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Superfan

Nav came to Canada as a 1984 refugee, sold 127 cars in four months, and became the Toronto Raptors' most recognizable fan — a story about belonging, basketball, and not taking a single day for granted.

Superfan

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Year
2014
Runtime
12 min
Director
Shon Gill, Drew Moe, Frederick Bourbon
Executive Producer
Satinder "Bicky" Singh
Produced By
Sikhlens, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY DODGE COLLEGE OF FILM AND MEDIA ARTS
Location
Canada

Synopsis

Navneet, known as Nav, arrived in Canada as a refugee after the 1984 anti-Sikh violence in India. He built a life from scratch, eventually becoming a car salesman who broke records — 127 cars sold in four months — and somewhere along the way became the face of Raptors fandom in Toronto, appointed by the NBA as a South Asian ambassador for the team. His friendship with Jonas Valanciunas, the Raptors center who became a genuine friend and not just a celebrity he'd met courtside, is one of the film's warmest details.

What makes Nav compelling is not the accumulation of achievements but the energy behind them. He's someone for whom gratitude is not a sentiment but a practice, rooted in a specific memory of what he left behind and what he was given. His presence at Raptors games — visible, loud, undeniably himself — is an expression of that. Superfan is a film about what it looks like when someone decides to show up fully for the country that gave them a second chance.

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Film Credits

Director
Shon Gill, Drew Moe, Frederick Bourbon
Executive Producer
Satinder "Bicky" Singh
Producer
Shon Gill
Produced By
Sikhlens, CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY DODGE COLLEGE OF FILM AND MEDIA ARTS
Editor
Rachel Werth
Cinematography
Kasra Shokravi
Music
Killer Tracks
Sound
Mohit Kakkar
Film Location
Canada
Runtime
12 min
Festival Screenings
Sikhlens Arts and Film Festivals
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