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Abstract
The most celebrated and eminent Sikh actor, Diljit Dosanjh works, for both Hindi and Punjabi cinema. He started his career with singing for Punjabi industry since 2004, and made his place in Hindi film industry with lead role in Udta Punjab in 2016. He gains all his popularity as an actor and singer while carrying his identity of being a Sikh. The research paper lies in analyzing Sikh identity of real life Sikh actor, Diljit Dosanjh, that how a real Sikh carries Sikh Identity in both Hindi and Punjabi cinema. The comparative analysis will be based upon Diljit Dosanjh’s box office two hit films of 2019, one from each cinema; Shadaa from Punjabi cinema (Sidhu, 2019), and Good Newwz (Mehta, 2019) from Hindi cinema.