After the failure of ‘Jab Harry Met Sejal’ and ‘Love Aaj Kal’ at the box office, Imtiaz Ali bounced back with one of the most-watched films on Netflix this year - ‘Amar Singh Chamkila’. On the latest episode of Mid-day’s Sit With Hitlist series, Imtiaz Ali reveals how he had signed Diljit Dosanjh for the titular role even before he became a global sensation. 

Imtiaz said, “When we started out, Diljit was not a big star. He had not done Coachella when we signed with him. It kind of happened simultaneously. At the end of the film, which is always what it is, an actor, whatever his so-called market value is, can be different by the time your film releases. So you also have to factor that. He became a very big star.”