>Citation bot: Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 787/1824

2021-07-30T16:30:20Z

Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 787/1824

New page

{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2011}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Vekeana Dhillon
| image = Vekeana Dhillon 2.jpg
| birth_place = [[Delhi]], India
| occupation = Screenwriter, Series Creator, Playwright, Actor, Television and Radio Presenter.
| spouse = [[Puneet Sira]] (2010–present)
}}

'''Vekeana Dhillon''' is a Screenwriter, Series Creator, Playwright, Television Presenter, Radio Presenter and Actress.

==Early life and education==
She was born in New Delhi, India and later her family migrated to Toronto, Canada. Raised in [[Alberta]], Canada and went on to graduate with a [[Bachelor of Science]] from [[Simon Fraser University]] in British Columbia.

==Career==
''Uncovidable''<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.in/pd/Uncovidable-Audiobook/B08C7ZF3N6|title=Uncovidable|language=en}}</ref> is the latest series Vekeana Dhillon has created and written based on her humorous and semi biographical account of her experiences during the [[COVID-19 pandemic|Covid19]] lock-down. Season One of 21 episodes in English voiced by Mahira Kakkar<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mahira Kakkar {{!}}|url=http://www.mahirakakkar.com//|access-date=2020-10-02|website=Mahira Kakkar|language=en-US}}</ref> released on 23 June 2020 on the Amazon's [[Audible (store)|Audible]] platform worldwide. Upon its success, the Hindi version of the series voiced by [[Rasika Dugal]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rasika Dugal: Movies, Photos, Videos, News, Biography & Birthday {{!}} eTimes|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Rasika-Dugal|access-date=2020-10-02|website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> released on 24 September 2020 on Audible.in and Audible Suno.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.audible.in/ep/suno|title=Jo bhi karo Audible Suno|language=en}}</ref>

Vekeana Dhillon has written the [[Virat Kohli]] animation superhero series ''[[Super V]]'' (2019-2020) for [[Disney+]] [[Hotstar]], [[Marvel HQ]], [[Star India|Star TV Network]], and [[Baweja Movies]]. It was directed by [[Puneet Sira]] and Season 1 premiered in over 70 countries on 5 November 2019 and went on to become the highest rated show in the animation bracket in India.

As a Series Creator she is writing several premium content shows that have secured placements on several major OTT platforms.

Vekeana is the creator and writer of ''The Great Punjabi Luv Shuv Story'' (2017) a series for [[Ekta Kapoor]]'s digital channel [[ALTBalaji|Alt Balaji]] produced by Eyeline Entertainment.

Vekeana Dhillon has written the high end musical play ''[[Balle Balle]]'' (2017-2018) for Wizcraft International Entertainment, Directed by Viraf Sarkari.

She has had five feature films produced and released internationally among them being ''[[I - Proud To Be An Indian]]''<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/7103/index.html |title=I – Proud To Be An Indian : Complete Cast and Crew details |publisher=Bollywoodhungama.com |date=February 13, 2004 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name=":1">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0379818/</ref> (2004) Produced by [[Sohail Khan]] and Directed by [[Puneet Sira]], ''[[Jai Veeru]]''<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/13778/index.html |title=Jai Veeru : Complete Cast and Crew details |publisher=Bollywoodhungama.com |date=March 13, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name=":3">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1369669/fullcredits#writers</ref> (2009) Produced by Siddi Vinayak Movies, and ''[[Kisaan]]'' <ref name=":4">{{cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/457538/Kisaan/details |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104111847/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/457538/Kisaan/details |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 4, 2012 |title=Kisaan – Cast, Crew, Director and Awards |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=2012 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/cast/13817/index.html |title=Kisaan : Complete Cast and Crew details |publisher=Bollywoodhungama.com |date=August 28, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name=":6">https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1372266/fullcredits#writers</ref> (2009) again Produced by [[Sohail Khan]] and Directed by [[Puneet Sira]], and ''[[Pinky Moge Wali]]'' (2012) Directed by [[Vikram Dhillon]].

