"team, which makes its way to the top of the league. ""Bend It Like Beckham"" was released theatrically on 12 April 2002 by Redbus Film Distribution, and on DVD and VHS on 18 November 2002 by Warner Home Video. The film surprised critics and was met with mostly positive reviews. It earned over $76 million on a $6 million budget. A stage musical version opened at London's Phoenix Theatre on 24 June 2015. Jesminder ""Jess"" Bhamra is the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs living in Hounslow, London. Juliette ""Jules"" Paxton is the same age and the daughter of a native"
"dozen film and television roles, Knightley struggled to get a breakthrough. That changed in 2002, when she starred in Gurinder Chadha's sports comedy film ""Bend It Like Beckham"", which was a smash hit both in the UK and the United States, grossing over $76.6 million. It also surprised film critics who were laudatory of its ""charming"" and ""inspiring"" nature, social context and the cast's performances. Knightley and her co-star Parminder Nagra, who played the central roles of aspiring footballers, attracted international attention for their performances in the film. To prepare for their roles, they underwent three months of extensive football"
"that time, Nagra caught the attention of director Gurinder Chadha. Nagra co-starred in Gurinder Chadha's 2002 comedy-drama ""Bend It Like Beckham"", which became her breakthrough film, opposite Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaheen Khan, and Keira Knightley, for whom this film also became a career breakthrough. It was directed by Chadha. Nagra played Jesminder ""Jess"" Bhamra, a teenage Sikh football player who idolises football superstar David Beckham and defies her traditional parents to pursue her dreams of playing football. The small-budget film was a critical and financial success in the United Kingdom, eventually making the leap around the world and"
"a critical and commercial success internationally, topping the box-office charts in the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland and South Africa, and winning audience favourite film awards at the Locarno, Sydney and Toronto film festivals. The film received a Golden Globe Nomination for Best Picture (Musical or Comedy), a BAFTA Nomination for Best British Film, a European Film Academy Nomination for Best Film, and a Writers Guild of America Nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Like ' 'Bhaji on the Beach' ', ' 'Bend it Like Beckham' ' features a strong Indian-British woman, Jess, who tries to realize her dreams while maneuvering"
"through her duties as a daughter of traditional Indian parents. Although marketed to the United States as a ""chick flick,"" it is regarded in Britain as an important post-feminist film that fits perfectly into the British progressive frame of 2002. Prime Minister Blair even wrote a congratulatory letter to Chadha, saying, ""We loved it, loved it, because this is my Britain."" Chadha herself meant for the film to be a ""girl power"" movie, which features both a white woman and an Indian-British woman fighting for their shared dream of playing professional soccer. It addressed issues of prejudice against race and"
"in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham. Nagra said of Dosanj: ""I think it is brilliant that there is someone out there who is so close to the story, who is going out to the States and pursuing her dream. Good for Aman, I hope she does really well."" During 2008 Dosanj moved with her family from Southampton to Kelowna, Canada. She went on a year later to open a contemporary Indian restaurant called Poppadoms in Kelowna. Aman Dosanj Amanprit ""Aman"" Kaur Dosanj is an English former footballer who played as a goalkeeper. She is the first British Asian"
"different flair. She is best known for the hit films ""Bhaji on the Beach"" (1993), ""Bend It Like Beckham"" (2002), ""Bride and Prejudice"" (2004), ""Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging"" (2008), and the comedy film ""It's a Wonderful Afterlife"" (2010). Her latest feature is the partition drama ""Viceroy's House"" (2017). Gurinder Chadha was born in Nairobi, Kenya, then a British colony. Her family was part of the Indian diaspora in East Africa. They moved to Southall, West London when she was two years of age, where she attended Clifton Primary School. Chadha's father faced much prejudice because of his appearance as"
"in the film ""Bend It Like Beckham"". Mistry also sang a song titled ""Dhola Re"" featured in the album ""A Reason to Smile"". It had an Indian theme music video and bhangra beats that began at a slow pace and ended with a speedy crescendo. Her son Rishi mistry is a student at the School of Oriental & African Studies. Bina Mistry Bina Mistry is a popular Hindi /Gujarati singer based in the United Kingdom. Mistry was born in Tanzania, of Indian parents. Later she moved to London, where she became a merchant banker. Her interest in Hindi music led"
"the Crown"" (1984), ""Tandoori Nights"" (1985–87) and ""Amma and Family"" (1996). At the age of 90, she played the central character in the 2002 film ""Chalo Ishq Ladaaye"". Considered the doyenne of Indian theatre, she acted with the Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA) and Prithviraj Kapoor's Prithvi Theatre for 14 years. She has also acted in English-language films such as ""Bend It Like Beckham"". She was awarded the Padma Shri in 1998, Kalidas Samman in 2001, and in 2004, the Sangeet Natak Akademi. India's National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama presented her with its highest award, the Sangeet Natak"
