Bend it Like Beckham

Director: Gurinder Chadha
Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Anupam Kher
Run time: 112 mins | Recommended Certificate: 12A
Language: English, Punjabi, Hindi with English subtitles | Year: 2002 | Country: UK

Strand: GREAT BRITISH ASIANS

Come along and help celebrate this hit movie’s 20th anniversary! Gurinder Chadha’s joyous, feel good drama tells the story of Jess, whose parents are trying to raise her in a traditional Indian way, but all she wants to do is play football like her idol, David Beckham. While her flamboyant elder sister is preparing for her ornate wedding and a life of married bliss, Jess chances upon a professional women’s football team and sees an opportunity to chase her dreams… and a soccer ball.

In cinema introduction by Director Gurinder Chadha and other special guests

Q&A with BBC’s Sunny & Shay Grewal

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