2021 StarWalk Stars Are in Good Company

The bronze stars for 2021 Inductees, R Paul Dhillon and Walter Daroshin have now been inserted into the sidewalk along the Granville Street StarWalk.  They are in good company in front of 839 Granville, next to the stars of David Y.H. Lui – Impresario, Philip Keatley – Television,  Mart Kenney – Music, and Otto Lowy, CBC Radio and Television. 

Adding the New Stars to the StarWalk

Inserting the stars is no easy task and thanks to expertise of Stone Cutter, their coring machine went to work cutting the precise hole for the new stars.

Next, the stars are carefully placed in position and secured with 4 bolts and a strong adhesive for a permanent seal.

Thank you to Steve, Mike and Warren from Stone Cutters and BC Entertainment Hall of Fame Board members, Ava Forsyth and Rob Haynes.

The StarWalk was opened by Mayor Philip Owen and City Council along with the Vancouver Civic Theatres Board on July 21, 1994.

About the 2021 StarWalk Inductees

Walter Daroshin – Producer, Screenwriter, Director

Walter Daroshin is the President of Troika Productions Inc., Chair of The Motion Picture Arts & Sciences Foundation of BC, Founder and President of the Leo Awards and a Member of the Vancouver International Film Festival Advisory Council. Troika’s film and television programs have been broadcast in 30 countries and screened at film festivals throughout the world. Walter has been nominated for and received numerous National and International awards. He has adjudicated the British Columbia Arts Awards Program, the Yorkton Short Film and Video Festival, the Vancouver International Mountain Film Festival, the Utah High Adventure Mountain Film Festival, the Whistler Film Festival, the Reel 2 Real International Youth Film Festival, the Okanagan International Film Festival and the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television’s Gemini and Genie Awards.

R. Paul Dhillon – Producer, Director, Screenwriter

R. Paul Dhillon is an award-winning journalist, screenwriter, producer and director based in Vancouver, Canada. He has also done freelance writing for mainstream publications like The Vancouver Sun and Georgia Straight newspapers, where he was a film critic. Dhillon’s early work includes TEARS AND SIGHS on the abuses of alcohol in the South Asian community as well as a WATNO DUR, a Variety television show. Other credits include THE SAINT SOLDIER (1999/2000) – a one-hour documentary on B.C.’s Sikh community. SLICES OF MY LIFE (1992/93), a slice of the immigrant experience and SOUTH VAN STUD (1992), a play for Expressions ’92 Youth Festival. He has written, produced and directed numerous documentaries for televisions as well as two feature films, including his debut SWEET AMERIKA, a story set around the time of 9/11 about a Sikh grocery store owner in New York. Dhillon’s popular music documentary THE BHANGRA GENERATION and Sweet Amerika were acquired by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Dhillon also produced 13-part music Documentary Series BHANGRALICIOUS, which he wrote and directed for national broadcast. He has also written numerous screenplays, including the thriller OF HEAVEN AND HELL and crime drama B TOWN BOYZ. He also wrote, produced and directed his latest feature THE FUSION GENERATION, which was released theatrically on August 30th, 2019.