Additional feature film scripts include ''Ji Karda'' (Eyeline Entertainment) Director [[Vikram Dhillon]]. The remake of ''[[Kurbani]]''<ref name=":7">{{cite web |url=http://www.asianoutlook.com/aoforum/showthread.php?p=58038 |title=Fardeen – Kurbani – AsianOutlook Forum |publisher=Asianoutlook.com |access-date=November 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402234058/http://www.asianoutlook.com/aoforum/showthread.php?p=58038 |archive-date=April 2, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":8">{{cite web|url=http://news.webindia123.com/news/Articles/Asia/20060615/364152.html |title=Feroz Khan's to start shooting for ''Kurbani'' by year-end |publisher=News.webindia123.com |date=June 15, 2006 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{cite web|author=Super Admin |url=http://entertainment.oneindia.in/bollywood/news/kurbani-160606.html |title=Qurbani remake announced at IIFA |publisher=Entertainment.oneindia.in |date=June 16, 2006 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> (FK International) and ''Hoshiyar Havaldar''<ref>{{cite web|author=Businessofcinema.com Team |url=http://www.businessofcinema.com/news.php?newsid=7156 |title=Mirchi Movies to roll seven films, enters South |publisher=Businessofcinema.com |date=December 27, 2010 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> (Mirchi Movies). Her screenplay ''Foot It'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ruggedmedia.com/news/?paged=2 |title=Rugged Media |publisher=Rugged Media |access-date=November 11, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425155245/http://ruggedmedia.com/news/?paged=2 |archive-date=April 25, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corusent.com/home/Corporate/PressReleases/tabid/1697/Default.aspx?Id=1659 |title=Press Release – CORUS ENTERTAINMENT ANNOUNCES FUNDING FOR 19 CANADIAN FILMS |publisher=Corusent.com |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Your Name (this will appear with your post) |url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/issues/story.aspx?aid=1000333683 |title=Corus Announces Recipients of Corus Made with Pay Fund | Broadcaster – Canada's Communications Magazine |publisher=Broadcastermagazine.com |date=July 8, 2009 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> a family/dance feature film, with [[Corus Entertainment]] / Rugged Media and a horror feature film for [[Telefilm Canada]].

Dhillon's association with the entertainment industry was initially as an actor. ''Snip''<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0271197/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ibosnetwork.com/asp/filmbodetails.asp?id=Snip |title=Snip – Starring Archana Puransingh, Makrand Deshpande, Nadira, Nikhil Chinappa, Noor Mohammed, Saurabh Shukla, Shiv Subramaniam, Sohrab Ardeshir, Sophiya Haque, Vekeana Dhillon. Snip's box office, news, reviews, video, pictures, and music soundtrack |publisher=Ibosnetwork.com |date=December 8, 2000 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> (2000) was her first feature film in which she played the tenacious gossip driven Delnaz Readymoney, followed by shorts for MTV in leading roles in ''Love Ke Liye'' and ''One Tight Slap''<ref>{{cite web|author=MTV Desi |url=http://www.mtvdesi.com/videos/one-tight-slap-actress/ |title=One Tight Slap – Actress | MTV Desi | Latest Updates and Videos | Exclusives, Music, Film & Bollywood, Celebs and Fashion |publisher=MTV Desi |date=August 11, 2006 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> which led to ''Bollywood Bound'',<ref>[https://archive.today/20070808115754/http://www.cornerhouse.org/keyword.aspx?id=3481&f=Film]</ref><ref>http://www.asiansinmedia.org/news/article.php/television/74</ref><ref>http://www.preetithandi.com/images/Published_Work/Culture/DocumentaryHighlights.pdf</ref><ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0296535/fullcredits#cast</ref> a [[National Film Board of Canada]] documentary-feature following the lives of Vekeana Dhillon, [[Vikram Dhillon]], [[Neeru Bajwa]] and [[Ruby Bhatia]] as transplanted Canadians in the world of Bollywood. Vekeana was hired by [[Rupert Murdoch]]’s [[Channel V|Channel [V]]] where she became the face and personality of several shows that she hosted including the channel’s prime-time slotted ''[V] Dares U''<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1369799/</ref> with co-host Yudi Urs and ''[V] Challenge''<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1369798/</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.digitaltoday.in/indiatoday/19990913/mfeature.html |title=Metrofeature |publisher=Archives.digitaltoday.in |date=September 13, 1999 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> with brother [[Vikram Dhillon]].

