Vikram Dhillon is an

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Feature Film Producer, Director, Actor and a former VJ for

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India)

Biography

Career

Vikram Dhillon is a Co-Founder of the newly formed Digital Content Studio The Foundry with his partner

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. He is producing a slate of original IP projects with studios, OTT platforms and channels. Dhillon directed a Punjabi feature film titled ''

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'' starring

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, Geeta Zaildar and

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for which Dhillon was nominated for Best Director. He has also Produced the web series ''The Great Punjabi Luv Shuv Story'' for

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's digital channel

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under his Eyeline Entertainment banner, including the feature film ''Ji Karda'' Directed and Produced by Dhillon. Vikram Dhillon began his career as a VJ for

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) where he hosted the shows 'VChallenge'', ''Cool Maal'' and ''Late Night V''. Dhillon went on to produce and direct series for the channel such as ''The Chair'', ''Chat Room'' and ''Cool Maal''. The feature film documentary ''Bollywood Bound'' (2003) ( Canadian National Film Board) followed the lives of Vikram Dhillon,

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and

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as Indo-Canadians in Bollywood. The film premiered at the

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in 2003. Dhillon continued his work as a producer with ''Jataka Tales'' for Japanese television, ''Sanatta'', a horror series, ''I Like'' an interview based series for

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. He went on to produce a talk show called ''Take One'' for

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. Dhillon has directed a series of commercials for the Society Magazine which he also produced. Dhillon produced and directed Music Videos for bands such as ''Mantra'', and ''Signia''. Independently, he’s produced and directed Corporate Videos and AVs for

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, Magna Publishing Co. and Consulate General of Canada (Mumbai). Dhillon produced and directed a short documentary film, ''Mogaveera'', for the Vyavasthaphaka Mandali (Mumbai).

Personal life

Dhillon's sister

is a content creator, screen writer and actress, who has written Vikram's ''

'' and ''Ji Karda'', and

’s ''

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'', ''

Jai Veeru ''Jai Veeru'' is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action film directed by Puneet Sira, starring Fardeen Khan, Kunal Khemu, Anjana Sukhani, Dia Mirza and Arbaaz Khan. The film was released on 13 March 2009. Plot Veer "Veeru" Sharma is a small-time ...

'' and ''

Kisaan ''Kisaan'' () is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Puneet Sira, starring Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Jackie Shroff, Dia Mirza and Nauheed Cyrusi. Released on 28 August 2009 to praise for Sohail Khan's performance but c ...

''. Dhillon is the son of the retired Environmental Health Officer Mr. Dyal Singh Dhillon and Harcharan Kaur Dhillon, who wrote the lyrics to the song "Khyalan Wich" which was featured in ''

'' (2004).

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhillon, Vikram 1973 births Canadian male actors of Indian descent Living people American people of Punjabi descent Date of birth missing (living people) Punjabi-language film directors