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=732189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/732189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/732190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=732189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=732189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=732189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}