Gurdeep Singh

Gurdeep Singh is a Sikh artist and actor from India who lives in the United States.

Gurdeep Singh belongs to the famous Ahluwalia clan of Lahore Punjab. His paternal side of the family were wealthy land owners. His maternal grandfather was Commissioner of Police in Lahore. During the Indian & Pakistan partition, his family was forced to flee in the middle of the night in the back of a truck. Gurdeep’s family had no choice but to leave all material possessions behind in Lahore.

After arriving in India, his parents settled in Agra, near the Taj Mahal where Gurdeep was born, into a family with two older sisters and one older brother. His father had joined the Indian railways as a carriage inspector. His father also fought alongside the British army during the World War II in Burma. Being the son of a railway official, Gurdeep traveled a lot with the family. He never stayed in one place for more than two years. After his father’s retirement, his older brother brought the family to Bombay (present-day Mumbai). In 1960, Gurdeep graduated from high school in Bombay.

In his senior year of high school, Gurdeep had started his fascination with the Bombay film studios. Soon, he was writing about film stars for popular film magazines. He also started publishing short stories in major literary publications. His older brother was concerned about Gurdeep's exposure to the film industry at such a young age. To give him solid grounding, his brother put him in the prestigious Sir J. J. School of Arts. During his Sir J .J. school days, Gurdeep started furthering his name by establishing himself as a photojournalist, and was published in major publications in India. During his college days, he also received the impressive invitation to read his short stories on All-India Radio, Bombay. He graduated in 1967with a degree in Applied Arts and a diploma in Fine Arts. Post graduation, Gurdeep started the advertising firm Studio CAS serving Bombay's publishing and entertainment corporations.

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