Come August and Sunny Deol's KAAFILA is expected to hit the screens. Shot across continents on a mega budget, the film is directed by Amitoj Maan who also acts in the film.

Director and actor AMITOJ  MAAN came to Mumbai from Punjab with dreams of becoming an actor and joined Nadira Babbar’s theatre group ‘Ekjut’ and gained invaluable experience doing a number of stage plays, thus evolving into becoming an actor of caliber.

In 1992, the one and only Dilip Kumar signed AMITOJ as the hero for his directorial debut film ‘Kalinga’. Along this period, AMITOJ was offered a number of films by other renowned film makers but could not do them due to his contract with the producer of ‘Kalinga’. Unfortunately, the film could not be released due to unforeseen circumstances.

Armed with his own creativity and conviction, AMITOJ turned his vision from enacting dreams to creating dreams for the silver screen. After directing more than 20 music video albums and winning awards for them, he was ready to start his own film.

AMITOJ launched his first film ‘Hawayein’ in 2002 and enacted the role of the main protagonist in it. ‘Hawayein’ depicted the heart-rending aftermath of Mrs. Indira Gandhi’s assassination in 1984. The film released in 2003, won critical acclaim and created box-office history in Canada, UK, USA and Punjab.

A man with strong principles and convictions, director and actor AMITOJ MAAN belongs to the new generation of directors who dare to walk on untried paths. AMITOJ  MAAN has been acclaimed as a director and actor of great talent and sensitivity.

His tryst with truth-oriented movies continues with his ambitious venture ‘Kaafila’, a film which is based on illegal immigration, an issue affecting millions of Indians and Asians.