Virsa is the first international Punjabi film with cast and crew from Pakistan, India and Australia, which will release around the world on May 7. Renowned singer Jawaad Ahmad announced this while addressing a press conference at Lahore Press Club on Wednesday. He said that Virsa is shot extensively in Australia.
Bringing together the best of the talent from these three countries to give the viewers of Punjabi films an international cinematic experience like never before. He said Virsa is an attempt for the revival of cinema with the idea that can be brought about through collaborative effort into meaningful cinema. The music of the film is outstanding with tracks being sung by Rahat Fateh Ali Khan, Jawaad Ahmed, Richa Sharma, Amanda Khan, Farah, Fuad Ahmed, Kirshna and Sahir Ali Bagga, he added.
Jawaad Ahmad said the film is produced and released by Dr Amanullah Khan, Jawaad Ahmed from Pakistan and Vikram Khakhar from India. He said Virsa deals with the expatriate Punjabi community and its crisis of identity and morality, as it tries to blend in with the new community around it even as it tries to preserve its age-old values and culture and traditions from back home in Punjab.