Meera Syal
Biography: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Meera Syal MBE (born Feeroza Syal on 27 June 1961) is a British comedienne, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and became one of the UK's best-known Indian personalities portraying Sanjeev's grandmother, Ummi, in The Kumars at No. 42. She was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List of 1997 and in 2003 was listed in The Observer as one of the fifty funniest acts in British comedy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Meera Syal, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Birthday: June 27, 1961
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Scoop
2006-07-27
Scoop
Overview: An American journalism student in London scoops a big story, and begins an affair with an aristocrat as the incident unfurls.
Genres: Comedy Mystery
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-07-27
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Beautiful Thing
1996-06-21
Beautiful Thing
Overview: Set during a long, hot summer on the Thamesmead Estate in Southeast London, three teenagers edge towards adulthood.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-06-21
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Girls' Night
1998-06-26
Girls' Night
Overview: Two British best friends and in-laws Dawn and Jackie work together at a factory. When Dawn is diagnosed with a brain tumor Jackie shares $100,000 she's got from her secret lover with Dawn to fulfil her dream - a visit to Las Vegas. They buy two tickets and fly there...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-06-26
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Desert Flower
2009-09-24
Desert Flower
Overview: The autobiography of a Somalian nomad who was sold in marriage at 13, fled from Africa a while later to become finally an American supermodel and is now at the age of 38, the UN spokeswoman against female genital mutilation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2009-09-24
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Spin
2021-09-18
Spin
Overview: Rhea lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family. After her mother’s death, she has been her father’s emotional rock, and her life revolves around her family’s restaurant, her eclectic group of friends, and her after-school coding club. Everything changes when she falls for aspiring DJ Max and a long lost passion for music is reignited. Rhea discovers that she has a natural gift for creating beats and producing music that blends her Indian heritage, but must find the courage to follow her true inner talent.
Genres: TV Movie Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-09-18
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The Almond and the Seahorse
2022-12-16
The Almond and the Seahorse
Overview: For Gwen, it's always 1999. The face in the mirror is unfamiliar and her partner isn't recognizable to her despite waking up together every day. Joe's past is coming undone and his partner, Sarah, fears she will be forgotten. A doctor refuses to give up on them, determined not to let them unravel.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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The Children's Party at the Palace
2006-06-25
The Children's Party at the Palace
Overview: To celebrate her 80th birthday, the Queen is holding a children's party in the grounds of Buckingham Palace. She has invited many classic characters from British children's literature. But when the baddies, led by Cruella de Vil, discover that they have not been invited, they steal the Queen's handbag containing her spectacles and the text of her speech; without it, the Queen will not be able to make a speech at the party. Can the goodies find the handbag in time?
Genres: Comedy Family Fantasy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-06-25
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A Night in with the Girls
1997-03-15
A Night in with the Girls
Overview: Traces the role of women in British television, from 1946 to 1997.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-15
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Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
2002-07-25
Bitches & Beauty Queens: The Making of Miss India
Overview: A British-made documentary about the highly competitive world of beauty pageants in India, culminating with the top prize: Miss India. Following the efforts of several of the contestants, as well as others involved in the behind-the-scenes work of getting everyone ready, the film examines what drives the women toward this particular goal.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-07-25
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Flavia de Luce
Flavia de Luce
Overview: The adventures of 11-year-old Flavia de Luce, who is both an amateur detective and a master poisoner. When she discovers a dead body in her family’s decaying British manor house and her father is accused of the murder, Flavia launches her own investigation to uncover family secrets and bring the true murderer to justice.
Genres: Family Adventure Mystery
Original Language: en
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All in Good Time
2012-05-11
All in Good Time
Overview: East Is East writer Ayub Khan-Din returns with another funny, tender-hearted portrait of family strife. Based on his popular play Rafta, Rafta (itself inspired by Bill Naughtons 1960s classic All in Good Time), the film is set in Bolton where Atul and Vina are celebrating their marriage. However, a honeymoon spent with his parents was not part of their plans. Thoughtless patriarch Eeshwar seems determined to emasculate and embarrass his son. As the weeks pass, consummating their union becomes an impossibility that threatens the couple's entire future. A breezy mixture of heartbreak and hilarity, All in Good Time also offers peerless performances from original stage stars Harish Patel and Meera Syal.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-05-11
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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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A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
2016-09-11
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Live at Shakespeare's Globe
Overview: A recording of the final night of Emma Rice's transgressive and flamboyant production of Shakespeare's comedy at the Globe in London. Four runaway lovers find themselves smack bang in the middle of a dispute between the King and Queen of the fairies, and, as if that wasn’t enough, a troupe of amateur actors are trying to rehearse a play. Between these unlikely groups flies Puck, armed only with a wicked sense of humour and a love potion capable of making anyone fall for the first person they set eyes upon. What could possibly go wrong?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-09-11
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Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
2015-11-06
Better Than the Original: The Joy of the Cover Version
Overview: Through ten carefully chosen cover versions that whisk us from the British Invasion to a noughties X Factor final, this film journeys over five decades to track how artists as varied as The Moody Blues, Soft Cell, Puff Daddy and Alexandra Burke have scored number 1s with their retake on someone else's song. Each of the ten classic cover versions has its own particular tale, tied not only into its musical and cultural context but also the personal testimony of the artists, producers and songwriters whose lives were changed in the process.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-11-06
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Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
2017-06-21
Brexit Shorts: Just a T-shirt
Overview: Priti, a British-born Indian woman in the West Midlands, reports a violent incident in the street.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-06-21
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The Canterville Ghost
2023-09-22
The Canterville Ghost
Overview: An American family moves in to the Canterville Chase, a London mansion that has been haunted by ghost Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.
