| 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 | 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 |
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| 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! |
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