THE BHANGRA GENERATION
DOCUMENTARY
WRITTEN, PRODUCED & DIRECTED BY R. PAUL DHILLON
THE BHANGRA GENERATION is an electrifying, entertaining and enlightening on-hour documentary film on the fast growing phenomenon known world-wide as Bhangra and how it has influenced the young generation of South Asians in the west.
The film examines the lives of four Indo-Canadian artists, who are making their mark in the world through dance and music. Most prominent of the four is international Bhangra superstar Jazzy B.
Bhangra, which originated as both a dance form and a musical form in the Northern Indian state of Punjab before being fused in 1980s and 90s in Britain, has become an integral part of the worldwide Punjabi culture and Diaspora, playing a revolutionary role akin to black music in America in shaping the identity of Non Resident Indians (NRIs) in the west.
Produced For Rogers OMNI Network
OFFICIAL SELECTION
*****THE SPINNING WHEELS FILM FESTIVAL OF HOLLYWOOD
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In Active Development
THE FUNKY FUSION MASTERS
MUSICAL-COMEDY
(1/2 HOUR TELEVISION SITCOM)
STORY & TELEPLAY BY R. PAUL DHILLON
LOG LINE: Pop-Rock-Bhangra band fights against the odds and has a rockin’ good time along the way to a rock contest. A kind of THE MONKEES meets BOLLYWOOD Pop Music!
The Funky Fusion Masters are a multicultural (could be all Indo-Canadian) garage band that combines the hard edge of Metallica and the funky beats of ethnic (Punjabi-Indian-pop-dance) music sensation known as Bhangra music. The trademark of this music is the large two-sided drum, which creates a unique musical sound.
The pilot episode has The Fusion Masters, a unique mix of Canadian and Indo-Canadian musicians, getting set to make their mark in the world of music. The band has entered a national music contest.
But the road to the top is full of hurdles, as the band must face everything from having no place to practice to not having enough money to pay the contest fee. And this is before the actual cut throat competition known the Battle of the Bands. But the boys with their bright disposition and have-fun attitude are just on life’s misery-laden highway.
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In Active Development
LOVE AND MARRIAGE FRAUD AN INTERNATIONAL TRAGEDY DOCUMENTARY
WRITTEN BY R. PAUL DHILLON
There has been huge outrage against the growing trend of convenience (marriage fraud), whereby individuals from foreign lands, including a large number from South Asia, deceive Canadian citizens by marrying them in order to gain entry into Canada.
The intention of the film is to investigate the institution of marriage within the changing traditions and culture of the Indo-Canadian/South Asian community. Where does love fit in if all and what is the basic structure of the marriage within a traditional Indian household.
The marriage fraud stories, which, as an editor of the South Asian LINK newspaper, I have covered on an ongoing basis in British Columbia and from other parts of across Canada, tell a very sad tale of heart-broken individuals who will probably be emotionally scarred for life by these devastating events not of their making but perhaps a cruel joke played by destiny.
The issue of love and marriage is wide enough to touch on many related topics surrounding the traditional Indian family.
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SHORT FILMS
MISS BOLLYWOOD - COMEDY
WRITTEN BY R. PAUL DHILLON
A feisty Bollywood actress is caught in the clutches of a casting couch and sexual harassment by the aging Bollywood-South Indian superstar but she finds a novel way to solve her problem and win the coveted role.
OBSERVING SOCIAL ACTIVITY DRAMA
WRITTEN BY R. PAUL DHILLON
A camera placed at a Beach during a blazing summer day captures all the social goings on with a keen eye on observing human behavior and capturing life’s raw drama with all the highs and lows
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