The Gurdwara Committee (PDV #2)
A fictional Gurdwara committee is trying to improve its community service score — and discovers that the principle of Vand Chakko (sharing what you have) applies to a lot more than food.
The Gurdwara Committee (PDV #2)
6 min
English, Punjabi
Satinder "Bicky" Singh
Sikhlens, Sri Hemkunt Foundation
The Gurdwara Committee (PDV #2)
Synopsis
The Gurdwara Committee PDV #2 is a narrative short with a comic edge: a committee of Gurdwara members trying to boost their community service metrics, who land on the idea of organizing a food drive and making Langar for a local food bank. The premise is played with warmth and some gentle humor, letting the characters' good intentions bump up against their organizational limitations before things come together.
Underneath the comedy is something more serious. The film is built around the Sikh teaching of Vand Chakko — sharing what you have, not just what you can spare — and the way that principle translates into practice when a community actually tries to live by it. It's a film that takes its values seriously without being preachy about them, letting the story carry the lesson. The Gurdwara Committee PDV #2 is the kind of film that works equally well as entertainment and as a window into what Sikh community life looks like from the inside.
Film Credits
- Executive Producer
- Satinder "Bicky" Singh
- Produced By
- Sikhlens, Sri Hemkunt Foundation
- Language
- English, Punjabi
- Subtitles
- THE UNCLES AND AUNTIES WERE ABLE TO MAKE ENOUGH LANGAR FOR THE FOOD DRIVE! LATER THAT EVENING THEY GATHERED TOGETHER TO DISCUSS THE OUTCOMES
- Runtime
- 6 min
- Festival Screenings
- Sikhlens Arts and Film Festivals