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PIFAA launch event at Chandigarh, India on 29th December 2011
The announcement of first ever Punjabi International Film Academy Awards (PIFAA) to be held in Toronto was made in a star studded function at JW Marriott hotel in Chandigarh, India on 29th Dec 2011. The dinner event was attended by who's who of the Punjabi film industry, senior media persons from leading newspapers /television channels and distinguished members of the Punjabi community like Sardar Milkha Singh and Mr D S Bains, Home Secretary, Punjab Government. Mr Scot Slessor, Consul General of Canada also attended the event.
Several film personalities flew over from Mumbai to attend the event. The event was attended by Om Puri, Prem Chopra, Priti Sapru, Satish Kaul, Gurpreet Ghuggi, Divya Dutta, Aarya Babbar, Manmohan Singh, Navniat Singh, Yogesh Chabra, Jaspal Bhatti, Rama Vij,Kapil Sharma, Hans Raj Hans, Pammi Bai, Satinder Sartaj, Master Saleem, Rana Ranabir, Binnu Dhillon etc. The gathering was highly appreciative of the initiative taken by Rajinder Saini, President of the Parvasi Media Group and was eager to attend the Award function to be held in Toronto, Canada on 4th August 2012.