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Gunbir Singh Sidhu | |
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Born | Gunbir Singh Sidhu |
Nationality | Indian |
Occupation(s) | Film Producer, Distributor, Exhibitor |
Years active | 2012–Onwards |
Organisation | White Hill Production India Pvt. Ltd. & White Hill Music & Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. |
Awards | National Award for the Best Film (Punjab 1984) PTC Awards for best film Jatt & Juliet , Jatt & Juliet 2, Sardaarji and Punjab 1984. |
Gunbir Singh Sidhu is an Indian movie producer. He did his schooling from Saint Stephen's School, Chandigarh & bachelors in technology from NIT Jalandhar and then went on to pursue his master's degree in electric engineering from Imperial College, London.
After completing his master's degree, he returned to India in 2004. He began his career as a trader of used cars. After a while, he established multiple business like real estate, education, agriculture & finance. [1] Sidhu marked his debut into the film industry as the producer of blockbuster Punjabi film Jatt and Juliet in 2012 which was a massive success. He is the co owner of White Hill Production & White Hill Music with his brother and Partner Manmord(Sunny) Sidhu. He has produced some of the most successful Punjabi music videos.
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