| Name |
Gurinder
Chadha |
| Date
of Birth |
1960 |
| Birth
Place |
Kenya |
| Grew
up |
Southall,
west London |
| Profession |
Director,
Screenwriter and Producer |
| Earlier
Job |
as
a news reporter with the BBC and later with channel
four |
| Education |
University
of East Anglia |
| Husband |
Paul
Mayeda Berges( a Japanese American) |
| Has
Relatives |
in
Kenya, India, Australia and USA |
| Production
Company |
Umbi
films |
| First |
She
is the first Indian
woman filmmaker in the British film industry |
| Blockbuster |
Bend
It Like Beckham, made for a modest £2 million, which
to widespread surprise became a runaway hit |
| Debut |
Documentary:I'm
English but...(1989)
Film:Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
Dramatic Film:Nice Arrangement(1991) about a British-Asian
wedding |
| Character |
Extremely
oustspoken |
| Her
first trip to India |
when
she was 9 years old and she did not like it. Later
when she came back in her University years she really
enjoyed the trip. |
| Networth |
Asian
Xpress Rich List's top 300, her assets £4
million, putting her in 286th place, alongside Meera
Syal, the actress, writer and comedienne.
|
| Memorable
movie |
The
Story Of The Weeping Camel. |
| Favorite
films |
English:
Tokyo Story, It's a Wonderful life, Tootsie
Hindi: Mother India, Baiju Bawra, Dilwale Dulhania
Le Jayenge |
| Regarding
food |
Food
is a really good way of getting to grips with who
a character is |
| Favourite
book in her school days |
Pride
and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
| Appeared
as herself |
- Films:
Sonic Cinema, Road to Sundance
- As
a TV guest: Film'72, Breakfast
|
| Awards |
- 'Bhaji
on the Beach' won numerous International awards
including jury prizes at Locarno. It received
a BAFTA Nomination for Best British Film of
1994 and as the director of the film she won
the Evening Standard British Film Award for
Best Newcomer to British Cinema.
- 'What's
Cooking' won the award for Best British
Director in the London Film Critics’ Circle
2001 Awards.
- 'Bend
it like Beckham' won audience favorite film
awards at the Locarno, Sydney and Toronto film
festivals, and received an European Film Academy
Nomination for Best Film in the 2002 European
Film Awards.
|
| Favourite
food |
Chinese
from china town restaurant |
| Admires
and loves to work with |
Bruce
Springsteen |
| If
not a filmmaker |
Would
have been a song writer |
| Regrets |
Missing
the delights of BBC's subsidized bar |
| Best
advice given to her |
Only
ever do things that make you happy and bring you
pleasure. |
| Worst
advice |
was
asked to do a secretarial course by her school career
councellor. |
| Divides
her time |
between
a flat in Camden and her widowed mother's house
in Southall, where she grew up |
| Filmography |
1993
Bhaji on the Beach
2000 What's Cooking
2002 Bend It Like Beckham
2004 Bride and Prejudice
2005 I Dream of Jeannie
Shorts and TV films:
1989 I'm British But....
1990 A Nice Arrangement
1992 Acting Our Age
1994 What do you call an Indian Woman who's Funny
1995 Rich Deceiver |
| About
Bend it like Beckham |
'My
most autobiographical film, although I never played
soccer. And Jess was much better behaved than I
ever was." |
| About
Bride and Prejudice |
Hijacked
Jane Austen and took her to Amritsar |
| About
Aishwarya Rai |
'She'd
be recognized not just as a beauty but also as an
actress not just in Hollywood but all over the world.'
|
| Fact |
Her
husband is also her co-writer. |
| To
contact her |
ICM
76 Oxford Street
London
W1D 1BS
United Kingdom |
| Quote |
Laugh
and dance a lot, less cynicism and more celebration.
Be nice to your family and learn to cook aloo gobi! |
