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He announced his retirement from acting. Not from films—he would direct and produce—but from the race.

The seventh film was the most anticipated event in Punjabi cinema history. But Jassi didn’t choose a comedy or an action film. He chose a quiet, black-and-white art film about an old man who returns to his village in Pakistan during the Kartarpur Corridor opening.

It earned ₹40 crore. Hit number three. 7hitmovies punjabi movies

His break came on a rainy Tuesday. Renowned director S. S. Gill, desperate for a last-minute replacement after his lead actor demanded a private jet, walked into the Plaza Talkies to escape a flat tire. He saw Jassi mimicking a famous scene from a Shatrughan Sinha film to a bored cleaning lady. Gill saw rawness. He saw hunger. He saw a "zero" who could become a "hero."

The premiere was held in a single theatre in Amritsar. No fanfare. Just Jassi, now 31, looking tired and calm. The film was 2 hours of silence, longing, and a single scene where his character sees his childhood home on the other side of the border and just whispers, "Ghar aaja, veere." (Come home, brother.) He announced his retirement from acting

The industry laughed. “A ticket-seller as a hero?”

It earned ₹48 crore. Not the biggest, but the most loved . Hit number five. But Jassi didn’t choose a comedy or an action film

This was the risk. A period drama about a Sikh soldier in the British Indian Army who survives the Battle of Saragarhi. It was serious, grim, and devoid of comedy—box office poison for a comedy hero.