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In 1996 Punjab, India, Canadian-born Jassi falls in love with Mithu, a rickshaw driver beneath her social status. Their attraction is pure and unconditional, but is it strong enough to fight the dictates imposed by Jassi’s family and Punjabi society?
Born in Jalandhar (India) in 1961, he studied at Bishop Cotton Boys’ High School in Shimla and moved to the United States to study Film at the Art Center College of Design in California. A legendary director of music videos and commercials, he directed the iconic music video for R.E.M.’s ‘Losing My Religion’, which won a Grammy and six MTV Video Music Awards, as well as other videos for artists such as Lady Gaga, Deep Forest, Suzanne Vega and En Vogue, as well as ad campaigns like ‘We Will Rock You’ for Pepsi, featuring Britney Spears, Pink and Beyoncé. He made his film debut with ‘The Cell’ (2000), starring Jennifer Lopez, and his filmography includes other titles such as ‘The Fall’ (2006, awarded in Berlin and best film in Sitges), ‘Immortals’ (2011), ‘Mirror, Mirror’ (2012), ‘Eternal’ (2015) or the series ‘Emerald City’, nominated for a BAFTA. ‘Dear Jassi’ (2023) had its world premiere at the Toronto Film Festival, where it won the Platform Prize.
