Kanwal - Film by Kuljeet Singh on the writer Jaswant Singh Kanwal
About this Event
Kanwal - Panjabi writer of love and rebellion
Film by Kuljeet Singh
Join us for an in-person screening of Kanwal, by Kuljeet Singh a cinematic exploration of the life, literature, and ideological journey of Jaswant Singh Kanwal, one of Punjab’s most powerful progressive voices-tracing how a writer rooted in rural soil became a conscience-keeper of his timesa captivating film that dives deep into the life and work of Panjabi literatures's most powerful voices - a writer of love and rebellion of the soil and soul of Panjab.
Directed by the talented Kuljeet Singh, this movie brings you closer to the raw emotions and powerful stories that shaped a generation.
.Don’t miss this chance to meet and hear from the film director himself at the Q&A following the screening.
Doors Open & Tea : 6.30pm
Film Screening : 7pm
Q& A : 8pm
Jaswant Singh Kanwal was not merely a novelist; he was a chronicler of Punjab’s emotional, political, and agrarian landscape. Through novels such as Raat Baaki Hai and Purnmashi, he articulated the aspirations, disillusionments, and revolutionary impulses of generations caught between tradition and change.
Kanwal attempts to rediscover the man behind the words. The film travels through his village, his lived environment, his literary imagination, and the socio-political movements that shaped him. Through archival material, readings from his works, conversations with scholars, contemporaries, family members, and critics, the documentary constructs a layered portrait of a writer who remained deeply committed to the working class and agrarian struggles.
The film is not a conventional biography-it is an inquiry into the relationship between literature and resistance, memory and ideology, soil and soul.
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