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The Bollywood-Hollywood Connection

GaramChai.com >> Movies >> Desi Hollywood >> Bend It Like Beckham

This section of GaramChai.com features movies and artists of Indian origin who have made a mark in the global scene.

Movie: Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
Directed by Gurinder Chadha

About the Story: The story is about a teenage girl in England who idolizes Beckham and wants to be a soccer star. She has a real gift, but the two seemingly insurmountable obstacles she must overcome are the absence of a professional women's league in the UK (hence their fascination with our WUSA), and her parents, who are Indian immigrants set in very old-fashioned ways that do not allow daughters, among other things, to engage in contact sports. The girl's family are portrayed as figures of ironic fun, but with great affection -- think My Big Fat Greek Wedding. The girl loves and respects them enough to go through sitcom hell to conceal her growing soccer stardom from them.

An Indian family in London tries to raise their soccer-playing daughter in a traditional way. Unlike her traditional older sister, Pinky, who is preparing for a lavish Indian wedding and a lifetime of cooking the perfect chapati, Jess dreams of playing soccer professionally, like her hero David Beckham.

Movie Review and links:

  • Plot Outline: The daughter of orthodox Sikh rebels against her parents' traditionalism by running off to Germany with a football team (soccer in America). IMDB Review
  • movies.yahoo.com
  • Wikipedia entry: 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.
  • BBC Film Review: Mr Beckham ought to be proud to have his name on such a great film


 

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