Punjabi actor-singer Parmish Verma's web series Kanneda was on air on 21st March 2025 on Jio Hotstar. The show draws inspiration from Nirmal Chahal's (Nimma) real life, being a Punjabi migrant who is forced to migrate from the unfortunate anti-Sikh carnage of 1984 and resettle in Canada. It is set in Toronto in the 1990s and revolves around his struggle against racism, loneliness, and ambition, which leads him into the dangerous sphere of crime cartels.
Though Kanneda is inspired by the events of the 1984 anti-Sikh carnage,, it is not based on one particular true story. The story is a fictional dramatization and an interpretation of wider immigrant struggles and not that of an individual person. The producers have written a compelling story with a basis in history, but it is still a work of fiction meant to engage viewers.
Thus, Kanneda on Jio Hotstar is not a true story but a fictional account of the immigrant life, crime, and survival in a foreign land. Overall, it is a perceivable attempt to focus collective attention on the lost survivors of the merciless slaughter. Perhaps the movie Kenneda is not inspired by the life history of anybody in specific, but it gives the fight to several individuals who escaped to foreign countries.