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"Let me tell you, it's not easy writing a Disney princess movie," said Gurinder Chadha about her new original music feature about a dynamic princess from Indian history that is in the works with Disney. "It's a very hard thing to do because there are certain rules you have to follow and you also…

Gurinder Chadha revealed in an In-Conversation at Saudi Arabia's Red Sea International Film Festival on Saturday, that she had been approached about collaborating on a local version of her hit 2002 hit Bend It Like Beckham during her trip to the festival. "Are there any Saudi scriptwriters here?" she…

EXCLUSIVE: We understand that Disney has commissioned an original musical feature from Bend It Like Beckham filmmaker Gurinder Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges, inspired by a dynamic princess from Indian history. Both will write the pic, and Chadha also will direct and produce. The plot remains under…

Oliver Stone will preside over the main competition jury for the second edition of Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea International Film Festival, honoring a promise to attend in that role dating back to 2020. Related Story Red Sea International Film Festival 2022: Best Of The Red Carpet Gallery…

UK animation studio Aardman (Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit) is teaming up with filmmaker Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham) on a Bollywood-inspired feature. The musical will tell the story of Bodhi, a young Indian elephant from the jungles of Kerala with an impossible dream – to be a Bollywood…

The South Asian Talent Incubator 1497 has unveiled its mentees for its inaugural writers lab focused on South Asian screenwriters. 1497 chiseled down 382 submissions to 11 finalists before working with a selection committee of 11 established writers and producers to choose the mentees for the organization’s first-ever…

EXCLUSIVE: The South Asian talent incubator, 1497 has selected 11 finalists out of 382 submissions for its inaugural Writers Lab. The next step will be narrowing it down to three mentees who will participate in the Lab's program. Under the virtual mentor program, the trio of mentees will work with Sundance filmmaker…

EXCLUSIVE: Applause Entertainment, the Mumbai-based content studio which is behind The Office Indian remake and is rapidly emerging as a leading producer in the territory, has partnered with Gurinder Chadha's Bend It Film & TV and Sunder Aaron’s Locomotive Global on its first international series. Seeker is being…

When Blinded By the Light first premiered at Sundance, it immediately became a buzzy crowd-pleaser that was picked up by New Line. That was in January. As we near the end of summer, the musical dramedy has maintained its buzz like the longevity and energy of a Bruce Springsteen song. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend I…

Bruce Springsteen’s global impact on the mid-1980s gets its close-up in Blinded by the Light, a hybrid musical-comedy about a Pakistani teen in England whose life is upended by the Boss’ words and music. All it takes is a couple of cassettes. Check out the trailer above. Directed by Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckha…

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix will adapt Nidhi Chanani's bestselling graphic novel Pashmina into an original CG-animated musical. Netflix has teamed with Gurinder Chadha — the Bend It Like Beckham helmer whose Bruce Springsteen-infused coming of age film Blinded By the Light was a Sundance sensation with a $15 million New Line…

PBS has picked up its latest British drama – Gurinder Chadha's Beecham House. The India-set series was produced by Bend IT TV for ITV and will now air on the PBS Masterpiece block in the U.S. The six-part series takes place on the cusp of 19th century in Delhi, following the fortunes of the residents of the titular…