Bhaji on the Beach

(1993)

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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

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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

The core event is a day trip, sponsored by an Indian women's center, from the working-class city of Birmingham to the resort town of Blackpool. ... Full Article

A simple sojourn at the seaside. A retreat from the cares of daily life. That's what this day trip for some "Asian Ladies" from Birmingham, England is supposed to be. ... Full Article

As the quietly charming British film "Bhaji on the Beach" begins, a busload of Asian Indian women set off from their community center in Birmingham for a day at the beach in Blackpool. ... 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