JusReign and Rupan Bal to share screen space in ’22G Tussi Ghaint Ho,While Rupan has already made his acting debut with Harbhajan Mann’s Punjabi film Hanni, this time around his friend JusReign is also off to a start. JusReign became a popular YouTuber, while coaxing his friend Rupan to test his skills in the Punjabi industry back home in India. As luck would have it, now the two have been cast together in an underproduction Punjabi film, 22G Tussi Ghaint Ho!
JusReign quotes “The role was little bit of me, where I play a Canadian. It allowed me to explain myself and my North American style of humour. I always tried to promote my roots, keeping my beard and turban on and have used comedy to break the discrimination abroad. I wanted to recreate something new, innovative and different for the people here, with my kind of humour.”
Since he is particular about not bending his personal rules just to ‘fit in’, Jus is open to directing his own projects. “If I don’t find anything here that suits my comic timing,” he adds, “I am very picky. I do comedy for the art form than doing it for the money, I like to add value. Like good music is cherished till long after, I want to create humour that will be remembered till much later.”
Referring to his style as “more situational, sarcastic, having depth,” Jus sees hope on the Indian media horizon. “Though I think the change from slapstick to profound humour hasn’t happened in India yet, I see it starting with YouTube.”
Though Jus doesn’t subscribe to most of surging Indian TV comedy, he adds, “I like Kapil Sharma, his humour is very snappy. I would like to be on his show someday, even if I may not get all the jokes all the time because of the culture barrier.”
’22G Tussi Ghaint Ho’ film Directed by Vishal Parasher, Introducing Rupan Bal and Jus Reign with Bhagwant Maan, Upasna Singh, Pooja Verma, Tej Sapru, RJB