 Bend It Like Beckham 2002  PG-13, 112 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Cast: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, Juliet Stevenson, Shaheen Khan, Ameet Chana, Pooja Shah, Paven Virk, Saraj Chaudhry, Preeya Kalidas, Trey Farley
Amidst a clash of cultures, young Jess (Parminder Nagra) dreams of becoming a soccer player. Jess meets Jules (Keira Knightley) who plays on a local soccer team, and Jules, who is impressed with Jess' athletic skills, encourages Jess to try out for professional soccer. Meanwhile, Jess' parents (Anupam Kher and Shaheen Khan) want her to go to law school and learn to cook traditional East Indian recipes. In the midst of confusion, Jess must decide whether to follow her dream of becoming a soccer player or to follow her parents' plan for her future.
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 Ella Enchanted 2004  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Tommy O'Haver
Cast: Anne Hathaway, Hugh Dancy, Cary Elwes, Minnie Driver, Vivica A. Fox, Joanna Lumley, Aidan McArdle, Patrick Bergin, Jimi Mistry, Eric Idle, Steve Coogan, Parminder Nagra
Fairy Godmother Lucinda (Vivica A. Fox) cast a spell on the infant Ella that gave her the gift of obedience. But now Ella (Anne Hathaway) is a young woman who finds the "gift" a problem when she is abused by her new, evil stepmother and step-sisters. So, Ella sets off on a journey to find Lucinda and get the spell removed. You guessed it, good things happen in the form of a handsome prince (Hugh Dancy) during Ella's search for Lucinda.
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Second Generation 2003  TV, 136 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jon Sen
Cast: Parminder Nagra, Om Puri, Christopher Simpson, Anupam Kher, Danny Dyer, Nitin Chandra Ganatra, Rita Wolf, Amita Dhiri, Roshan Seth, Lalita Ahmed, William Beck
This made-for-TV, two-part miniseries revolves around an Indian family's problems when the father, Sharma (Om Puri), collapses into a coma. Estranged daughter Heere (Parminder Nagra) returns to their London home and finds her two sisters (Amita Dhiri and Rita Wolf) ready to turn off their father's life support machine and take control of his business. Then, Sharma wakes up, and Heera tries to make peace, but there are many problems to overcome.
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| 1. Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
2. Ella Enchanted (2004)
3. Second Generation (2003)
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