"Indian actors have risen to prominence globally, particularly in Britain, India, and the US. Notable films include ""Bend It Like Beckham"", whose story revolves around British Indian life, and ""Slumdog Millionaire"", a British drama film set in Mumbai starring British Indian actor Dev Patel in the lead role. The latter has won four Golden Globes, seven BAFTA Awards and eight Academy Awards. ""The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel"", a British film set in India, was nominated for two Golden Globes and one BAFTA, grossing US$31 million at the end of the UK run. Besides British-produced Indian-based films, there are many Bollywood"
"Facto'. Together with his live band Silinder Pardesi has recorded live sessions for BBC's ""Network East"" and ""What's that Noise"". Silinder Pardesi's album covers have also been featured in many films including the British comedy 'Bend It Like Beckham', directed by Gurinder Chadha and starred Keira Knightley. In 2006 Silinder Pardesi was head hunted to join one India's top Bollywood record companies Tips Music (India) to produce his future albums and videos. The blockbuster album 'Hey Soniye' had its first video single feature the world famous Bollywood actress Neeru Bajwa, Rishi Rich, Juggy D and Veronica Mehta. The album's title"
"abuse and male superiority are also showcased in the film, as one character and her young son are chased by her abusive husband and his family. Another character, who is expected to be a doctor by her parents and the local Indian community, becomes pregnant by a black classmate, which is a taboo in the community. The film was low budget, but received critical success for its take on racial stereotypes, immigration, and gender roles. Several major projects followed, most notably the movies ""Bend It Like Beckham"" (2002) and ""Bride and Prejudice"" (2004). In 1995, she directed ""Rich Deceiver"", a"
"featured Julianna Margulies and Kyra Sedgwick as a lesbian couple. Chadha is claimed to have softened the lesbian angle, to a case of ""crossed wires"" and jokes like ""Lesbian? Her birthday's in March. I thought she was a Pisces,"" to make the film more marketable - something which has not gone down well with all gay reviewers. However, Jess' male friend Tony was retained as a sympathetic gay character. ""Bend it like Beckham"" also won an award for ""Outstanding Film"" from the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation Notable mainstream theatrical releases include ""Bound"" (1996), ""Chasing Amy"" (1997), ""Wild Things"""
"February 2012, it was reported that Nagra had filed for divorce. The divorce was finalised in July 2013. Nagra was one of the bearers of the Olympic torch as it passed through London on its way to the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Parminder Nagra Parminder Kaur Nagra (born 5 October 1975) is an English film and television actress, known for playing Jess Bhamra in the 2002 film ""Bend It Like Beckham"" and Dr. Neela Rasgotra in the NBC medical drama series ""ER"" from 2003 to 2009. She has had several other major television roles, including a starring role as"
"It is currently the fourth highest grossing Indian film and third highest grossing Bollywood film of all time. In Sultanpur, a picturesque village in Pakistan, villagers gather to watch a televised cricket match between India and Pakistan. Among them is a pregnant woman Rasia (Meher Vij) who, after giving birth, names her daughter Shahida after Shahid Afridi, the player who wins the game for Pakistan. One afternoon, Shahida (Harshaali Malhotra), now six years old, falls off a cliff as she plays, and is saved by an overhanging tree, but was not able to call for help since she was mute."
"fields whether it be education or sports. Krishnendu (Uttam Kumar), a young Bengali Hindu medical student falls in love with an equally talented and attractive Anglo-Indian Christian woman named Rina Brown (Suchitra Sen). Both students are at the Calcutta Medical College and become close while meeting at many sports and cultural events. There is an interesting rendition of Othello within the movie; that portion of the movie was directed by Utpal Dutt. However marriage is not on the cards for them due to their differences in religion, (it is particularly opposed by Krishnendu's dad, a staunch, conservative Hindu), and they"
"at five. She then trained at the Sylvia Young Theatre School in London. She also trained at Songtime Theatre Arts.heritage. Kalidas first appeared on screen in the drama ""Googleyes"". She went on to play Usha in a short film called ""Jump Boy"" in 1998, directed by Menhaj Huda and written by Harsha Patel. After a number of parts in films and on television, including ""East is East"", ""Bollywood Queen"", ""My Family"" and ""Casualty"", in 2002 she appeared as Monica in Gurinder Chadha's film ""Bend It Like Beckham"". She then played the female lead Priya in the Andrew Lloyd Webber-produced show"
"first visit to India. While on a promotional junket in Los Angeles for ""Bend It Like Beckham"", Nagra was informed by her agent that John Wells, one of the producers of the NBC medical drama ""ER"", was interested in meeting her. ""Bend It Like Beckham"" writer and director Gurinder Chadha revealed during a 2007 episode of BBC's ""Movie Connections"" that she arranged the meeting, because she had recommended Nagra for the role of the new Indian character in ""ER"" during a conversation with her friend Wells. At their initial meeting, Wells made Nagra an offer to join the ensemble cast,"
"it as a regular mass film. It was also dubbed in Hindi under the title The Super Khiladi 2 by Goldmines Telefilms. ""Andhra Box Office"" reported that the film collected a distributor share of about in its lifetime run and declared it a ""Super Hit"" at the box office. Karthik (N. T. Rama Rao Jr.) returns to India after completing his graduation in the United States, and his mother (Jayasudha) decides to get him married her brother Dhanunjay's (Sayaji Shinde) daughter Indu (Samantha Ruth Prabhu). When Karthik's father (Nassar) goes to Dhanunjay's house to ask the same, he gets insulted."
