The Parvasi Media Group of Canada, announced instituting the first ever punjabi international film academy awards to take punjabi films to a higher plank and to get international recognition to Punjabi artists.
Parvasi Media Group President Rajinder Saini, and a host of Bollywood and Punjabi stars- Om Puri, Prem Chopra and Arya Babbar- among others, said Punjabi films have been finding increasing popularity outside India thanks to rapidly increasing Punjabi population abroad and good quality of punjabi films made in recent years. Ontario already has the biggest Punjabi population (approx 4,00,00) outside India. Punjabi films are therefore being aggressively marketed in Canada and other parts of the world like US, UK and Australia.
PUNJABI INTERNATIONAL FILM ACADEMY AWARDS
Despite the long history of Punjabi films, the dominance of Punjabi people in bollywood and the increasing popularity of recent punjabi films there is no major Awards function dedicated to rewarding excellence in Punjabi films.
After cinsultation with a large number with a large number of Punjabi film personalities and their enthusiastic response Parvasi Media Group, has decided to start PUNJABI INTERNATIONAL FILM ACADEMY AWARDS (PIFAA). the first such awards function will be held in Toronto at Air Canada Center, ( one of the most famous landmarks in canada) on saturday 4th August 2012. it will subsequently be takesn to different cities in Canada, including Vancouver, and other parts of the world over the following years.
PUNJABI INTERNATIONAL FILM ACADEMY AWARDS
The Awards will be given in 15 categories. There will be 5-6 entertainment performances. Punjabi films from pakistan will alsso be included in a special category and some leading Pakistani film personalities will also also be invited.
While Dharmendra, the biggest Punjabi name in bollywood, has agreed to be the Brand Ambassador of the awards, other leading names of the punjabi films- Om puri, Raj babbar, Prem chopra, Gurpreet Ghuggi, jimmy shergill, manmohan singh, navneet singh and Arya babbar have already confirmed their participation on the awards.
Visit http://www.pifaawards.com