Leena Dhingra
Biography: Leena Dhingra is a British Asian writer, actress and teacher.
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Provoked: A True Story
2007-04-06
Provoked: A True Story
Overview: Provoked is the true story of Kiranjit Ahluwalia, a Punjabi woman who moved to London after her marriage with Deepak Ahluwalia. Her husband seemed caring at first but then began to beat her up. He started drinking a lot and sleeping around with other women. he also subjected her to spousal rape. After ten years and having two children with him, out of fear, she sets him on fire.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-04-06
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The Legacy of Malthus
1994-01-01
The Legacy of Malthus
Overview: Discusses Malthus's theories of population and the causes of poverty. As film contrasts the 19th century poor in Scotland with today's poor in India, it takes on the international population "establishment", challenging the entrenched view that overpopulation alone is responsible for poverty and environmental destruction.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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Ealing Comedy
2008-03-21
Ealing Comedy
Overview: Alfie Singh, accountant turned film producer, has a great idea for a film. It's called Ealing Comedy and it's about an accountant turned film producer called Alfie Singh. Alfie will play himself and his real son, Paul, will play his son in the film. Turned down by all the financiers, Alfie vows to make the film himself. His life with his wife and teenage son and his struggles to finance and make films in the UK are all woven together in a series of mad-cap events, resulting in a very British film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-03-21
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Mad Sad & Bad
2009-07-31
Mad Sad & Bad
Overview: HARDEEP, RASHMI and ATUL are brothers and sisters. Which means they can say anything they like to each other, no matter how honest. Mad, Sad and Bad is a 90-minute comedy about mixed race relationships set in Luton. It's about mid-thirties siblings and friends whose personal lives are continuously messed up by their own selfish needs. Mad, Sad and Bad explores our contemporary metropolitan neuroses through the intersecting lives of these siblings and their friends. The narrative slips from one character to the next as they escape and attack each other. all reluctant members of the same dysfunctional family. Written by Ed Barratt
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-07-31
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East Is East
1999-05-14
East Is East
Overview: In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1999-05-14
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Destiny Desire Devotion
1994-01-01
Destiny Desire Devotion
Overview: This film adopts a mother’s perspective in examining her relationship with her gay son. The family members can be seen to represent the internal codes and regulative practices of a close-knit Asian community.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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