Gurinder Chadha - a british director

I am doing an auteur approach on Gurinder Chadha. I am providing a link to the Allocine website which is a website dedicated to the history of British film and television.

From this website I learned a lot more about Chadha's previous work as well as a little about where she grew up and how she became a director. We learn that she was orginally born in Kenya and that she moved to England at the age of one. In addition, I find out that Bend it Like Beckham was not one of her first films. Instead, it turns out that that was the most successful ones and that she has done quite a few films before that with her first one releasing in 1990 . These include Nice Arrangement, Acting Our Age and Bhaji on the Beach. Although, Bend it Like Beckham was the most successful, we find out that Chadha has a common theme in all of her films, the theme being cultural diversity. She tends to focus on the British Asian scene and incorporates this idea in many of her films, especially in Bend it Like Beckham. It turns out that the main character, Jasminder, was aimed to reflect Chadha and the difficulties she faced while being an Indian and growing up in England.

Finally, the website also provides links to more information and reviews of all the films she has directed.