Choice Brits - Script Factory

BOLLYWOOD QUEEN (cert PG)

"Geena and Jay are star-crossed young lovers from opposite sides of the East London racial divide. Geena is second generation British Asian, born of a Gujurati family. Jay is small town, white and working class.
 
Fresh from leaving school in the West Country, 18 year old Jay joins his elder brother Darren in London, working alongside him in the East End clothing business. In between humping garments from sweat shop to market place, Jay sets his dreams to music on his guitar.
 
Geena is also through with school, and starts her business studies course in the autumn. Meanwhile she must earn her keep in the family firm, which imports material and sarees from India. Chafing against an over-protective home life and its strict ideas about a woman's place, Geena escapes as she always has; into Bollywood-tinged fantasies.
 
When Geena has her fortune told by a jyotish astrologer, she is shocked to be told she's in love. Surely not with the ambitious computer wizz, Dillip, whose BMW she sometimes shares? Or one of the clammy-handed conformists paraded by her parents at innumerable family functions as possible suitors? Then she bumps into Jay, and Cupid's dart pierces both their hearts. Once they have shared the first secretive 'karma-kiss', their worlds become inextricably tangled.
 
But true love never runs smoothly. Geena's brothers have ambitions for the family business, and are moving into the lucrative but illegal world of 'moodies' - fake designer garments. What's more, their skill and competitive pricing are putting their rivals out of business, most especially the firm of East End wide boys for whom Darren and Jay are working."
 
(Synopsis from www.britfilms.com)
 

Directed by
Jeremy Wooding
 
Writing credits
Neil Spencer
Jeremy Wooding
 
Produced by
Tony Arman-Jones - Line producer
Adam Betteridge - Associate producer
Michael Cowan - Producer
Simon Franks - Executive producer
Jessica Gold - Associate producer
Cerise Hallam - Associate producer
Gary Hamilton - Executive producer
Zygi Kamasa - Executive producer
Pete Maggi - Executive producer
Alex Marshall - Executive producer
Jason Piette - Producer
David Rogers - Executive producer
Ash R. Shah - Executive producer
Michelle Turner - Producer
Clive Waldron - Associate producer
Jeremy Wooding - Producer
 
Original Music by
Steve Beresford
 
Cinematography by
Jonathan Smith
Jono Smith
 
Film Editing by
Ben Yeates
 
Production Design by
Jeff Sherrif
 
Art Direction by
Oliver Roberts
 
Costume Design by
Helen Woolfenden
 
Sound Department
Chris Burdon Sound re-recording mixer
Colin Cooper Adr recordist
Peter Gleaves Adr mixer
Tony Parkinson Sound
 
Special Effects by
Scott Peters Special effects technician
Bob Smoke Special effects supervisor
 
Visual Effects by
Hal Couzens Visual effects supervisor
Adam Glasman Colourist
Pete Hanson Studio manager: Double Negative
John Moffatt Digital compositor
 
Production Companies
 
* Arclight Films
* Dream Fish Productions
* Enterprise Films
* Great British Films
* Spice Factory Ltd.
* Stretch Limo Productions
 
Cast:
Preeya Kalidas - Geena
James McAvoy - Jay
Ciarán McMenamin - Dean
Kat Bhathena - Anjali
Ray Panthaki - Anil
Ian McShane - Frank
Amerjit Deu - Sanjay
Karen Shenaz David - Neeta
Matt Bardock
Andy Beckwith - Johnny
Saraj Chaudhry - Tariq
 

89 minutes
UK 2003
 
Certificate PG
 
Bollywood Queen was released in the UK by Redbus / Helkon SK