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Amitoj Mann or commonly known as Amtoje Mann, is a Punjabi actor, director and screenwriter. This film emerges from the consequences of the Blue Star Operation in 1984 and thereon depicts the heart-rending aftermath of Indira Gandhi's assassination in 1984 leading to the riots and the victimization of Punjab and her people, the consequences of which were experienced all over India.

It released in August 2003 and was critically acclaimed worldwide. The star lineup included Sunny Deol, Amitoj Mann, Sudesh Berry, Sana Nawaz and Mona Laizza, both top ranking film and TV actresses of Pakistan respectively and other actors from India and Bulgaria. The movie lays focus on how intensely Indians crave to leave their homeland for developed nations in the hope of finding a near-perfect life.

An intelligent, humorous and thought provoking film, passing on the message in an entertaining manner, based on real life experiences of people who have travelled illegally and have barely managed to come back alive. He has also won a number of awards including five-lifetime achievement awards to his name.

Amitoj Mann started out as an amateur play artist with Naddir Babbar's theater group called "EKJUT", and it is here that he gained experience from performing plays and helped him transform into an actor and simultaneously realize his talent for writing and direction.

The fact that Amitoj writes and directs his own works gives him full freedom of creative expression.

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Amitoj Maan is an Indian actor, director, author, and screenwriter known for his works in Punjabi and Hindi films. This film was an honest exploration of the reasons which led to the angst of the youth of Punjab and the turmoils suffered by their families.

Kaafila was released worldwide by ZEE network in August 2007 and was shot in Mumbai, Punjab, Ladakh, and Bulgaria.

His last released film is a Punjabi film Haani, which means your companion. The movie strives to create a mass awareness of the dark side of illegal immigration. Amitoj worked with Nadira Babbar's theatre group "EKJUT" and gained experience doing a number of stage plays thus evolving into becoming an actor and honing his creative talents as a director and writer too.

In 1992, Dilip Kumar, signed Amitoj as the hero for his directorial debut film Kalinga opposite Meenakshi Seshadri.

However, the film could not be released due to unforeseen circumstances. The film also exposes how innocent people are duped by a worldwide nexus of agents showing them dreams of a comfortable life, close to heaven, in foreign lands and making them sell their lands, homes and livelihoods here in a futile pursuit of that dream.

Hawayein was well received, however, Mann was less successful with Kaafila, which was banned in Pakistan due to the film's perceived anti-Pakistan material.

In 1992, Dilip Kumar signed Amitoj as the hero for his directorial debut film Kalinga opposite Meenakshi Seshadri. This was an attempt to present history in a realistic manner on a colourful tapestry woven with all human emotions of romance, tragedy, humour all presented together on a platter of wonderful music.

He self-directed and wrote the script for his first movie "Hawayein" which realistically centers around the incidents following the aftermath of the Indira Gandhi Assassination in 1984. He dreams for a living and his scripts are original subjects combining a personal vision with the requirements of a modern and entertaining film thus ensuring a global reach for it.