Vekeana parlayed her Bollywood experiences as a contributor and reporter for the [[BBC Asian Network]] (U.K.) where she did a two year stint with her own weekly half-hour slot on the ''[[Nikki Bedi]] Show'',<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00cjljn |title=Asian Network Programmes – Nikki Bedi, 14/07/2008 |publisher=BBC |date=July 14, 2008 |access-date=November 11, 2011}}</ref> in addition to reporting for regional [[BBC]] stations in the UK. Vekeana shared her voice and news with the [[BBC World Service]] and BBC General News Service.

==Personal life==
She is the daughter of Lyricist Harcharan Dhillon and retired Environmental Health Officer Dyal Singh Dhillon. She’s worked extensively with her producer/director brother, [[Vikram Dhillon]], and currently lives in India with her husband, noted director/producer [[Puneet Sira]] whom she married in 2010.

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Year
! Title !! Language !! Genre
!Designation!! Producer
|-
|2020
|Uncovidable - Hindi
|Hindi
|Audio Series (21 Episodes)

(Literature Fiction)
|Created and Written by
|[[Audible (store)|Audible]] Suno
|-
|2020
|Uncovidable
|English
|Audio Series (21 Episodes)
(Literature Fiction)
|Created and Written by
|[[Audible (store)|Audible]]
|-
|2019-2020
|[[Super V]]
|Hindi/English
|TV Series (12 Episodes)
(Superhero Animation)
|Screenplay and Dialogues
|[[Disney]]+[[Hotstar]], [[Marvel HQ]], [[Star India|Star TV]], [[Baweja Movies]].
|-
|2017-2018
|Balle Balle
|English
|Musical Play (Comedy)
|Playwrite
|Wizcraft International Entertainment
|-
|2018
|The Tape
|Hindi
|Feature FIlm (Horror)
|Written by
|Pentacles Cinevision Pvt. Ltd.
|-
|2017
|The Great Punjabi Luv Shuv Story
|Punjabi
|Series (Comedy) (13 Episodes)
|Created and Written by
|[[ALTBalaji|AltBalaji]] / Eyeline Entertainment
|-
|2013
|Ji Karda|| Punjabi || Feature Film (Drama)
|Written by||Eyeline Entertainment
(Commission Script)
|-
|2012
|[[Pinky Moge Wali]]|| Punjabi || Feature Film (Comedy)
|Screenplay||Batra Showbiz Productions
|-
|2011
|Foot It|| English || Feature Film (Family/Dance)
|Written by||[[Corus Entertainment|Jericho Beach Entertainment]]
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2009
|[[Kisaan]]<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" /><ref name=":6" /> || Hindi || Feature Film (Drama)
|Screenplay and Dialogues||[[Sohail Khan]] Productions
|-
|2009
|[[Jai Veeru]]<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />|| Hindi || Feature Film (Action)
|Screenplay||Siddhi Vinayak Movies
|-
|2007
|Go! Miss India
|Hindi
|Feature Film (Rom-com)
|Written by
|Mirchi Movies Ltd ([[The Times Group|Times Group]])
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2006-2008
|Nikki Bedi Show
|English
|Radio (Weekly Bollywood Segment)
|Host / Writer
|[[BBC Asian Network]] (UK)
|-
|2006
|Hoshiyar|| Hindi || Feature Film (Comedy)
|Written by||Mirchi Movies Ltd. ([[Times Group]])
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2006-2008
|BBC World Service
|English
|Radio (News Contributor)
|Reporter
|BBC Radio (UK)
|-
|2006
|[[Kurbani]]<ref name=":7" /><ref name=":8" /><ref name=":9" /> || Hindi || Feature Film (Action)
|Screenplay||F.K. International Pvt. Ltd.
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2006
|Mogaveera
|English
|Documentary FIlm
|Narrator
|Visual-Eyes Entertainment
|-
|2005
|Hit
|Hindi
|Feature Film (Action Comedy)
|Written by
|[[UTV Motion Pictures]] / [[Prakash Jha]] Productions
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2004
