Dhillon’s
journalism background includes extensive writing, reporting and editing work with
South Asian newspapers and magazines, including being the editor-founder of
DESIBUZZCanada/DESIBUZZbc and co-founder and editor of Aaj Magazine as well as
editor of South Asian LINK Newspaper and Indo-Canadian VOICE newspaper along
with many others. He has also done freelance writing for mainstream publications
like The Vancouver Sun and Georgia Straight newspaper, where he was a film critic, writing
reviews of Hollywood, Bollywood and Punjabi films.
Dhillon's
early work includes TEARS AND SIGHS on the abuses of alcohol in the South Asian
community as well as a WATNO DUR, a VARIETY
television show for Rogers Multicultural Station; PLANET AAJ: South Asian Showcase (1997/98), a South
Asian variety show shown on Baton Broadcasting’s flagship Vancouver television
station VTV (now BC-CTV Vancouver); The SAINT SOLDIER (1999/2000) - a one-hour
documentary on B.C.’s Sikh community also for CTV; SLICES OF MY LIFE (1992/93),
a slice of the immigrant experience, which was produced through a grant from
B.C. Ministry of Tourism; SOUTH VAN STUD (1992), a play for Expressions ’92
Youth Festival; and AUTUMN LEAVES (1990/91), a short film which was selected at
Montreal’s Student Film Festival.
He has
written, produced and directed numerous documentaries for televisions as well
as two feature films, including his debut SWEET AMERIKA, a story set around the
time of 9/11 about a Sikh grocery store owner in New York who is kidnapped by
four American Patriots who mistake him for a terrorist sympathizer.
Sweet
Amerika, which he co-wrote, produced and directed for MMM Film Finance
International, starred Bollywood veteran Gulshan Grover and was released
theatrically on September 19, 2008.
Dhillon's
popular music documentary THE BHANGRA GENERATION and Sweet Amerika were
acquired by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) for airing on their
specialty channel BOLD!
Dhillon also
produced 13-part music Documentary Series BHANGRALICIOUS, which he wrote and
directed for national broadcast on Rogers OMNI Television.
He also
produced for Rogers OMNI an 8 Hour-long Documentary series – REFLECTIONS –
South Asian Stories. His documentary MOE SIHOTA: Feared & Desired was
bought by CBC’s Documentary Channel.
He has also
written numerous screenplays, including the thriller OF HEAVEN AND HELL and
crime drama B TOWN BOYZ, both of which received script development funding from
Telefilm Canada and Creative BC.
He wrote, produced and directed his latest feature THE FUSION GENERATION, which
was released theatrically on August 30th, 2019.
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