Lakhwinder Shabla (born 24 February 1971) is an Indian German actor, theatre artist, film producer, writer, director and entrepreneur of Indian descent based in

Munich, Germany Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

. He is primarily known for his work in

international cinema World cinema is a term in film theory that refers to films made outside of the American motion picture industry, particularly those in opposition to the aesthetics and values of commercial American cinema.Nagib, Lúcia. "Towards a positive de ...

. Lakhwinder co-produced films such as ''

Vaapsi Vaapsi (''Return'') is an Indian punjabi language drama film directed by Rakesh Mehta and starring Harish Verma, Sameksha, Dhrriti Saharan and Gulshan Grover as the main protagonists of the film. This film is about a young probable hockey player, ...

'' (2016), ''Delhi to Lahore'' (2014), a German language film titled ''Kopfwäsche'' (English translation: ''Brainwash''), and a

Bollywood Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language. The popular term Bollywood, is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (fo ...

film titled ''Raja Abroadiya''. The Punjabi movie ''Vaapsi'' was extensively shot in

Punjab, India Punjab (; ) is a States and union territories of India, state in northern India. Forming part of the larger Punjab region of the Indian subcontinent, the state is bordered by the States and union territories of India, Indian states of Himachal ...

, and

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and was released on 3 June 2016 in India, the US, and Canada. ''Raja Abroadiya'' was released worldwide on 16 March 2018. ''25 Years later'', a German film, is currently in post-production, with an expected worldwide release after the coronavirus pandemic.

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