|Maidaan
|Hindi
|Feature Film (Drama)
|Written by
|Neha Arts
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2004
|Havaldar Hans
|Hindi
|Feature Film (Action Comedy)
|Written by
|Miracle Movies
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2004
|[[I - Proud To Be An Indian]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> || Hindi || Feature Film (Drama)
|Screenplay and Dialogues||[[Sohail Khan]] Productions
|-
|2003
|Spiceboy
|English
|Feature Film (Comedy)
|Screenplay
|Miracle Movies
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2003
|Great India
|Hindi
|Feature Film (Action)
|Written by
|M.D. Productions
(Commissioned Script)
|-
|2002
|Bollywood Bound
|English
|Feature Film (Documentary)
|Herself
|[[National Film Board of Canada]]
Director: [[Nisha Pahuja]]
|-
|2002
|One Tight Slap
|English
|Short FIlm
|Diva
|[[MTV (Indian TV channel)|MTV India]] - Director: Cyrus Oshidhar
|-
|2002
|Love Ke Liya
|English
|Short FIlm
|Queen
|[[MTV (Indian TV channel)|MTV India]] - Director: Cyrus Oshidhar
|-
|2000
|Snip!
|English
|Feature Film
|Delnaz Readymoney
|Mercury Films - Director: Sunil Sippy
|-
|1999-2000
|[V] Dares U
|English
|TV Series
|Host / Writer
|[[Channel V|Channel [V]]] [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star TV Network]]
|-
|1999-2000
|[V] Challenge
|English
|TV Series
|Host / Writer
|[[Channel V|Channel [V]]] [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star TV Network]]
|-
|1999-2001
|Live [V] Requests
|English
|TV Series
|Host
|[[Channel V|Channel [V]]] [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star TV Network]]
|-
|1999-2000
|Style Police
|English
|TV Series
|Guest Host
|[[Channel V|Channel [V]]] [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star TV Network]]
|-
|1999-2000
|Tea With [V]
|English
|TV Series
|Guest Host
|[[Channel V|Channel [V]]] [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star TV Network]]
|-
|1998
|BPL Oye!
|English
|TV Series
|Guest Host
|[[Channel V|Channel [V]]] [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star TV Network]]
|-
|1998
|Red Alert
|English
|TV Series
|Guest Host
|[[Channel V|Channel [V]]] [[Star TV (Asian TV networks)|Star TV Network]] (Hong Kong)
|-
|1998
|By Demand
|English
|TV Series
|Guest Host
|[[MTV (Indian TV channel)|MTV India]]
|-
|1998
|Tata Coffee
|English
|TV Commercial
|Lead (Actor)
|Far Productions - Director: Kailash Sundernath
|-
|1998
|Pepsi Cola
|English
|TV Commercial
|Lead (Actor)
|Genesis Film Production - Director: [[Prahlad Kakkar]]
|-
|1997
|Holy River
|English
|Threatre
|Maya (Actor)
|Work In Progress Productions. Director: Etienne Coutinho
|-
|1997
|Vasvadata
|English
|Theatre
|Vasvadata (Actor)
|The Creators - Director: Janak Thoprani
|}

==See also==
*[[Women's Cinema]]

==References==
{{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=1445297|name=Vekeana Dhillon}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dhillon, Vekeana}}
[[Category:1970 births]]
[[Category:Canadian screenwriters]]
[[Category:Indian emigrants to Canada]]
[[Category:Canadian film actresses]]
[[Category:Canadian writers of Asian descent]]
[[Category:Canadian actresses of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Punjabi people]]
[[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]]

Vekeana Dhillon - Revision history

>Citation bot: Removed parameters. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by BrownHairedGirl | Linked from User:BrownHairedGirl/Articles_with_bare_links | #UCB_webform_linked 787/1824