Browsing Tag: Bollywood

Back to Patiala

So it was early this winter when I landed in Patiala to start shooting for Son of Sardar a comedy based on folklore about enemity amongst Sikh families.
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It’s cool to be a Sikh

He (Chahal) adds, "I Am Singh was just the apt platform for me to represent my community. I hope the film does away with all the misconceptions about Sikhs especially after the 9/11 attacks." Interestingly, the Sardar character has appealed to the NRI audience, too.
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SINGHS ARE KINGS

Bollywood often made caricatures out of Sikh characters, invariably portraying them as loud people with little insight and depth. However, winds of change are blowing with the Sikhs being treated with respect and sensitivity on screen. The list of movies showing them as having real and credible personas has been growing.
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That T-shirt's from Janpath

You've probably hummed the song and seen actor Ranbir Kapoor in that tee, but perhaps you didn't know it's a shop owner from Janpath — Harinder Singh — who is behind the `Saadda Haq' T-shirts that the cast of Rockstar sports in the movie.
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Speedy Singhs Debuts ~ light, frothy entertainment

Speedy Singhs counts on three factors: a bunch of Sikh Canadians in Toronto wanting to excel at ice hockey without compromising their religious beliefs, a cross culture romance and comedy.
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Casting talent over colour

A desire to break that Bollywood mould drove Darshi and another local actor to create the Vancouver International South Asian Film Festival (VISAFF), taking place this weekend at the SFU Woodward’s campus. The festival, founded by Darshi and Patricia Isaac, hopes to go beyond common perceptions.
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Punjabi music is flavour of Bollywood

It makes you dance, it makes you sing, and it makes a great business idea in Bollywood. Punjabi music has taken the Hindi film industry by storm and is a sure-shot way to recover costs, say industry experts.
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Sikhs and Bollywood ~ A Fresh Perspective

There was a strong Sikh presence in Bollywood, but they never came to the fore-front as Sikhs, because of inherent taboos instilled and strengthened that somehow, movies are taboos for Sikhs. It also gave birth to an unfounded perception that persists that the Sikhs in Bollywood movies are presented as “buffoons”. Bollywood has been making caricature of minorities.
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Prithviraj to play 'Sardarji' in Mallu Singh

In 1998, Dileep essayed the role of a Sardarji in Malayalam comedy movie Punjabi House, which was a blockbuster hit film. A few months back, Dileep had worked out a script with Rafi Mecartin. The movie, which has been titled Lucky Singh, will be a sequel to Punjabi House and is expected to be released in 2011.
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Sikh community portrayed as very regal, noble in movie 'No Problem': Kapoor

The film courted controversy after Sikh groups protested a sequence in the film. Kapoor said the matter has been sorted out with Sikh community leaders, and a disclaimer has been added to the film's credit.
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