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CHANDIGARH, Jan 5: quot;One battle is over and now the next one comes, the post-production hassles.8221; Fighting it out is Mangal Dhillon, the TV celeb, and his pet project quot;Khalsa8221;, the docu-drama on the life of Guru Gobind Singh. The shooting over, Mangal was back in the city to collect the paintings, numbering around 60, from artist Devinder Singh. During a chat with the city8217;s press corps, Mangal expressed gratitude for the help extended to him by both the government and the SGPC, but said quot;the biggest let down has been the Sikh community. They give bhashans8217; of co-operation but back out in moments of need8221;.
He said quot;Khalsa8221; would be premiered at Anandpur Sahib on Baisakhi next year. quot;Since the Punjab government is expecting around 40-50 lakh of people, I will have to conduct it on a massive scale, with 15-20 projectors. Professional equipment will have to be brought from Bombay8221;. Mangal has approached the Jalandhar Doordarshan as well as the national network for a simultaneous screening of the docu in serial format. quot;The Punjabi and Hindi versions will be ready by March 31 and the English version will take some time.8221; Mangal is the writer, researcher, producer, director, commentator and editor and says quot;if I were not all these, I would have collapsed by now due to financial constraints8221;.
