Gippy Grewal

Some lesser known facts about Gippy Grewal

• Does Gippy Grewal smoke?: Yes

• Does Gippy Grewal drink alcohol?: Yes

• Gippy was born into a middle-class family in Koom Kalan, Ludhiana, Punjab.

  

• Gippy is not a professionally trained singer, but a natural born singer.

• He worked at a hotel in Delhi before becoming a professional singer.

• Gippy has featured in many successful Punjabi films including “Singh vs Kaur,” “Lucky Di Unlucky Story,” “Best of Luck,” “Manje Bistre,” “Jatt James Bond” and “Double Di Trouble.”

• He has sung a number of hit Punjabi songs like “Angreji Beat,” “Hello Hello,” “Oscar,” “Desi Gana,” “Bad Baby,” “Pind Nanke,” “Channa,” “Massi,” and “Dubai Wale Shaikh.”

• According to him, Arjun Rampal is the most annoying celebrity with zero knowledge of acting.

• Gippy was phobic to water but he learnt swimming in order to overcome his phobia.

  

• His dream is to play the character of Rahul Mehra of Darr (1993) played by Shahrukh Khan.

• He opened “My Dream Academy” to give Punjabi youth a platform to enhance their acting skills as he felt government failed to do so.

• He is one of the few actors who got the chance to represent Punjab in Bollywood.

• Gippy is very fond of dogs.

  

• His hit song “Angreji Beat” was just prepared in 2 hours in a cafe in Canada. Initially, he wanted to sing ‘Desi Beat’ but Honey Singh suggested him to keep it ‘Angreji Beat.’ Surprisingly, the song was never sung in the studio and its dubbed version was released.

• Gippy borrowed money from his relatives and friends to release his first music album.

• Gangster Dilpreet Singh called him on his Whatsapp asking him for extortion money and threatened Gippy for his life if Gippy failed to meet his demands.

• On 26 November 2023, a series of gunshots were fired at Gippy’s house in White Rock, Canada. Following the incident, Lawrence Bishnoi, an Indian gangster, reportedly claimed responsibility for the attack and posted a message on Facebook, asserting that the Bishnoi gang was behind it. The post contained threats directed not only at Grewal but also at Salman Khan, cautioning him against relying on Dawood Ibrahim for protection. Bishnoi’s post warned of another imminent attack on Gippy and Salman. ^[1]Firstpost
  

  

  Gippy later addressed the incident and clarified that he was not closely associated with Salman Khan. He asserted that the animosity between Salman and Lawrence was being wrongly taken out on him. Gippy explained that he had met Salman only once on the sets of the reality show ‘Bigg Boss’ and at the trailer launch of the film ‘Maujaan Hi Maujaan’ in 2023, where the film’s producer had invited Salman. ^[2]Hindustan Times