Browsing Tag: Cinema

In 2008 we assembled a team of film making enthusiasts inspired by the films produced by Sikhs worldwide the previous year. Our first movie was The Warrior - it combined martial arts and comedy with an underlying message about the 5 mental thieves.

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.

In December 2009, writer-director Rohit Jugraj officially announced his next film, titled 21, based on that one day in the 1897 battle of Saragarhi, when 21 young Sikh soldiers guarded their post against an army of over 10,000 Afridi Pathans. While Jugraj got busy writing the screenplay for Abbas Mastan’s Players, Sanjay Dutt and Sunny Deol were also known to be exploring the same subject for their next.

The film explores the sub conscious of a Sikh boy who is born and brought up in Canada. The second generation lad of an Indian immigrant family, Rajveer is confused about his loyalty and identity in life, and wants to mark his impression in Ice Hockey, a game dominated by whites.

For his first feature film, "Breakaway" writer-star Vinay Virmani penned a tale about a Sikh hockey player whose father doesn't understand his love of the game. And when Virmani turned to his own dad, Ajay, to produce the movie

Promos, and Prizes, and More... Oh My!

“There have been many films, serious and comic, about the culture clashes … “Sarab Singh Neelam's intense and distinctive "Ocean of Pearls" is one of the very best…..

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.

I know many people in the Indian community believe that wealth is the measure for success, but very few believe that experience, and life fulfillment itself can be successful.

"Martyrs" is the second documentary created by Jagmeet Singh Samundri, after his awarding winning documentary called ‘Rise of The Khalsa’. Martyrs, the movie, is going to open doors to a new way of Cinema in India.

Angad Singh has done it again! The teenager recently debuted another tool for learning and change: a documentary film, called "(Ex) Changed." His third short film again demands an empathetic understanding of people of different cultures or faith.

The Sikh Film Festival at 17th Punjabi American Festival will be held on May 29th, 2011 at Yuba Sutter Fairgrounds

It will revisit the journey of Indians who wanted a better life in Canada but were denied entry by the racist government of the time. They were not allowed to disembark in Vancouver and forcibly sent back to India where many were shot on arrival in Kolkata.

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.

Happiness, sadness, relationships, accomplishments and losses dominate our lives. But relationships are the major aspect which can make or break a home. There are lots of relations surrounding us like husband and wife, father and son, mother and daughter, etc… But where there is love there is conflict as well. Patiala House is about the conflict...

That apart, the only connection that 'Patiala House,' the movie, has with Patiala is the name. The movie is otherwise set in Southall, London, and the filmmakers had originally planned to hold a world premiere in London and Mumbai later this week, before Akshay came to Punjab and met the Badals at a films award function.

World's oldest marathon runner and a brand ambassador of sports brand Adidas, Fauja Singh who will turn 100 on April 1 today launched a campaign against drug addiction in Punjab by organising a marathon..

The work got recognized and made history when Manpreet Singh, a saabat soorat Sikh was nominated for the best actor award for his performance in "Chhevan Dariya" for the PTC Film awards. Voting has begun. Just 3 more days to go. The awards will be announced on 28th January. Help him and your dreams reach the top of the charts.

Artists Rabindra and Amrit Singh say: "We definitely need to . . . counter the negative stereotyping that so many of us grew up with . . . [This will come] from a better knowledge and pride in who we are, which involves looking to the exemplary, too often hidden figures in our history."

This is the first film of its kind. It is a 43-minute long documentary on the Rise of Khalsa. The purpose of this documentary is to inform and educate a wider range of audience using high quality film making techniques. This kind of media, these days, is the best to reach the general public.

A documentary which pays tribute to nthe memory of the Sikh Soldiers who fought for Great Britain during the Great War.

The Opening Night Celebration is a night full of beautiful Sikh art, culture, and heritage, which sets the stage for the entire weekend...

"Shuffling the pages of history, I accidentally stumbled upon the "Khalsa". After further exploration, I learnt about it's inception and the rise and rise of this great order. It thrilled me. It fascinated me. It instilled passion and yearning inside me and I remember...

Mr. Khanna talks lovingly about a meal, the sense of community that accompanies it and the emotions it’s capable of evoking. “Even now, when I eat my mother’s and grandmother’s food, I’m moved to tears,” he says.

..first of all, an ideal film may not be a successful film and a successful movie may not necessarily be an ideal movie. An ideal movie should provide a package of art, entertainment and thought provoking ideas...

"Earlier Bollywood stars did Punjabi movies in their free time or just as a pastime. But today we have talented actors like Harbhajan Mann, who have made Punjabi movies their priority and are working hard to the support the industry," said Singh.

Angad Singh stands tall, given that he is six feet and a few inches, and he has accomplished more at 16 than most twice his age. Independent film-maker, self-proclaimed peace activist, confident orator, straight A student, saxophone player ... and we're still far from done.

“Through this one-hour film, we have taken the heroics of one of the greatest Sikh warriors to the people and showcased the glorious history of the Sikhs to the world. We are releasing this movie on TV channels in various countries like the US, Canada, the UK and Australia,” Harjit Singh Ricky, writer and director of this film, told IANS.

Are you one of those amazing individuals who organize and run summer youth gurmat camps somewhere in the diaspora? If so, then I must ask you to consider having a workshop around an award-winning documentary, Roots & Wings.

A commercial designer by profession, a theatre person for the past 25 years with four movies under his belt, Hardeep Singh is fueled by his passion to restore Sikh history to the place it deserves.