The Quintessential Filmmaker

Amiek Singh Virk, 32, Producer, Nadar Films

Producer Amiek Singh Virk always wanted to be known as a filmmaker instead of a “producer”. That is why he makes sure that he’s always involved in the process of filmmaking. Virk who has successfully produced Bambukaat, Lahoriye and Vekh Baraatan Challiyan under his banner Nadar Films says, “As a producer I have to sign 20-30 cheques a day, study the economics, negotiate and make financial decisions. Whatever time is left, I spend on the set giving my inputs. My upcoming film Bhalwan Singh’s original story is by Sukhraj but I’ve closely worked on the story and screenplay along with film’s director Param Shiv.”

OVERCOMING OBSTACLES Virk rose to fame in the past one year but it wasn’t easy for him to enter films. His real estate tycoon father considered filmmaking a risky business. “Films sounded uncertain to him and I could understand his insecurity. Therefore I joined him from 2011-2015 to earn enough and put that money into films,” he says. CELLULOID DREAMS Perhaps Virk has inherited the ‘movie genes’ from mother’s family which boasts of names like veteran Punjabi filmmaker Harjit Singh, actor Madhurjeet Sarghi and his famous Punjabi director brother-in-law Anurag Singh. Virk shares, “I had seen their struggle but that’s what motivated me.”