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User Rating:
6.6/10   527 votes
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Director:
Gurinder Chadha
Writers:
Gurinder Chadha (story)
Meera Syal (story)
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Release Date:
May 1994 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Drama more
Tagline:
A day to set yourself free!
Plot:
A group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their home in Birmingham, England to the beach resort of Blackpool... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Gurinder Goes to Goa
 (From Bollyspice. 27 November 2009, 10:20 AM, PST)
Gurinder Chadha's next with Indian Film-Studio 18
 (From BollywoodHungama. 2 March 2009, 12:05 AM, PST)
User Comments:
Surprisingly good "Slice of Life". more (9 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Kim Vithana ... Ginder
Jimmi Harkishin ... Ranjit
Sarita Khajuria ... Hashida

Akbar Kurtha ... Manjit
Mo Sesay ... Oliver
Lalita Ahmed ... Asha
Shaheen Khan ... Simi
Zohra Sehgal ... Pushpa
Amer Chadha-Patel ... Amrik

Nisha Nayar ... Ladhu
Renu Kochar ... Madhu
Surendra Kochar ... Bina
Souad Faress ... Rekha
Tanveer Ghani ... Balbir
Peter Cellier ... Ambrose Waddington
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and a scene of domestic abuse.
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Runtime:
101 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English | Hindi | Punjabi
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
Australia:M | France:U | UK:15 | USA:R
Filming Locations:
Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK
Company:
Channel Four Films more

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Featured in Goodness Ungracious Me! (2002) (TV) more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Surprisingly good "Slice of Life"., 23 January 1999
8/10
Author: Facade from West Midlands, England

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 main cast are members of the "Saheli Women's Group" on a day trip to Blackpool. There is Ginder, a battered wife who has left her husband, a young girl who is pregnant by her black boyfriend, two old women stuck in the past, a vampish "mutton dressed as lamb", and two teenagers chasing boys.

There are some nasty reminders of the prejudice in our society, such as an encounter with louts in a Service Station. There are also some amusing scenes, the teenagers ridiculing their elders for example, yet the mood swings very quickly one way and another, as they are pursued by Ginder's husband and brothers, picnic on the beach, make friends with the locals, and visit a nightclub.

The film's main weakness is the number of issues that it tries to address, it's strength the "ordinariness" of the actors, who could each fill their roles in real life.

On a scale 0-10 7. Expect to be drawn in rather than entertained.

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