Diljit Dosanjh plays Sikh human rights investigator Jaswant Singh Khalra in the still-unreleased Punjab ’95.
It came on the anniversary of the 1984 Sikh massacres. Bachchan later ran as a candidate for the party that allegedy instigated the killings.
Singer and actor Diljit Dosanjh is a role model for standing up for farmers’ rights and breaking through in North America.
Born in 1924, Raj Kapoor left behind a rich legacy of secular cinema and a family of talented descendants, who continue to dominate Bollywood.
In addition to being the world’s most popular Punjabi singer, Dosanjh has enjoyed tremendous career success as a movie star.
This has generated a great deal of media attention in India, where Dosanjh is a household name because of his music and hit movies.
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The Society of We Are Canadians Too created Pancouver to foster greater appreciation for underrepresented artistic communities. A rising tide of understanding lifts all of us.
We would like to acknowledge that we are gathered on the traditional and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. With this acknowledgement, we thank the Indigenous peoples who still live on and care for this land.
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