India’s Matchbox Shots is developing a project on slain Punjabi rapper Sidhu Moose Wala.
Indian rapper, singer and songwriter Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu, known as Sidhu Moose Wala, was a star of Punjabi-language music and cinema whose work charted on Billboard globally. His work was not without controversy – it delved into raw, unfiltered issues, making him a voice for many. In 2021, he joined the Indian National Congress political party and unsuccessfully contested the Punjab Legislative Assembly election in 2022. He was shot dead by unknown people on May 29, 2022. He was 28.
Matchbox Shots has acquired the rights to crime journalist Jupinderjit Singh’s bestselling 2023 book “Who Killed Moosewala? The Spiralling Story of Violence in Punjab.” The book peels back the layers of the Punjabi-language music industry and delves into the influence of drugs and the eruption of violence driven by gangsters’ growing dominance in Punjab, one of India’s northern states.
