sukhdev ahluwalia (born january 5, 1932) joined the film industry in 1955 as an assistant cameraman. he began his career with modern studios and raman productions before beginning writing and directing. he worked as the operative cameraman on three hindi films: "patang", "phool bane angaray" and "juaari". working independently, ahluwalia wrote and directed over a dozen popular punjwood films. he is best remembered for his "til til da lekha" (1979), which won the punjab state government award for second best film. sukhdev ahluwalia joined the film industry in the year 1955 as an assistant cameraman. he worked with modern studios and raman productions before switching over to writing and direction. he was the operative cameraman on three films viz: "patang", "phool bane angaare" and "juari". working independently, ahluwalia wrote and directed the following features films: "do sher", "dharamjeet", "taakra", "jai mata sheran wali", "kunwaara mama", "maanwaan thandiaan chhaanwaan", "sounh menoo punja di", "ziddi mera naam", "maahi mera chan varga" and "takraar".