THE BHANGRA GENERATION – DEVELOPMENT (Almost Complete)

THE BHANGRA GENERATION is a documentary detailing the impact Bhangra music has had on the second and third generation youngsters in North America. The film focuses on a number of individuals who have been taken by the music to pursue creative and recreational/fun avenues that encompasses the music of their ancestors from the land of the Punjab. While retaining the traditional lyrics and musical instruments unique to Bhangra – the new version of the music is a fusion blend that combines the old world of their parents to their own modern day setting in the west.

SWEET AMERIKA – PRE-PRODUCTION
SWEET AMERIKA is a tale of immigrant life in America, which has become unbearable for many following the attacks on September 11, 2001. Amid the tightening of the internal security – the immigrants, especially those from South Asia and the Middle East – are forced to suffer daily racist attacks. In many cases the attacks are misdirected such as in the cases of Sikhs being mistaken as Muslims. SWEET AMERIKA tells the story of Balbir Singh Gill aka Bobby, a Sikh grocery store owner who is kidnapped and tortured by four Americans who mistake him for a Muslim because he wears a turban.

THE FUSION GENERATION - DEVELOPMENT
THE FUSION GENERATION is a romantic comedy set in the Indo-Canadian community in Vancouver. It focuses on the lives of second and third generation Indo-Canadians are part of North America’s urban fusion generation – people who exist in a unique multicultural landscape which on one side is dominated by western culture and the other by their own unique culture.

THE TRAGEDY OF FLIGHT 182 - DOCUMENTARY - DEVELOPMENT
THE TRAGEDY OF FLIGHT 182 is a very important story for the Indo-Canadian community. The Air India flight 182 blew off the coast of Ireland in June 1985 killing 329 people, mostly Indo-Canadians. Two men were arrested late last year for conspiring to blow up the plane and they currently await trial in Vancouver. While the police laid charges more than 15 years after the tragedy - there are many questions that remain unanswered and probably won't be answered at the criminal trial slated to begin early next year. Questions like - was the tragedy preventable? Who was behind it? What role did the Indian agents on Canadian soil play in the scheme of things. And why did it take so long to make arrests in the case. These are all questions that the families of the victims have been asking the police and politicians. And these are the questions I seek to investigate in making a documentary account of the tragedy which continues to haunt victims' families and the Sikh community which wants closure on this very painful period of their history in Canada.

FEATURE FILM SCREENPLAYS
FUSION GENERATION
SPICE LAND