Bhaji on the Beach

When I was a film student in London I was the only Scot in class which led to the inevitable question " Do you set your screenplays in Scotland Theo ? " I replied I didn't because setting a story... Full review

A thoughtful movie that is sure to make one think about the cultural and ideological differences across the generations. Worth viewing it atleast once....... Full review

What a well done example of life for Indian women. Seriously, what better example of displaying the different lives and attitudes of the old, present and future cultures than by putting them in a bus and having them conflict? 'Bhaji... Full review

I wasn't a fan of Chadha's more recent movie Bend it like beckham, which I cant stress enough just does not at all match up to the quality of this film. Old certainly IS gold, as Bhaji On The Beach... Full review

watching bhaji on the beach is a charming experience. gurinder chadha's debut movie is a wonderful display of her obvious talents in presenting a pleasant picture of the indian diaspora without sugar-coating it. conflicts related to gender, generation and race... Full review

A surprisingly charming little film about a multi-generational group of ethnic Indian women in England going for a day trip to the seaside. The movie dabbles in a number of issues, problems some of the women have, and problems they... Full review

Gurinder Chadha, in the setting of England and with people of Indian background, has made an excellent movie about racism, sexism and the difference in viewpoints among generations. It is applicable to all people. Using the device of a group... Full review

I found this film thoroughly watchable, and compulsive viewing. I think this was mainly because of the believable main characters, a group of Asian women.The film itself is a compendium of stories, each person having their own set of problems.The... Full review

On the whole, Bhaji on the Beach is a moderately funny getting-to-know-each-other movie which covers a wide range of topics. This is very much a face saving measure but it could so easily turn into something unpleasant. ... Full Review

The Indian Film Company (TIFC) and Bend It Films have entered into a strategic partnership to produce Gurinder Chadha's next feature, It's A Wonderful Afterlife . ... Full Article

Mar 12, 2003 | Oh, those slap-happy foreign cultures and their problems assimilating into modern contemporary society! Movies about culture clashes, particularly conflicts involving love and marriage, are perennial favorites, and it's not hard to see why: Aside from the... ... Full Article

A distasteful, rather unpleasant account, filled with jarring bad language, of an Asian women's club's day trip to Blackpool. The middle-aged dreamer becomes involved with a concert-party Lothario; the runaway wife is tracked down by her husband and his violent... ... Full Article

An assembly of Indian women, both immigrants and their British-born brethren, travel to the English seaside in this comic drama. The plot focuses on a trio of young women caught between tradition and independence: Ginder (Kim Vithana), who risks the... ... Full Article

'Bhaji on the Beach' is the story of the members of the Saheli Women's Group, a centre for British Asian women, who set out from their Birmingham homes in a minibus for a day trip to Blackpool Beach to enjoy... ... Full Article

U.S. Release Date: First Look Pictures Bhaji is an Indian snack food whose identity has been "Westernized" in the British Isles. Director Gurinder Chadha has chosen bhaji as a metaphor for the lives of the women in this, her first... ... Full Article