The Colouful Crown
Sarabjeet Singh
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Producer:Sarabjeet Singh Director:Asis Sethi Writers:Sarabjeet Singh & Asis Sethi Production Company:SA Films, Funded by OMNI Television's |
The Colourful Crown is first and foremost, an exploration of the centuries’ long custom of wearing turbans. Turbans are mostly associated with the Sikh religion, which is a little more over 500 years old. However, the turban has been used by far more cultures, dating back to the time of the Old Testament. The Colourful Crown first delves into the origins and history behind the turban and what it represented symbolically. It then brings the concept of the turban along the lines of Sikhism. Along with that, it showcases the importance of the turban to the Sikh religion and the misconceptions that have aroused post 9/11 violence relating to the turban.
Sarabjeet Singh
Writer/Producer
“Khush Raho, Hasdey Raho, Chardi Kalaa vich Raho!” Television viewers in Ontario are familiar with this line delivered by a jocular turbaned Sikh on Sunday afternoons. Even in India, it is not common to come across a television personality sporting a turban.
However, in Ontario this has been made possible by Sarabjeet Singh who has been the host and associate producer of Omni television’s popular television shows, Chardi
Kalaa & Rabbi Noor for almost five years now.
Sarabjeet Singh’s career in the Film World spans over 15 years. He has been a successful producer and director of many a corporate films, commercials, PSAs and a feature film. This documentary The Colurful Crown is his first Canadian documentary aimed at educating people about turbans.
An electrical engineer by training, with a Masters degree in Special Effects in Film Making, Sarabjeet Singh loves acting in Punjabi and Hindi plays whenever he is not busy producing films.
Asis Sethi
Writer/Director
The petite Sardarni on Chardi Kalaa...Asis Sethi has always been in the entertainment industry...smiling and making others smile. A positive, energetic personality both on television and radio, Asis started her career as an independent graphic artist. Given the opportunity, Asis started to work as a reporter on Chardi Kalaa.
While working there, Asis continued her studies in Film & Television Production at Humber College, where she recently graduated from with honours. She is now the Art Director for BFFC, a bollywood magazine based in Toronto. You’ll also listen to Asis on 101.3FM as she delivers the latest bollywood news on Asian Connections every Mondays.
Asis has done many independent projects including a short film titled The Unforgotten and has directed and written The Colourful Crown, a short documentary based on the turban.
In her free time, Asis enjoys dancing, cooking, and watching movies.