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Gurvinder Singh
Filmmaker

Gurvinder Singh

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Punjabi films Anhe Ghore Da Daan and Chauthi Koot

Anhe Ghore Da Daan · Chauthi Koot

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Gurvinder Singh

Gurvinder Singh is an Indian filmmaker whose Punjabi-language features have screened at Venice and Cannes. His work developed from documentary encounters with Punjab’s oral traditions.

Early life

Film education

Graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India in Pune in 2001.

Career

  1. 2002–2006

    Punjab journeys

    Documented folk ballads and oral narratives.

  2. 2011

    First feature

    Released Anhe Ghore Da Daan.

  3. 2015

    Cannes

    Chauthi Koot screened in Un Certain Regard.

Selected work

Anhe Ghore Da Daan

Adapted Gurdial Singh’s novel.

Chauthi Koot

Drew on stories by Waryam Singh Sandhu.

Beyond work

Teaching and translation

Taught filmmaking at institutions including FTII and the National Institute of Design. He also translated Uncloven Space, Udayan Vajpeyi's conversations with his mentor Mani Kaul.

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