Puneet Sira | |
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Born |
London, England |
3 December 1967
Occupation | director, producer, actor, screenwriter |
Spouse(s) | Vekeana Dhillon 2010–present |
Children | Shaan Sira, Simran Sira |
Awards | 2009 SAFF Director Award: Kisaan |
Website | https://www.youtube.com |
Puneet Sira (born 3 December 1967) is a British and Bollywood film director, producer, screenwriter and actor.
Sira's directorial career consists of several feature films. Two feature films released in 2009: Kisaan (2009) for Sohail Khan Production, starring Jackie Shroff, Sohail Khan, Arbaaz Khan and Dia Mirza and Jai Veeru (2009), starring Fardeen Khan and Kunal Khemu and Dia Mirza.
Sira was honoured with an award for directing Kisaan', at the SAFF Film Festival in L.A. in 2009. Sira directed the critically acclaimed film I - Proud To Be An Indian (2004) starring Sohail Khan, Hina Rehman and Tim Lawrence for Sohail Khan Production.
Sira started his career as an actor in the UK at the age of nine where he worked with Rosemary Leach and Ben Kingsley as a beggar boy in Annie Besant, The Warrior's Return(1977) as part of The Velvet Glove series for the BBC, directed by Philip Saville. Puneet went on to star alongside Christopher Lee, Mickey Rooney, Oliver Tobias, Emma Samms and Peter Cushing in the feature film Arabian Adventure (1979). He played the lead role of Majeed, directed by Kevin Connor. In the same year Puneet played Kasava Minor in the BBC series To Serve Them All My Days (1979).