"others, plays by Tanika Gupta. In 1998, Nagra co-starred in the radio play ""Dancing Girls of Lahore"" which was co-written by her future ""Bend It Like Beckham"" co-star Shaheen Khan. Nagra's other notable stage roles during this period include: In 2001, Nagra voiced a Muslim girl in the docu-drama ""Arena: The Veil"" about women who choose to wear the Muslim head scarf. In 1997, not long after ""Fair Ladies at a Game of Poem Cards"", Nagra was cast in ""Oh Sweet Sita"", an adaptation of Indian mythology about Rama and his wife Sita, in the title role of Sita. During"
"very popular with women from middle-class Indian families, the vast majority of whom are in or are destined for arranged marriages set up by their parents to men that they generally don't know. In India, ""Sense and Sensibility"" has turned into the 2000 Tamil language film ""Kandukondain Kandukondain"" and the 2014 Hindi language soap opera ""Kumkum Bhagya""; ""Emma"" has adopted as the 2010 film ""Aisha""; and ""Pride and Prejudice"" into the 2004 film ""Bride and Prejudice"". In ""Bride and Prejudice"", Elizabeth Bennet becomes Lalita Bakshi (Aishwarya Rai), the daughter of a Sikh grandee living in a decaying mansion left over"
"the Spice Girls presented him with the inaugural trophy for 'Outstanding Achievement'. The decade also saw Sagoo's music supporting Gurinder Chadha's hit ""Bend It Like Beckham"", Mira Nair's ""Monsoon Wedding"" (2001), the Aishwarya Rai and Dylan McDermott drama ""Mistress of Spices"" and ""It's a Wonderful Afterlife"". Sagoo also starred in and composed the music for the 2006 Punjabi film, ""Sajna ve Sajna"", and he appeared in television programs throughout the decade, including the UK Lottery show, the Asian reality show ""Bollywood Star"" and celebrity magazine formats such as ""Tinseltown TV"". Sagoo's new album, ""Cafe Punjab"" released in 2015. In 2012,"
"two-part drama for the BBC, watched by 11 million viewers. ""What's Cooking?"" was the Opening Night Film of the 2000 Sundance Film Festival, and was the first British script to be invited to the Sundance Institute's Writer's Lab. The film was voted joint audience award winner in the New York Film Critics' 2000 season (tied with ""Billy Elliot""), and Chadha won the award for Best British Director in the London Film Critics' Circle Awards. ""Bend it Like Beckham"" was the highest grossing British-financed, British-distributed film, ever in the UK box-office (prior to the success of ""Slumdog Millionaire""). The film was"
"Southall was also the main location for the internationally acclaimed film ""Bend It Like Beckham"". Southall was also the location of the famed Glassy Junction public house, which was the first pub in the UK to accept Indian Rupees as payment. The Glassy Junction closed down in 2011 and has since been replaced by an international South Indian restaurant chain. The Brilliant Restaurant also appeared on TV Ramseys Best Restaurants and was nominated but failed to win any awards. Southall has also appeared in other Bollywood films as well, including ""Patiala House"" and ""Goal!"". Other notable local pubs include The"
"in the film. Acknowledging Nagra's actual burn-scarred leg, Chadha wrote it into the film. Nagra received critical and professional acclaim for her performance. She was nominated, and won, several awards, including the FIFA Presidential Award (2002), making her the first woman to have done so. Not long after filming ended on ""Bend It Like Beckham"", Nagra co-starred in the fantasy romantic comedy ""Ella Enchanted"" opposite Anne Hathaway where she played Areida, the best friend of Hathaway's title character. In addition, she took on two notable television roles for Channel 4—as Viola/Cesario in a multicultural version of William Shakespeare's ""Twelfth Night"","
"the England international asking Clifford to devise an elite training programme and to undertake one-to-one sessions with him. Work commitments, however, saw Clifford turn down the opportunity. The following noted players have all graduated from Simon Clifford's BSS system: Clifford worked as Technical Coach for the two lead actresses of ""Bend It Like Beckham"", Keira Knightley and Parminder Nagra. Clifford also performed the same role in the film ""There's Only One Jimmy Grimble"" with Robert Carlyle and Ray Winstone as well as the more recent ""Kicking and Screaming"". He choreographed and advised on the film ""The Damned United"". In November"
