More Sikhi Based Movies Directed Towards Youth Needed

[Singh97]

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So we all know that Hollywood and Bollywood profit off of movies so much because people love watching their movies. There're good movies out there that bring positive messages to the youth. At the same time though, so much bs is produced (especially by bollywood) that does absolutely no good to the minds of people.

Recently, "empty inside" was a punjabi movie that was released and it was an amazing movie with a very positive message. I live in Canada and the movie was played at the Gurdwara. When they started playing it, about 3/4 of the kids left when they realized the movie was in Punjabi and based in India. In 2011, when breakaway was released it sold so many tickets in theatres and everything was sold out everywhere. And the main audience was Sikh youth. The same thing happened when Ocean of Pearls was released, crazy amounts of tickets were sold. The only difference between them is the fact that breakaway and Ocean of Pearls were both in English and took place in a western setting.

I'm 16 years old and I can guarantee that if more Sikh movies are released that are in English, they will get larger viewing audiences and they'll benefit people way more than all the other garbage they're exposed to by hollywood and bollywood. What're your opinions on this? Would it or would it not be a good idea for more Sikhi based movies in English to be made?

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[SikhWorldTv]

Fantastic post - I 100% agree with you that we need movies, plays, songs, stories, poems about Sikhi to be written in English not just translated but dynamic, thought provoking and forward looking. Many of my "Punjabi" family and friends relate more to films about the holocaust and Jewish themes ie the boy in the striped pyjamas as they understand it easier than Punjabi. I would say the next entrepreneur that wants to do Seva to the Sikh community should either invest in a TV or Radio station that broadcasts at least in English 50% of the time - Sikhi would indeed be available to the whole world by making this progress.

[Singh97]

Fantastic post - I 100% agree with you that we need movies, plays, songs, stories, poems about Sikhi to be written in English not just translated but dynamic, thought provoking and forward looking. Many of my "Punjabi" family and friends relate more to films about the holocaust and Jewish themes ie the boy in the striped pyjamas as they understand it easier than Punjabi. I would say the next entrepreneur that wants to do Seva to the Sikh community should either invest in a TV or Radio station that broadcasts at least in English 50% of the time - Sikhi would indeed be available to the whole world by making this progress.

And goray would definitely be able to watch, understand and learn from them

[Sikhistan]

I agree with you that movies should be made in different languages. However we should also keep in mind that punjabi is our dharamic language and youth should make effort to learn punjabi in order to understand guru sahib jees creation of Gurmukhi.

Though totally agree that movies made in Punjab should have English option or dubbed before releasing to public.

[Singh97]

I agree with you that movies should be made in different languages. However we should also keep in mind that punjabi is our dharamic language and youth should make effort to learn punjabi in order to understand guru sahib jees creation of Gurmukhi.

Though totally agree that movies made in Punjab should have English option or dubbed before releasing to public.

It's not just the language, but the story line also taking place in a western setting like Canada or America because the problems an American/Canadian Sikh faces is different than what someone in India would face.