Gurinder Chadha
Highest Rated: 89% Blinded by the Light (2019)
Lowest Rated: 11% The Mistress of Spices (2005)
Birthday: Jan 10, 1960
Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya
It was no surprise that director Gurinder Chadha, despite a traditional upbringing in a Punjabi household, did more than what was expected of an Indian woman. Her distinctly Anglo surroundings in Southall, London did more than just fuel her curiosity about other cultures; she sometimes outright rejected her family's heritage - like learning classical Indian dances or learning how to cook Aloo Gobi - in order to find her own identity. But as she grew older and more aware of the burgeoning Anglo-Asian subculture right under her nose, she developed an active interest in her mixed cultural identity, wearing traditional Indian dress and headwear with Doc Martins, for example, while becoming disenchanted with how her people were perceived. Her displeasure fueled her desire to see better, accurate portrayals of Indians in popular culture as she strove to become a film director.
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Gurinder Chadha
Filmography
Movies
Credit | |||||
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89% |
|
Blinded by the Light |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$11.9M | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles | Self | - | 2019 |
72% |
|
Viceroy's House |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$1.1M | 2017 |
29% |
|
It's a Wonderful Afterlife |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2010 |
73% |
|
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
- | 2008 |
86% |
|
Paris, je t'aime |
Director, Writer |
$4.9M | 2006 |
11% |
|
The Mistress of Spices |
Writer, Producer |
- | 2005 |
64% |
|
Bride & Prejudice |
Director, Writer, Producer |
$6.6M | 2004 |
85% |
|
Bend It Like Beckham |
Director, Screenwriter, Producer |
$32.5M | 2002 |
52% |
|
What's Cooking? |
Director, Writer |
$1.0M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny |
Director, Producer |
- | 1994 |
88% |
|
Bhaji on the Beach |
Director, Screenwriter |
- | 1993 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Acting Our Age | Director | - | 1992 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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94% | 64% | Homemade | Director | 2020 |
46% | 66% | Beecham House |
Executive Producer, Director, Producer, Writer |
2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Who Do You Think You Are? | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2006 |