Profile
Gurinder Chadha was born in Kenya, and grew up in Southall, London, England. She began her career as a news reporter with BBC Radio, directed several award winning documentaries for the BBC, and began an alliance with the British Film Institute (BFI) and Channel Four. In 1990, Chadha set up her own production company: Umbi Films.
Films:
Bride & Predjudice (2004)
Bend it like Beckham (2002)
Whats Cooking? (2002)
I'm British But... (1990)
Bhaji On the beach (1993)
Bride & Predjudice:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0361411/trailers-screenplay-E23191-314
Tagline: Bollywood meets Hollywood...And it's a perfect match.
Lalita Bakhshi (Aishwariya Rai) is a daughter of a farmer (Anupam Kher). Lalita is introduced to Mr. William Darcy (Martin Henderson), an American businessman. Lalita tries to juggle William out of her life, while he tries to be in hers. Lalita falls in love with Johnny Wickham (Daniel Gillies), a London tourist. Darcy tries to warn Lalita from Johnny. A secret from the past threatens to repeat itself and Darcy will do anything to prevent it.
Bend It Like Beckham
The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha and was based on the screenplay she wrote with Paul Berges and Guljit Bindra. The film was a box office success and tells the tale of two young London women from different backgrounds who share an aptitude for football (soccer) and pressure from their families to conform. One is a British Indian Sikh girl who struggles against her family's orthodox mindset to fulfill her dream of playing professional football; the other is a white girl who has to combat her mother's stereotypes about athletic prowess and lesbianism. The film's title is a reference to the English footballer David Beckham and his skill at scoring from free-kicks by "bending" (curving) the ball (making it swerve as it flies through the air).
The movie was filmed in West London, specifically Hounslow (where the main characters live) and Southall, and central London, including Soho for the football store and pub, and Piccadilly Circus. Scenes were also shot in Hamburg, Germany.
Trailer:
The film poster similiar as they both do not use the auteur to sell the film,even though the films have hear'say about the director. In the posters it has her name written small compared to the title of the films. It uses the actors Aishwariya Rai and Keira Knightly tell the sell the film as there is a long shot image of themon the poster suggesting that they are main. People would like to see her films as she is a british asian female director as she is intouch with her roots so it engages the audience to wan to watch the films.
