When Gurinder Singh wanted to visit his ill mother, he faced a challenge at the TSA airport security facility.  The TSA guidelines required Mr. Singh to remove his turban, which is a religious symbol for men in the Sikh religion.

Singh, a Fishers resident and recent Republican candidate for City Council, challenged those rules and fought for changes in TSA regulations, which were, in the end, successful.

That battle with TSA has been dramatized in a short film starring Mr. Singh.  The production, directed by a young new filmmaker, Jenna Ruiz, has just won the “Short of the Year” award at the Covellite International Film Festival, held in Butte, Montana.

The film, simply titled “Singh,” will be shown locally at the Indy Shorts International Film Festival, presented by Heartland Film, July 25th-28th.  For more on this festival, use this link.

You can watch the trailer for “Singh” at this link.