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Ocean of Pearls is a movie released in 2008. It is the first film directed by Sarab Singh Neelam, a Sikh gastroenterologist from Troy, Michigan. [3] [4] It was written by Neelam and Veerendra Prasad. Plot.
Burnstein also served as the executive producer of the award-winning independent 2008 film, Ocean of Pearls, directed by Dr. Sarab Neelam and written by V. Prasad.
Co-written by Sarab Singh Neelam and Veerendra Prasad Amrit Singh is of two worlds, but belongs to neither. A turban-wearing Sikh, he has lived his life in North America out of sorts and out of place, cast adrift at an uneasy crossroads between East and West.
Aug 21, 2009 · But at the advice of Jim Burnstein, a screenwriter and producer who saw the timeliness of the racism issue post-Sept. 11, Neelam — working with gifted young screenwriter V. Prasad — made the character a Sikh.
An estimated 4,000 to 5,000 live in Metro Detroit, says Sarab Singh Neelam, who attends a gurdwara in Plymouth, one of five such places of worship in the area. Practising Sikhs never cut their hair and consider the turban an article of their faith and part of their identity.
Ocean of Pearls is a movie released in 2008. It is the first film directed by Sarab Singh Neelam, a Sikh gastroenterologist from Troy, Michigan. It was written by Neelam and Veerendra Prasad. Movie Info. Budget. $750,000. Themes. Spiritual/Religious. Tags. Sikh, Spiritual/Religious. Part of Collection. Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage.
2008 Directed by Sarab Neelam. As a Sikh man with a full beard and turban, AMRIT SINGH is often the target of racial profiling. But when he sees his dreams of becoming Chief of Surgery at a state-of-the-art transplant center dwindle because of his appearance, Amrit goes against a tradition he’s maintained his whole life and cuts his hair.
