Education
Panjab University.
Panjab University.
He is known for his movies Ek Noor (2011) and Akhiyaan Udeekdian (2009). He is also the father of Bollywood actress Yami Gautam and Surilie Gautam. He is currently the vice president of the PTC Punjabi network which he acquired in 2008.
He has created docudramas on the life and contributions of Baba Sheikh Farid, Baba Bulleh Shah, Waris Shah, noted Punjabi singers Bibi Surinder Kaur, Kuldip Manak, Ustad Puran Shahkoti, humourist K Deep, singer Gurmeet Bawa, Surjit Bindrakhia, Sarabjit Kokewali, Sartaj et cetera
Apart from that, he has created around 50 short features on art, culture, history, traditions, rituals and personalities of Punjab. Noteworthy among those are "Origion of Chandigarh", "Gurudwara", "Tradition of Langar", "Punj Kakaar", "Ma Boli", "Chhaju Da Chaubara", "Dhabas on GT Road", "Making of Gur", and noted writer Amrita Pritam.Recently, he has done short films, based on "Shaheed Bhagat Singh"s Memoires" and "Faquir Badshah", on the life of Doctor Charan Das Sidhu, a legendary figure in Punjabi theatre and literature.
Currently, he is working on two feature films titled "Shubh Karman" and "Amazing Rano", which are based on social values and sports respectively.