Forum Films, the leading distributor of Indian movies in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Papua New Guinea, will be releasing 24 Punjabi movies in Australia and New Zealand next year. Manpreet Singh, Marketing Manager of the company in the region, informed this, adding, “We already are distributing 99 percent of the Indian movies in New Zealand and Fiji. We entered Australia’s market in 2017 with Bahubali 2. Now, our goal is to bring Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, as well as other regional languages movies to this region, in big numbers. With the diaspora growing, we see that the market for Indian movies is growing too.”

Singh also informed Forum Films, which was established in Fiji, started film distribution in New Zealand in 2008. “We also want to promote peace and harmony among communities. That’s why when we got to know about the gesture of an Indian taxi driver in Brisbane who refused to charge any taxi fare to some Pakistani cricket team players, we decided to play our part too. We have offered him [Lovepreet Singh] free movie passes for an year. He can go and watch any Indian film distributed by Forum Films in Australia for the next one year.”

Now, Singh and his team are gearing up for a very busy weekend with the period dramas Panipat, and Gujarati movie Hellaro releasing on December 6. Pati Patni aur Woh is coming on the same day. Moreover, Salman Khan fans are eagerly awaiting his hugely-anticipated Dabangg 3, which Forum Films will release on December 20.

-TIN Bureau