Jaspal Bhatti Gave First Break To Pummy Sidhu On Jalandhar Doordarshan In His First Serial :Rang Ch Bhang:
In Punjabi cinema, it would have been very rare for an Actor to be given importance other than leading Actors. Most of the focus remains on the hero and the heroine, whether it's the role, the dialogue or the makeup. In 1987, Veerendra's film "Yaari Jatt Di" was released. It was a super duper hit and a Silver Jubilee film of that time. Role of negative characters was equally important rather more important to make the film super hot. Let me remind you of this dialogue.
"Oye Je Tu Velly Ae......
Taan Mai Vi
Vellan Haan... .....Vellan"
With this dialogue, this character got a lot of applause in the cinemas. People especially went to watch this film again and again for this dialogue and many still watch it even today. The role of Preeti Sapru's Stepmother in this film was much appreciated. She (Pummy Sandhu) really overpowered the character Gurcharan Pohli with her powerful acting and dialogue delivery.Parminder Kaur Sidhu alias Pammi Sandhu was born at Dera Bassi on April 17, 1959 in a Sikh family to father Dr. Bachan Singh RMP and mother Gurmeet Kaur who belonged to the nursing profession.
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When Pammi was 28 days old, her mother joined government job as a nurse at Bakhtakhera (Haryana) and stayed there for one year. After that she was transferred to Mahal Kalan where she remained posted for the rest of her life upto retirement. Pammi passed 7th class from her village School Mehal Kalan, District Barnala and 8th to Prep at Sikh Girls Higher Secondary School and College Sidhwan Khurd in district Ludhiana. She did her BA from Khalsa College for Women Ludhiana. She was the Secretary Students Council, Hostel Head Girl, President Punjabi Sahit Sabha, Best NCC Cadet, Best Rifle Shooter and the Best Orator during college years. She Joined Punjab University after they and did MA English, MA Ancient Indian History Culture and Archaeology and M.Phil in the same acquiring top position. Here she met Dr. Surinder Sharma who taught her Giddha, Bhangra, Drama etc She won Best Actor and Best Dancer Awards many times. Meanwhile, in 1981, Pammi did Bhangra in the Sarpanch film's song Manke Manke Manke.
Dr. Surinder Sharma came to Sarojini Hostel with Jaspal Bhatti. Jaspal Bhatti told Pammi that he wanted to make some skits for Doordarshan which would run between Chitrahars. The programme was named "Rang Ch Bhang" that was superhit. She also participated in "Kach Diyan Mundra" on Jalandhar Doordarshan. People really appreciated and started recognising her whenever she traveled in buses those days. One fine day Surinder Sharma was accompanied by Veerendra to see the rehearsal of a play 'Paro' . After watching the it Veerendra told Surinder Sharma he will cast Pammi in his next film. At that time Veerendra had gone to London to shoot some scenes of a film and Sukhjinder Shera wrote the story of the film.Despite being a new actress, everyone made Pammi feel good on the set. Veerendra took care of everything. During the dubbing of the film, Veerendra had invited Pammi and her husband to Bombay for a week. When she finished her dubbing in just three days in Sunny Super Sound everyone was very happy. Pammi and husband spent almost a week there and Veerendra ji took care of everything. Pammi says she will never forget those seven days. She remembers the moments spent with Veerendra.
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On August 6, 1987, Pammi got a government job as a Research Assistant in the Archives Department. When Yaari Jatt's film was released in 1987, the film made a splash. Everyone liked the role of stepmother and on the other side, Veerendra and Preeti Sapru's love story. The film was a Silver Jubilee hit. In 1988, Pammi's husband had a sudden heart attack and Pammi gave up almost everything for sometime and started taking care of her husband.Veerendra ji also promised a role of her age in any of his upcoming films and Pammi was happy to hear that but the biggest shock came to her when she heard the news of Virender's death.
Vishal, Reshma,Pammi &Her Husband
(On the set of ishq na puche zaat)
She was very much attached to Veerendra. She was in shock for some time. During later years, her husband started remaining unwell, probably that's why Pammi could not do many films. But one day she met Sardul Atwal with whom she did a Telefilm " Ikk Sadharan Aadmi" and a feature film Zorawar. The hero in the film was Sharandeep and the heroine was Ravinder Mann and Pammi played the role of 'Faffekutni' mother-in-law in that movie. In "Ishq na puche zaat" she worked with actor Vishal Singh and heroine Reshma Raj. This film was a super hit in 1997.
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In 1998, Pammi acted in the film Teriyan Mohabbatan, but unfortunately the film was not released despite being censored. The she worked in Iqbal Dhillon's film "Sukha". She played the mother of Vishal Singh , the hero of the film and had tough scenes with great Villain Gurkirtan but she indeed impressed the audience with her performance. This film was also a super duper hit.In 1998, Pammi played a special role in the Jaspal Bhatti Limited banner film "Mahul Thik Hai". The film was the biggest hit of that time. Then Pammi's husband's health deteriorated and she said goodbye to the films for a while. In year 2000, she was blessed with a son whom they named Gurpinderpreet Singh Sandhu. From 2000 to 2016, Pammi's husband's health was very bad. She had to fight with bad times. In June 2016, she was shattered. Despite all the pain she went through, she never gave up! Though she lost her husband still she lives her life bravely. She is a real fighter.
Pammi has received many awards for her work. Bhangra Ustav Award 2017, Real Citizen Award 2018, Honoured during Prof. Mohan Singh Inter College Competition 2018, Brijbhoomi presented Nari Shakti Ko Pranam Award 2019, Jubilee Award 2019, Honoured during Second Maharani Deepinder Kaur Mehtab Singh "Rukh Mela" 2019. Nowadays Pammi is on the advisory Board of The Heritage and Cultural Society New Delhi.She has contributed a lot for the Partition Museum, Amritsar.
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Pammi is currently a member of Beerh World Society Faridkot under the patronage of Gurpreet Sran who is a social studies teacher at Government School Kot Karor. Under his guidance over 50,000 trees have been planted and over 100 Herbal Gardens have been created by Beerh Society.
Pammi's last photo with husband on last anniversaryPammi is living in Chandigarh with her son Gurpinderpreet Singh Sandhu. She has never considered life a burden and has always walked with time. Pammi always names Dr Surinder Sharma for her success in the field of Art.She is always grateful to Surinder Sharma, Veerendra, Jaspal Bhatti, Sardool Atwal, Dalvinder Sohal, Iqbal Dhillon and others who helped her. Pammi is ruling over the hearts of all of you.
Husanpreet Dhimaan
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