Gurinder Chadha

or the background,every family has problems.This actuality is made lucid through Gurinder Chadha’s scenes in the film What’s Cooking? In this film four diverse American families struggle with complications and conflicts that arise at the exposing and annual Thanksgiving dinner.Families experience difficult times accepting the decisions their family members choose in their lives, whether they directly reveal them or not.Chadha precisely incorporates the use of lies,secrets,and betrayal among families of different backgrounds to express the concept that no matter what heritage,every…

Amrita Bhandari English 1001 Scott Keels 10/12/ 2015 Bend It Like Beckham Gurinder Chadha, director, author, and producer of Bend It Like Beckham (2002), focuses on sports named soccer. In this popular movie, she also shows British and Indian culture and their lifestyles. According to Graham, the title refers to David Beckham, the star of the Manchester United soccer team, the husband of one of the Spice Girls, and his ability to bend the ball. The title is metaphorical and the main character of…

The traditional values and roots of a society hold it together and keep it in a cohesive unit. Many societies carry down traditions from generation to generation, so that a continuous lineage develops that hold the homogeneous characteristics of the society. However, for Jess Bhamra, a teenage Indian girl, she develops an interest for football that is contrary to the role that her family and community want her to become. In the film, ‘Bend it Like Beckham,’ directed by Gurinder Chadha, Jess is…

Gurinder Chadha directs the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham. Chadha presents culture through her cinematography to enhance the fact that Jess is caught between her passion for soccer and the traditionalism of her culture and the predicaments she faces trying to get her traditional Indian parents to accept her life long dream to become a professional soccer player. Jess, being trapped between her desire for soccer and the traditionalism of her Indian culture is shown through many techniques…

A very well know book, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, and a modern movie, Bride and Prejudice directed by Gurinder Chadha, have a very similar story to tell but even though they are similar they are different in the way they show and tell the story because one is from a very long time ago and the movie is similar to something that could happen today. What is going to be compared is one of the main characters known as Fitzwilliam Darcy in the novel and as William Darcy in the movie. The…

“The individual” informs the way one views others and the world. In the personal essay “us and Them” by David Sedaris “Here is the boy sitting on a bed, his mouth smeared with chocolate”(87). He doesn't want Tomkey kids to have any candy because they went to the boat house for halloween instead of Trick or Treating. Plus his mother was going to give them his candy that he worked so hard for it, in the end he stuffed his mouth with the candy and he ended up being allergic to it.…

Despite the different cultures that this world is consisted of, family has always been an important factor in a person’s life. The films, Bend it Like Beckham directed by Gurinder Chadha (2002), and Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry (2000), are a prime example showing that youngsters try to adapt to their society’s expectation and to their family’s also. In order to assert their ideas, both films use cultural setting and the relationship between siblings. Although the main characters…

Parents influence their children's perspective on others and the world by controlling and making decisions for them. In the movie “Bend Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha, Mr. Bhamra states “When i was a teenager in Nairobi, I was the best fast bowler in our school. Our team even won the East African Cup. But to play on any of the teams, and the bloody goras in their clubhouses made fun of my turban and sent me off packing!” This movie shows that her parents want her to be a proper woman to their…

Bend it Like Beckham is a film that focuses on the entangling life of Jess Bambara. Jess is a young indian girl that has a passion toward playing soccer while having to deal with her family’s expectations of being the perfect indian daughter. This creates clashing in Jess’s life causing it to be difficult to balance her family’s beliefs along with her own ambition. In Bend it Like Beckham, Gurinder Chadha uses Jess’s conflict between her desire to play soccer and her family’s cultural…

Throughout history film has had a powerful influence on messages portrayed by its directors and makers. Film effectively addresses the issues present within past and modern day society in order to change societies ways and make for a better future. Successful British – Indian Director Gurinder Chadha, created her romantic comedy in the year 2000 ‘What’s cooking? portrays a strong message about the importance of family, friendship, tradition, tolerance and acceptance. The film centres around 4…