For the first time a Punjabi film ‘Waris Shah-Ishq Daa Waaris' has entered the Academy Awards for 2006.

The film has entered in the general category from USA. It is a tale of the legendary Sufi poet Waris Shah who wrote the classic Heer.

Gurdas Mann plays the protagonist who is attracted to Juhi Chawla but has to sacrifice his love when she gets married to Sushant Singh. This pain inspires Warish Shah to write the great epic.