"film was also dubbed in Hindi as ""Bichhoo: The Scorpion"" in 2010. The movie was also remade in Bengali as ""Challenge"". Seenu (Nithin) is a new admit at Maharaja College of Arts and Sciences. Nandini (Neha) goes to the same college. Seenu is from a middle-class family, while Nandini is the only daughter of Gowri Shankar (Prakash Raj), a land mafia don. Gowri's assistant suspects them to be lovers after he finds them dancing at the freshers celebration at college. Seenu gets beaten up badly. Irritated by this, Seenu is challenged to win Nandini's love. After few attempts, she falls"
"Hepburn and Shirley MacLaine. The play's deep and pervasively dark themes and lesbian undertones have been widely noted. Mainstream films with openly lesbian content, sympathetic lesbian characters and lesbian leads began appearing during the 1990s. By 2000 some films portrayed characters exploring issues beyond their sexual orientation, reflecting a wider sense that lesbianism has to do with more than sexual desire. Speaking at the Bombay Academy of Moving Images, Nisha Ganatra revealed that ""Bend It Like Beckham"" was originally intended to have a more overt lesbian theme by Gurinder Chadha. Notably, Gurinder Chadha previously directed the film ""What's Cooking"", which"
"Aylesbury Film Company and was one of the first digital films to be shown in cinemas in the UK. In 2002 Shah played Meena in the film ""Bend It Like Beckham"" and later that year she played one of the lead roles, Sinjata, in the Sky One series ""Is Harry On The Boat?"" based on the best selling book and film. The story is about holiday reps in Ibiza and was filmed in Almunecar in Andalusia, Spain. Other credits include roles in the BBC hospital drama ""Holby City"" (2002), and the American series ""Adventure Inc."" (2003). In 2003 Shah was"
"success internationally especially in the United States. It became the highest grossing Indian film of all time overseas at the time of its release. The film was screened in over 1,200 cinemas worldwide, grossing a worldwide total of . It was screened at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Maya (Rani Mukerji) is an orphan who is to marry her closest childhood friend Rishi Talwar (Abhishek Bachchan). The two have been raised by Rishi's fun-loving father Samarjit a.k.a. Sam (Amitabh Bachchan). Dev Saran (Shah Rukh Khan) is a successful soccer player in the United States. He lives in New York City"
"""Tubular Bells II"", September 1992, at the Edinburgh Castle); sound engineering, synthesizer and computer music programming, sound design and music technology innovations. Craig has composed the original music score for a string of major films by Gurinder Chadha's, including her two number one UK box office smash hit films, Bend It Like Beckham"" (top ten in the USA box office, number 1 in India), and Bride & Prejudice"". Craig scored her previous films, including ""Bhaji on the Beach"" (1993) and ""What's Cooking?"", which opened the big US Sundance Film Festival, January 2000 and released throughout the USA in October 2000,"
"& one of the most popular films till date that ran in a theatre for 5 years continuously, making her overnight superstar, earning her a prestigious Filmfare Award for Best Actress and propulsing her career as a singer. The paternal side of the family has also illustrated itself and marked the world of sports, squash, in particular. Her great-grandfather Khan created the squash ball which holds great honor in the family, Her grandfather Nasrullah Khan was a World Class Squash Player who won several titles. Zara’s uncle Jahangir Khan was a 10-time British Open winner and was personally trained by"
"film, the third highest-grossing Indian film worldwide, and the second highest-grossing Indian film overseas. In China, it is the fifth highest-grossing foreign film of 2018, and the second highest-grossing non-English foreign film ever (after ""Dangal""). Its opening weekend in China had the highest single-territory weekend gross for a 2017 Hindi film, entering the worldwide weekend box office at number-two, with the highest single-territory gross that weekend. Insia Malik (Zaira Wasim), 15, a Muslim girl, lives in Baroda with her mother Najma (Meher Vij) and her abusive and orthodox father Farookh (Raj Arjun) who often beats his wife and daughter. Insia"