In Punjabi cinema only a few movies are considered meaningful . Punjabi film industry has established Parallel Cinema in these years also . The National Award-winning '' Marhi Da Deeva '' ( 1989 ) mercilessly explores the issues of economic inequality , social segregation in life of dalit farm labourers and other landless communities in Punjab . Another National Award winner , '' Anhe Ghore Da Daan '' ( 2011 ) diligently puts across the distressed and frustrated life-cycle of marginalised Dalits in Punjab . It is the first Punjabi-language film to have travelled to so many international film festivals . The film premiered in the Orizzonti section ( Horizons ) at the 68th Venice International Film Festival . It won the Special Jury Award and the $ 50,000 Black Pearl trophy at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival . It was also shown at the 55th BFI London Film Festival , 49th New York Film Festival and the 16th Busan International Film Festival . The film also won the Golden Peacock award for best film at the 43rd International Film Festival of India ( IFFI ) 2012 held in Panaji , Goa . '' Khamosh Pani '' ( 2003 ) is a tragic story of widowed mother and her young son set in a late 1970s village in West Punjab and relations of communities after 1947 Partition of Punjab starring Kiron Kher and Shilpa Shukla
16th Busan International Film Festival
16th Busan International Film Festival
Punjabi cinema