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Gurmeet Brar

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Gurmeet Brar
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Gurmeet Brar is an award winning acamedician, writer, director and producer in Indian film industry .He was born and brought up in Indian province of Punjab. An alumni of National Council of Educational Research and Training(NCERT) New Delhi and Alliance Francaise de Chandigarh, Gurmeet Brar is a prolific writer and recipient of Jewel of India Award and has been conferred Gurmukh Singh Musafir Award , the highest literary award of Govt. of Punjab for his contribution to the art . He is a polyglot having knowledge of English,French,Urdu,Hindi , Punjabi and basic German. Prior to turning as a film maker he has authored three literary books which were well received by the readers. He has been an ad film maker since a decade. He has completed some commercial film making contracts with the state governments and has produced and directed some music videos also.His directorial debut Hijrat(2018) has been critically acclaimed across the globe . Hijrat(2018) has brought laurels in almost two dozen international film festivals in India, United Kingdom,Canada,Norway and Ireland .The film has been awarded Special Jury Award in ISFF London, debut director's Golden Fox Trophy in CICFF Calcutta, best director and best film award in IFFSG film festival and best director award in Rajasthan International Film Festival(RIFF) and Best actor award at International Film Festival at Ottawa(Canada) . His next two projects one Anglo-Hindi and another Indo-French, are at pre production stage.
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    Mahabir Bhullar, Sohaj Brar, Manni Boparai, Vijay Jora, and Gurmeet Brar in Hijrat (2018)
    Hijrat
    8.5
    • Director
    • 2018
    Harinder Sohal and Gurmeet Brar in Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n (2020)
    Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n
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    • Director
    • 2020
    Don't Axe the Fair Sex-ad film
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    • Director
    • 2021
    Shah Hussain, Nidhi Marwaha, and Gurmeet Brar in Dard Vichhode Da Haal (2019)
    Dard Vichhode Da Haal
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    • Director
    • 2019

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    Director



    • Don't Axe the Fair Sex-ad film
      TV Special
      • Director
      • 2021
    • Harinder Sohal and Gurmeet Brar in Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n (2020)
      Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n
      Video
      • Director
      • 2020
    • Shah Hussain, Nidhi Marwaha, and Gurmeet Brar in Dard Vichhode Da Haal (2019)
      Dard Vichhode Da Haal
      Video
      • Director
      • 2019
    • Mahabir Bhullar, Sohaj Brar, Manni Boparai, Vijay Jora, and Gurmeet Brar in Hijrat (2018)
      Hijrat
      8.5
      • Director
      • 2018

    Producer



    • Don't Axe the Fair Sex-ad film
      TV Special
      • producer
      • 2021
    • Harinder Sohal and Gurmeet Brar in Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n (2020)
      Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n
      Video
      • producer
      • 2020
    • Shah Hussain, Nidhi Marwaha, and Gurmeet Brar in Dard Vichhode Da Haal (2019)
      Dard Vichhode Da Haal
      Video
      • producer
      • 2019
    • Mahabir Bhullar, Sohaj Brar, Manni Boparai, Vijay Jora, and Gurmeet Brar in Hijrat (2018)
      Hijrat
      8.5
      • producer
      • 2018

    Writer



    • Don't Axe the Fair Sex-ad film
      TV Special
      • Writer
      • 2021
    • Harinder Sohal and Gurmeet Brar in Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n (2020)
      Kudia'n Da Sirnava'n
      Video
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Mahabir Bhullar, Sohaj Brar, Manni Boparai, Vijay Jora, and Gurmeet Brar in Hijrat (2018)
      Hijrat
      8.5
      • writer
      • 2018

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      • 5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
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      Book: "Kachche Kachch De Kangan". Chandigarh: Unistar Books. ISBN-13: 978-8175381476 https://www.amazon.com/Kachche-Kachch-Kangan-Gurmeet-Brar/dp/8175381477

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      Hijrat(2018) written and directed by Gurmeet Brar has got following recognitions:

      Winner of Special Jury Award: ISFF London ,United Kingdom

      Winner of Best Director Award: Rajasthan International Film Festival(RIFF)

      Winner of Best Director Award: IFFSG International Film Festival

      Winner of Best Film Award: IFFSG International Film Festival

      Winner of Best Actor Award(Mahabir Bhullar for Hijrat) World Premiere Film Awards(WPFA) Ottawa, Canada

      Winner of Best Actress Award(Manni Boparai for Hijrat) IFFSG International Film Festival

      Winner of Golden Fox Trophy for Debut Filmmaker &Certificate of Achievement : Calcutta International Cult Film Festival (CICFF) Kolkata,India

      Recipient of Certificate of Excellence : Indian World Film Festival(IWFF)-18 Hyderabad ,India

      Finalist : LIFFT INDIA FILMOTSAV-World Cine Fest Lonavla, Mumbai ,India

      Officially Selected and Screened at: 1. 7th Bangalore Shorts Film Festival (BSFF) Bangalore ,India 2. Kolkata Shorts International Film Festival Kolkata ,India 3. Bollywood Festival Oslo ,Norway 4, 7th Delhi International Film Festival-18, New Delhi ,India 5. 6th Indian Cine Film Festival-18 Mumbai ,India 6. 2nd New Delhi Film Festival(NDFF)-18 New Delhi ,India 7. Indian Film Festival ,Dublin,Ireland 8. 7th Delhi Shorts Film Festival-18, New Delhi ,India and 20 more international film festivals.

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