Bhaji On The Beach DVD

Advantages: Makes you feel in love with the characters
Disadvantages: it wasn't long enough

...I had never heard of this film until I *borrowed* it from my friend Hans. Kama Sutra is a film about Love. Not just love for your partner (lover) but for your friends, family and even yourself. Its a film that is promoted as part of the Film Four Channel (Digital- Sky or Cable). It was directed and produced in 1996 by Mira Nair, who has also directed other films such as East Is East , Monsoon Wedding, Hysterical Blindness, Bhaji On The Beach and Salaam Bombay! As I have also seen East is East and Monsoon Wedding I can tell you a little about them also, and how they compare. East is East , is about an Indian Family living in the Midlands and it illustrates the cultural diffences and hardships as the family struggles with its identity. an English Mum an Indian father, the 4 sons and daughter have a lot to contend with inorder to get... Read review

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Advantages: Pure entertainment
Disadvantages: Nothing more

...You know when you go to the pictures just because you can’t be bothered to do anything else, and you’re not really expecting much from the film, but it turns out to be great? Well, that’s what happened to me with ‘Bend it Like Beckham’. I went into the cinema tired, lethargic and a bit down in the dumps, and came out full of beans and in a very cheery, hopeful mood indeed. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (previously known for ‘Bhaji On The Beach’), BILB tells the story of Jess (played by Parminder Nagra), a teenage girl with Indian roots who’s mad on football, and even madder on Goldenballs himself. To the despair of her rather traditionalist parents, her bedroom is covered in Beckham pictures which she talks to in the way that others write a diary. Jess is a tomboy, and she’s good at it. She easily outclasses the lads in the park when... Read review

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Advantages: Funny Football and err Football
Disadvantages: Read the op

...a contract to go professional in America. Jessie is torn between her sister’s wedding and the Hounslow Harriers. Right, I’m stopping there! No more to be given away about the plot, so on to the Producer. Gurinda Chadha, also produced 'Bhaji On The Beach', which I have never heard of let alone seen so I can’t compare. I can relate it to East Is East though, as it appears in the same sort of mould. It’s a Asian comedy, full of light hearted wit, and some unforgettable humorous clichés. My favorites being “ Who’d want a girl who can play football but can’t make chapattis” and “ There’s a reason why Sporty Spice is the only one without a fella”. Bend It Like Beckham broaches some serious social and racial difficulties that Asian families suffer in an Anglo Saxon Community. This is my only downfall of an otherwise brilliant film. Instead... Read review

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