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Gurinder Chadha

Australians have a fantastic sense of humour and incredible taste. I was there for ‘Bend It Like Beckham,’ and I had a great time. Aussies loved it, and I think ‘Bride & Prejudice’ is going to do well, too, because it’s all about having a good time.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

Once I started writing the screenplay of ‘Bride & Prejudice,’ I was convinced Jane Austen was a Punjabi in her previous birth.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

Bollywood is a cinema of vibrant contradictions, which works when it seems it shouldn’t.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

On the outside, America looks like this great melting pot, but on the inside, there’s this segregation in American cinema. Why does a Latino film have to be for Latinos? Why is a black film just for black people? Why?

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Gurinder Chadha

The more I make films, the more I feel less inclined to talk about them and just let people watch them. I feel that the pictures are telling the story, and I can’t really add anything except just talking about the technicalities of what happened on the day.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

If I’m in a gathering of filmmakers, I’m first and foremost a British Indian; if I’m in a gathering of British Indians, I’m a woman director. There are so many sides to who I am that I change all the time.

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Gurinder Chadha

I use humour a lot because humour is a great equaliser. Everyone laughs at the same things if you set them up properly, and that makes everybody equal. At the end of the day, I see my job as being there to entertain as well as inform and provoke.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

Indian films never show cows. When you go to India, the most noticeable thing is the cows. Everywhere you look, there’s cows walking around! Just by introducing the idea of animals – livestock walking around – suddenly makes it more real.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

My films do have a big following among young girls, and I want to instill confidence in them, a sense of self-appreciation – to make them feel they can be spirited and say what they feel.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

I can’t stand films where parents are portrayed as old and doddery, and ignore their kids.

– Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

I’ve been wanting for a long time to create a show which allowed me to show the British Asian community in a truly three-dimensional way, exploring the relationships between generations and what it means to be British and Asian as values become fluid.

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Gurinder Chadha

Constantly, I’ve been asked to make a sequel to ‘Beckham.’ However, I thought a West End show was the proper way to go. Once we made the show, I wanted to make sure that I embraced the West End genre rather than just put the film on stage.

– Gurinder Chadha

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