Genres: Animation Comedy Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-09-22
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My Sister-Wife
1992-02-23
My Sister-Wife
Overview: Farah is an independent young British woman who manages to reconcile her modern lifestyle with her Pakistani heritage. As a Muslim in love with a married man, she can become his second wife - especially as his first marriage to Maryam seems to exist in name only. But with all three under one roof, Farah becomes increasingly insecure.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-23
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Forgive and Forget
2000-06-12
Forgive and Forget
Overview: David O'Neil, a plasterer and mature student Theo have been best mates for fourteen years and are practically inseparable. However, their friendship has become strained as Theo is about to move in with his long-term girlfriend, photographer Hannah. A raging jealousy awakes in David and he starts scheming to break up the loving couple using Hannah's insecurities against them. When the couple eventually separate David is in a quandary about his next move and is forced to confront his long-hidden homosexuality and feelings towards Theo. Eventually, David decides to reveal his sexual orientation and deep love for Theo very publicly by arranging for them both to appear as guests on Judith Adams' talk-show, "forgive and forget", with tragic consequences for their friendship and David's family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-06-12
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A Nice Arrangement
1994-06-11
A Nice Arrangement
Overview: Documents an Indian-English family's attempt to give their Briticized daughter a traditional Indian arranged marriage, with as much photography as possible.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-06-11
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It's Not Unusual
1995-01-01
It's Not Unusual
Overview: A taxi driver is driven to distraction by her love of Tom Jones.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1995-01-01
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Much Ado About Nothing
2012-06-01
Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: Iqbal Khan's vibrant and colourful production transposed Shakespeare's vivacious and sometimes unsettling comedy of love and deceit to an Indian setting.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-06-01
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The Boy in the Dress
2014-12-26
The Boy in the Dress
Overview: Dennis feels different - an ordinary boy in an ordinary house in an ordinary street, playing football with his mates and living with his dad and brother, but frustrated by the boring grey world he inhabits. Life has never really been the same since his mum left. However, transformation can happen in the most unexpected places. Aided by Lisa, the coolest girl in the school, Dennis creates a whole new persona and puts it to the ultimate test - but can a boy wear a dress, and what will the headmaster, his dad and his friends on the football team think if they find out?
Genres: Drama Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-12-26
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The Smeds and the Smoos
2023-02-24
The Smeds and the Smoos
Overview: In this animated intergalactic adventure, the red Smeds and the blue Smoos must learn to overcome their differences and work together to find young Janet and Bill – who eloped to escape their families’ long standing rivalries.
Genres: Animation Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-02-24
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The Homestay
2018-05-13
The Homestay
Overview: A sheltered Indian couple visits their son in the U.S. for the first time and bungles their apartment rental, ending up in close quarters with their hosts, a gay couple and their dogs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-05-13
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Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007-06-15
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
Overview: London, an overcrowded cafe, one table to share. Two strangers tell each other “how I met my fiancé” stories to kill time. Rikki met his fiance Anaida at the Ritz in Paris and Alvira met her prince charming Steve at Madame Tussauds
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hi
Release Date: 2007-06-15
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Handsworth Songs
1986-05-08
Handsworth Songs
Overview: The Black Audio Film Collective’s acclaimed essay film, 'Handsworth Songs', examines the 1985 race riots in Handsworth and London. Interweaving archival photographs, newsreel clips, and home movie footage, the film is both an exploration of documentary aesthetics and a broad meditation social and cultural oppression through Britain’s intertwined narratives of racism and economic decline.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1986-05-08
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Absolutely Anything
2015-02-13
Absolutely Anything
Overview: Eccentric aliens give a man the power to do anything he wants to determine if Earth is worth saving.
Genres: Comedy Science Fiction
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-02-13
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Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
2016-07-07
Branagh Theatre Live: Romeo and Juliet
Overview: Live theatre presentation of Shakespeare's classic play about two teenagers from warring families whose love affair ends in tragedy.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-07-07
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Alice Through the Looking Glass
2016-05-25
Alice Through the Looking Glass
Overview: Alice Kingsleigh returns to Underland and faces a new adventure in saving the Mad Hatter.
