Diljit Dosanjh’s Chamkila earns two Emmy 2025 nominations—Best Actor and Best Mini-Series. Parineeti, Imtiaz cheer for global success

Diljit Dosanjh’s songs are famous worldwide, but clearly, he has also left a mark internationally as an actor. Diljit has been nominated in the Best Performance by an Actor category at the International Emmy Awards 2025 for his performance in Amar Singh Chamkila. Not just Diljit, but the movie has also been nominated in the Best TV Movie / Mini-Series category.

The actor-singer took to Instagram to inform his fans about it, and he wrote, “It’s all because of Imtiaz Ali sir.” Apart from Diljit, the other actors nominated in the category are David Mitchell (Ludwig), Oriol Pla (Yo, Adicto), and Diego Vásquez (One Hundred Years of Solitude).

Parineeti Chopra, who also played the lead role in the movie, posted on her Instagram story, “WooHoooo! Proud of my team Chamkila!”

Amar Singh Chamkila was released on Netflix last year. The Imtiaz Ali directorial was a biopic on singer Amar Singh Chamkila and his wife Amarjot Kaur, who were shot dead in 1988. The movie received 

positive reviews from critics, and the performances were also highly praised.

The music of the film was composed by A.R. Rahman, and all the songs became chartbusters. Earlier, for Amar Singh Chamkila, Diljit had won Best Actor in a Web Original Film at the Filmfare OTT Awards. Now, the nomination at the Emmys is surely a big moment for Diljit and the makers of the film. The award ceremony is set to take place on November 24, 2025. So, let’s wait and watch whether the actor or the film brings home the Emmy!