Channa Mereya (film)

Channa Mereya
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPankaj Batra
Story byNagraj Manjule
Produced by
StarringNinja
Payal Rajput
CinematographyVineet Malhotra
Edited byManish More
Music byGoldboy
Production
company
Distributed byZee Studios
Release date
  • 14 July 2017 (2017-07-14)
Running time
132 minutes[1]
CountryIndia
LanguagePunjabi

Channa Mereya (transl. The light of my soul) is a 2017 Indian Punjabi-language romantic drama film directed by Pankaj Batra. It is a remake of the Marathi film Sairat (2016). The film follows Kainat (Payal Rajput), a girl from a wealthy family who falls in love with her poor classmate Jagat (Ninja). They start seeing each other secretly, but when their relationship is exposed, they face trouble from Kainat's brother Balli (Amrit Maan) and father (Yograj Singh). The film received mixed reviews from critics.

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