The promise of a bigger and better life in Canada where his older brother has already settled has long inundated the dreams of Navraj, a young Punjabi man in Chandigarh. But when his long-awaited visa finally gets approved, he realizes the cost of leaving home may be far greater than he ever anticipated. More than leaving behind his friends, he cannot bear to break the news to his beloved grandmother who adoringly depends on him.
Jaskirat Singh is a filmmaker with a specialization in Editing for Films from the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Kolkata. He is also an alumnus of the prestigious Locarno Documentary School in Switzerland.
Having recently interned at Amazon Prime Video’s Creative Development Team, Jaskirat now works as a freelance filmmaker in Mumbai.
With As Dusk Falls, Jaskirat makes his directorial debut. His co-edited short film Mintgumri (2021) was showcased at festivals like the Dharamshala International Film Festival, Reykjavik International Film Festival, and New York Indian Film Festival.
Jaskirat also contributed as a script supervisor on In The Month of Love (2020), which premiered at the International Film Festival of Rotterdam. 
The New York Indian Film Festival (NYIFF) is the oldest, most prestigious film festival screening premieres of feature, documentary and
short films made from, of, and about the Indian subcontinent in the Independent, arthouse, alternate and diaspora genres.
