The film follows a man who falls in love whilst studying in Chandigarh, despite his marriage being arranged to another woman.
Principal photography took place within a single schedule that lasted 45 days in Chandigarh and other villages of Punjab, India, with Jalesh Oberoi serving as cinematographer.
The background score was composed by Gurmeet Singh and Sandeep Saxena while the soundtrack was composed by B Praak and Sukh-E, with vocals from Ammy Virk, Gurnam Bhullar, Kamal Khan, Divya Bhatt, Neetu Bhalla and B Praak.
Sidhu, Virk, Mehta, Jaani, and B Praak returned for the sequel, titled Qismat 2 and was released on 23 September 2021.
[2] The film begins with Shivjit (Ammy Virk) asking his family members to send him off to Chandigarh to attend college.
As soon as he reaches Chandigarh, he starts searching for a casual relationship, getting attracted to Bani (Sargun Mehta) who lives in the same apartment building.
Shiva is sent off from her neighbourhood because of Bani's strict father Gurnam Singh (Guggu Gill).
While Shiva is wedding shopping with Aman, he confesses to her about his love for Bani who understands him and lets him go.
Also, the film was written for Bollywood and was narrated to Sushant Singh Rajput, Aditya Roy Kapoor, Varun Dhawan, Ayushmann Khurrana, Vicky Kaushal, Kartik Aaryan, Shraddha Kapoor and to leading production houses – Yash Raj, Balaji, T-Series, Dharma by Sidhu but wasn’t working and one of his friend asked Sidhu to make the film in Punjabi.
As soon as she heard the script, she wanted to do it.”[5] Sargun wrote, "Jab Jaggi Ne Mujhe yeh film Sunayi thi tabhi Meri Aankhon Mein Aansu they" means "when Jaggi was narrating this film to her she was crying".
Principal photography of the film was started on 13 February 2018 at Anandpur Kalud (village in Punjab) and ran till 31 March 2018 where Jalesh Oberoi served as cinematographer.
[5] Arjun Rathod served as art director, background score was composed by Gurmeet Singh and Sandeep Saxena whereas post-production was done by Varun Bansal.
[14] Soundtrack of Qismat is composed by B Praak and Sukhe was released on label Speed Records whereas lyrics were penned by Jaani.
First song of the film "Kaun Hoye Ga" sung by B Praak and Divya Bhatt was released on 24 August 2018[15] which received good response and trends on YouTube and other sites.
[16] Second song of the romcom "Pasand Jatt Di" sung by lead actor Ammy Virk was repeased on 5 September 2018.
Full album of Qismat was released on 21 September 2018 on Google Play Music and other websites it received the good reviews from critics and audience alike.
The collections of the film were three times Shahid Kapoor's starrer Batti Gul Meter Chalu in cities of Punjab.
[33][34][35][36][37] The film opened as fifth highest opening weekend of all time behind Carry On Jatta 2, Sardaar Ji, Sardaar Ji 2 and Manje Bistre also the film was announced as a huge hit after its weekend by Box Office India.
‘Pasand Jatt Di’ and ‘Gallan Teriya’ are already a hit and even during a short drive, you are likely to catch one or the other on the radio.
‘Kaun Hoyega’ and ‘Fakira’ have been woven well into the script and Jaani and B Praak deserve credit as music directors."
This team includes Ammy Virk, Sargun Mehta, Jagdeep Sidhu, Jaani and B Praak.