Gurinder Chadha
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Javed, a British teen of Pakistani descent, is growing up in England in 1987. Amidst the racial and economic turmoil of the times, he writes poetry as a means to escape the intolerance of his hometown and the inflexibility of his traditional father. But when he is introduced to the music of 'the Boss, ' Javed sees parallels to his working-class life in Springsteen's powerful lyrics.
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Eighteen year-old Jesminder's parents want her to be a nice, conventional Indian girl. But she just wants to play soccer like her hero, David Beckham. For Jess, that means kicking a ball around the local park with the lads until she's spotted by Jules, who invites her to join the local women's team.
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New Dehli in March 1947. The huge and stately Viceroy's Palace is like a beehive. Its five hundred employees are busy preparing the coming of Lord Louis Mountbatten, who has just been appointed new (and last) viceroy of India by prime minister Clement Attlee. Mountbatten, whose difficult task consists in overseeing the transition of British India to independence, arrives at the Palace, accompanied by his Edwina, his liberal-minded wife and by his...
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In Amritsar, India, the Bakshi family is focused on marrying off their four daughters, but complications arise as the daughters fall for men their family disapproves of. Lalita Bakshi, one of the daughters, meets the wealthy American Will Darcy at a friend's wedding and initially clashes with him over their differing views. As Lalita and Darcy's relationship develops, she encounters Darcy's former friend Johnny Wickham, who reinforces her negative...
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"Delhi, 1795. John Beecham, a former soldier in the East India Company, is determined to leave the past behind him and start a new life. When he arrives at the grand house, the staff are shocked to discover that their secretive new master has arrived with his infant son August, a baby of mixed parentage. John is determined to reunite his family in Delhi and keep the identity of his child secret, but at what cost to himself and those he loves?"--