Genres: Adventure Family Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-05-25
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You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010-09-22
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
Overview: Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue what he thinks is happiness with a call girl. His wife, Helena, reeling from abandonment, decides to follow the advice of a psychic. Sally, the daughter of Alfie and Helena, is unhappy in her marriage and develops a crush on her boss, while her husband, Roy, falls for a woman engaged to be married.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-09-22
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National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
2015-01-01
National Theatre Live: Behind the Beautiful Forevers
Overview: India is surging with global ambition. But beyond the luxury hotels surrounding Mumbai airport lies a makeshift slum, full of people with plans of their own. Zehrunisa and her son Abdul aim to recycle enough rubbish to fund a proper house. Sunil, twelve and stunted, wants to eat until he’s as tall as Kalu the thief. Asha seeks to steal government anti-poverty funds to turn herself into a ‘first-class person’, while her daughter Manju intends to become the slum’s first female graduate. But their schemes are fragile; global recession threatens the garbage trade, and another slum-dweller is about to make an accusation that will destroy herself and shatter the neighbourhood.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-01-01
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Anita and Me
2002-11-22
Anita and Me
Overview: Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.
Genres: Comedy Drama Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-11-22
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Patrick
2018-06-29
Patrick
Overview: A woman's chaotic life becomes more complicated when she inherits her grandmother's dog.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-29
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Paddington 2
2017-11-09
Paddington 2
Overview: Paddington, now happily settled with the Browns, picks up a series of odd jobs to buy the perfect present for his Aunt Lucy, but it is stolen.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-11-09
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Dragon Rider
2020-10-13
Dragon Rider
Overview: An unlikely trio of heroes – a dragon, a boy and a forest brownie – embark on an epic adventure to find the “Rim of Heaven” - the mythological safe haven for all dragons.
Genres: Animation Family Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-10-13
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Crossing the Floor
1996-10-05
Crossing the Floor
Overview: Political satire closely mirroring real-life British politics of the time - a self-serving Conservative minister "crosses the floor" to join the opposition Labour Party, at a time when the Conservative Party has a majority in Parliament of just one seat. Sequel to A Very Open Prison.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-10-05
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To Provide All People
2018-06-28
To Provide All People
Overview: To mark the 70th anniversary of the birth of the NHS, acclaimed poet Owen Sheers takes us on a journey that weaves the extraordinary story of the birthing of Nye Bevan's vision of free healthcare for all people with personal stories of the NHS in British society today.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-06-28
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Nativity Rocks!
2018-11-23
Nativity Rocks!
Overview: The staff and students at St. Bernadette's Primary School audition for a coveted place in a spectacular rock musical competition.
Genres: Family Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-11-23
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Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
1987-10-30
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
Overview: Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
Genres: Drama Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1987-10-30
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Yesterday
2019-06-26
Yesterday
Overview: A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where the group was forgotten.
Genres: Comedy Fantasy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2019-06-26
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Memsahib Rita
1994-01-01
Memsahib Rita
Overview: Using a blend of magic realism and realist drama, Memsahib Rita looks at the physical and emotional violence of racism. Shanti is haunted by both the racist taunts of nationalist white youths and the memory of her white mother.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-01-01
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The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
2018-10-26
The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
Overview: When Clara’s mother leaves her a mysterious gift, she embarks on a journey to four secret realms—where she discovers her greatest strength could change the world.
Genres: Fantasy Adventure Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-10-26
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Doctor Strange
2016-10-25
Doctor Strange
Overview: After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.
Genres: Action Adventure Fantasy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-10-25
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Majdhar
1984-01-01
Majdhar
Overview: Cultural identity, women’s independence and the pressure to conform to British norms are the subjects of this bold and acute feature, which explores both British-Asian experience and the plight of recent immigrants. Rita Wolf (My Beautiful Laundrette), plays Majdhar, a Pakistani woman who transforms herself in London after her husband leaves her for another woman. While Majdhar feels her way towards confident self-determination, husband Afzal is torn between his heritage and his Western aspirations.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
2000-12-25
Aladdin: The ITV Pantomime
Overview: A televised pantomime of Aladdin with characters played by well-known celebrities.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-12-25
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O Mary This London
1994-03-30
O Mary This London
Overview: Three young Dubliners go to London in search of fun, fortune and, in the case of 17-year-old Mary Kelly, an abortion. Homeless and jobless, their adventures quickly turn sour.
Genres: Comedy Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-03-30
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Amar Akbar & Tony
2015-04-17
Amar Akbar & Tony
Overview: Amar, Akbar & Tony follows the lives and loves of three childhood friends through twists and turns as the characters face sudden and unforeseen changes to their idealistic and trouble-free young lives. With hilarious and sometimes tragic consequences, the brotherly bond shared by the trio is forced to come to terms with some unexpected challenges. Interracial marriage, near fatal accidents and stints in prison will test old friendships and family values. A coming of age comedy drama showing the absurdities of life can also be the most amusing.
Genres: Romance Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-04-17
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Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
2024-10-17
Absolutely Fabulous: Inside Out
Overview: A star-studded retrospective reunites the lead cast for the first time since 2016 to rampage down memory lane revealing how the show was made, pay tribute to much-missed castmember June Whitfield, and celebrate its ground-breaking influence on female comedy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-10-17
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