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Gurinder Chadha Quotes

Viceroy’ is the first British film about the Raj and the transfer of power from Britain to India made by a British Indian director. It is a British film made from an Indian perspective Picture Quote #1

I love ‘I’m British But...’ It’s such a sweet, innocent, open-hearted film, and it has the sort of openness that I still aspire to with everything I do. It wears its heart, head, everything on its sleeve Picture Quote #1

If you want to be a director, work with writers and find different ways of telling stories with film, then do a course. This way you can consolidate what you’ve learnt and use the course to go further Picture Quote #1

I went to L.A., and I was on two different studio movies at Fox and Sony, but they were never made in the end. When the second one wasn’t happening, I ended up doing an episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ for the BBC, and went on a roots trip from England to Kenya, India, and pre-partition India in Pakistan, where my family originally came from Picture Quote #1

I use humour a lot because humour is a great equaliser. Everyone laughs at the same things if you set them up properly, and that makes everybody equal. At the end of the day, I see my job as being there to entertain as well as inform and provoke Picture Quote #1

All my films are about kind of being seen to be one thing when you’re actually something else, and the power of the female spirit to make things work your way on your terms. Which is what I do Picture Quote #1

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Third-generation Indians love maintaining their cultural traditions, but they can also go down the pub, shop till they drop, do whatever anyone else does Picture Quote #1

I knew from an early age that people didn’t see the different sides of me. I formulated a kind of bi-cultural identity quite early, and I was always very comfortable with it, but I knew people didn’t quite see that Picture Quote #1

One of the things I want to do with ‘Desi Rascals’ is go a bit deeper into the characters and their family lives and have a bit more heart and a bit more inter-generational story-telling, so it’s not all about young people Picture Quote #1

For British cinema to survive, you really need a British film culture, and it’s got to start down there, with young kids watching films in the cinema - so they can be transported to a different world Picture Quote #1

As I grew up, I always refused to cook Indian food very vehemently, and to this day, I don’t cook chapatis at home. I’d always say, ‘Why do I have to do it? Why don’t the men do it?’ Picture Quote #1

Up the Junction’ went on to inform my love of British social realism. It was the first film I saw of this ilk, a very stark, visceral reflection of England, an England I didn’t necessarily feel a part of but that I knew was out there. You could almost smell the bread and butter and cabbage Picture Quote #1

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It’s not simply that British films do well at the box office and generate revenue, it’s that they provide a window to the world of what Britain and its culture is about Picture Quote #1

My pregnancy was great, but the last three weeks were manic because my blood pressure was going up and up Picture Quote #1

I saw ‘Billy Elliot’ again, and what I loved about it was the way it had become a social document, a reminder of what happened with the mining communities in the 80s. And I thought, ‘Everyone keeps wanting me to make a sequel to ‘Beckham,’ but maybe a musical remake is the answer, embracing all this theatricality.’ Picture Quote #1

My films do have a big following among young girls, and I want to instill confidence in them, a sense of self-appreciation - to make them feel they can be spirited and say what they feel Picture Quote #1

Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, ‘Bend it Like Beckham,’ for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council Picture Quote #1

Australians have a fantastic sense of humour and incredible taste. I was there for ‘Bend It Like Beckham,’ and I had a great time. Aussies loved it, and I think ‘Bride and Prejudice’ is going to do well, too, because it’s all about having a good time Picture Quote #1

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What’s amazing about ‘Desi Rascals’ is that once you get over the all-Asian cast, what it seems to be mainly about is what everyone else is concerned about. Young people. Getting off with each other. Being embarrassed by your parents. Being hurt by romance. You’ll watch it because it is entertaining, because it is moving, not because it is Asian Picture Quote #1

I was a good Indian girl, but naughty in that I would often sneak out of the back door and into the garden and go off with my friends when I should have been at home cooking or cleaning Picture Quote #1

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Viceroy’ is the first British film about the Raj and the transfer of power from Britain to India made by a British Indian director. It is a British film made from an Indian perspective. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) I love ‘I’m British But...’ It’s such a sweet, innocent, open-hearted film, and it has the sort of openness that I still aspire to with everything I do. It wears its heart, head, everything on its sleeve. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) If you want to be a director, work with writers and find different ways of telling stories with film, then do a course. This way you can consolidate what you’ve learnt and use the course to go further. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) I went to L.A., and I was on two different studio movies at Fox and Sony, but they were never made in the end. When the second one wasn’t happening, I ended up doing an episode of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ for the BBC, and went on a roots trip from England to Kenya, India, and pre-partition India in Pakistan, where my family originally came from. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) I use humour a lot because humour is a great equaliser. Everyone laughs at the same things if you set them up properly, and that makes everybody equal. At the end of the day, I see my job as being there to entertain as well as inform and provoke. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) All my films are about kind of being seen to be one thing when you’re actually something else, and the power of the female spirit to make things work your way on your terms. Which is what I do. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) Third-generation Indians love maintaining their cultural traditions, but they can also go down the pub, shop till they drop, do whatever anyone else does. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) I knew from an early age that people didn’t see the different sides of me. I formulated a kind of bi-cultural identity quite early, and I was always very comfortable with it, but I knew people didn’t quite see that. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) One of the things I want to do with ‘Desi Rascals’ is go a bit deeper into the characters and their family lives and have a bit more heart and a bit more inter-generational story-telling, so it’s not all about young people. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) For British cinema to survive, you really need a British film culture, and it’s got to start down there, with young kids watching films in the cinema - so they can be transported to a different world. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) As I grew up, I always refused to cook Indian food very vehemently, and to this day, I don’t cook chapatis at home. I’d always say, ‘Why do I have to do it? Why don’t the men do it?’ (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) Up the Junction’ went on to inform my love of British social realism. It was the first film I saw of this ilk, a very stark, visceral reflection of England, an England I didn’t necessarily feel a part of but that I knew was out there. You could almost smell the bread and butter and cabbage. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) It’s not simply that British films do well at the box office and generate revenue, it’s that they provide a window to the world of what Britain and its culture is about. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) My pregnancy was great, but the last three weeks were manic because my blood pressure was going up and up. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) I saw ‘Billy Elliot’ again, and what I loved about it was the way it had become a social document, a reminder of what happened with the mining communities in the 80s. And I thought, ‘Everyone keeps wanting me to make a sequel to ‘Beckham,’ but maybe a musical remake is the answer, embracing all this theatricality.’ (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) My films do have a big following among young girls, and I want to instill confidence in them, a sense of self-appreciation - to make them feel they can be spirited and say what they feel. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) Our films have the ability to tell global audiences who we are, and this is something the government should feel compelled to protect. My film, ‘Bend it Like Beckham,’ for example, would not have been made without the backing and support of the U.K. Film Council. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) Australians have a fantastic sense of humour and incredible taste. I was there for ‘Bend It Like Beckham,’ and I had a great time. Aussies loved it, and I think ‘Bride and Prejudice’ is going to do well, too, because it’s all about having a good time. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) What’s amazing about ‘Desi Rascals’ is that once you get over the all-Asian cast, what it seems to be mainly about is what everyone else is concerned about. Young people. Getting off with each other. Being embarrassed by your parents. Being hurt by romance. You’ll watch it because it is entertaining, because it is moving, not because it is Asian. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes) I was a good Indian girl, but naughty in that I would often sneak out of the back door and into the garden and go off with my friends when I should have been at home cooking or cleaning. (Gurinder Chadha Quotes)