Shobu Kapoor
Also Known As: Shoboo Kapoor
Biography: Shobu Kapoor (born 28 May 1961) is a British actress of Indian descent. She is most notable for playing the role of Gita Kapoor, the long-suffering wife of market trader Sanjay (Deepak Verma), in the BBC soap opera EastEnders from 1993 to 1998. After leaving EastEnders, Kapoor appeared in the 2002 film Bend It Like Beckham and the TV series The Bill (2004). She has also been in Chicken TikkaMasala (2005), Casualty (2005) and Doctors, where she appeared as five characters between 2000 and 2016.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
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Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj
Overview: Taj Mahal Badalandabad leaves Coolidge College behind for the halls of Camford University in England, where he looks to continue his education, and teach an uptight student how to make the most out of her academic career.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-12-01
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Mother Teresa & Me
Overview: Mother Teresa of Calcutta, one of the few canonized saints of our day, is discovered through the eyes of Kavita, a young Englishwoman abandoned by her boyfriend after she’s found to be pregnant. Kavita journeys to Calcutta to escape her pain and soon discovers that even holy people like Mother Teresa have to face life’s challenges and, in fact, struggle through years of spiritual crisis known as the “dark night of the soul”. Inspired by Teresa’s example of perseverance and compassionate love, Kavita rediscovers hope and purpose.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-09-05
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Chicken Tikka Masala
Overview: Jimi (Chris Bisson), the Chopra family's only son, gets caught off guard when his high-handed parents (Saeed Jaffrey and Jamila Massey) announce an arranged marriage to Simran (Jinder Mahal), a lovely girl from a respectable family. Problem is, Jimi's gay, so to hide his homosexuality, he spins an ever-more elaborate web of deceit -- but how long can he conceal the truth?
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-04-22
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Doctor Who: Dimensions in Time
Overview: All of the Doctor's incarnations are in crisis when The Rani creates a time-loop in the East-end of London in this 30th Anniversary Special.
Genres: Science Fiction Adventure TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-11-27
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Polite Society
Overview: Martial artist-in-training Ria Khan believes she must save her older sister Lena from her impending marriage. After enlisting the help of her friends, Ria attempts to pull off the most ambitious of all wedding heists in the name of independence and sisterhood.
Genres: Comedy Action Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-04-27
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Boogie Man
Overview: A British-Indian teenager struggles with his cultural heritage in modern-day London, falling for a white, 20-something actress/model during a 1970s-themed exhibition, and becoming obsessed with both her, the fashion and music of a seemingly more glamorous '70s era, all the while trying to keep his family's Indian traditionalism and the impending responsibilities of adulthood at bay.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-03-30
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Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Overview: A band of fearless chickens flock together to save poultry-kind from an unsettling new threat: a nearby farm that's cooking up something suspicious.
Genres: Family Animation Adventure Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-12-08
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Tall Dark and Handsome
Overview: Varun discovers his girlfriend has a history of dating Indian men and can't shake it off.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-01-27
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Mischief Night
Overview: Everyone has Halloween, but in Yorkshire, they have Mischief Night, where madness and mayhem rule. In the course of one night, the barriers that separate two families—one white, one Asian—come tumbling down in a blaze of crime, clubbing, love and fireworks—changing all their lives forever.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-11-03
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Gangsta Granny Strikes Again
Overview: We join Ben a year on as he is getting used to life without his beloved Gran. With the memory of their daring Crown Jewel heist still fresh in his mind, he is stunned to learn another spate of thefts are beginning to occur - with all the clues pointing to The Black Cat, better known to Ben as Granny!
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2022-12-16
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Filth and Wisdom
Overview: Filth & Wisdom is a poignant view of the lives of three not quite ordinary friends settled into meaningless jobs that barely keep them afloat while helping to finance their dreams of bigger and brighter futures. Their unique yet universal stories capture their struggles that are at turns funny and tragic but always brutally honest. Their intertwined lives explore the inevitable: a path paved with filth will often end in wisdom and one paved with wisdom will often end in filth.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-02-13
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The Infidel
Overview: Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-02-18
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Bend It Like Beckham
Overview: Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing for fun one day, her impressive skills are seen by Jules Paxton, who then convinces Jess to play for her semi-pro team. Jess uses elaborate excuses to hide her matches from her family while also dealing with her romantic feelings for her coach, Joe.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-04-11
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Banglatown Banquet
Overview: Middle-aged Muslim Bangladeshi women struggling for their freedom as they leave the familiarity of their Bangladeshi community and set out on a voyage of discovery.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2006-03-25
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Lady Parts
Overview: In this quick British comedy short, Amina is a young Muslim guitarist who recently stopped playing due to her nerves. In her pursuit of a man, she seeks the help of Lady Parts, an all-female Muslim punk trio in need of a lead guitarist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2018-12-21
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The Last Hurrah
Overview: Two elderly women on a medical ward set out on one final adventure; to swap beds and identities without any of the staff noticing.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
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Acts of Godfrey
Overview: At a two-day business conference, God (Simon Callow) decides to romantically pair Terry, a moral crusader, with his "win-at-all-cost" antithesis, Jacqui. However, fate, assisted by unique and corrupt characters, attempt to beset God's arrangements.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-01-27
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Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy
Overview: Based on the events surrounding the murder of British student Meredith Kercher. Hayden Panettiere (Heroes) and Marcia Gay Harden (Academy Award winner for Pollock) star in the Lifetime Original Movie Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy based on the international headline-grabbing story of the now infamous American exchange student accused by Italian authorities of brutally killing her roommate. Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy poses the question of whether Knox (Panettiere), the Seattle honors student accused of murdering her college roommate Meredith Kercher (Amanda Fernando Stevens) in 2007 with her boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito (Paolo Romio) and acquaintance Rudy Guede (Djirbi Kebe), actually committed the crime or was herself a victim.
Genres: Crime Drama TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-02-21
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The Dark Tower
Overview: Young Roland Deschain investigates a treacherous plot in the town of Mejis, far from his hometown of Gilead. Here he finds love and learns of his true destiny.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2020-03-11
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