Gurinder Chadha

DirectorWriterProducerActorCinematographer Jan 10 (age 66) Nairobi, Kenya 1990–2025 (35 year career)

5.8 avg rating

Biography

Gurinder Kaur Chadha (born January 10, 1960), is a Kenyan-born British film director. She was brought up in Southall, West London in a Punjabi Sikh family. Most of her films explore the lives of South Asians living in the United Kingdom. She is best known for the hit films Bhaji on the Beach (1993), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004) and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008).

Known For

Film

Bend It Like Beckham

Woman in Park/Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Film

Paris Je T'aime

Director

Film

Blinded by the Light

Director

Film

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Director

Film

Bride & Prejudice

Director

Film

Viceroy's House

Director

Film

The Mistress of Spices

Writer

Film

Beecham House

Director

Filmography

Acting (15)

Movies (9)

First Do No Pharm

2024

as Self

Queen Victoria and the British Maharajah

2022

as Self - Presenter

2 Tone: The Sound of Coventry

2021

7.8

I Hate Jane Austen

2017

as Self

India's Partition: The Forgotten Story

as Herself

Two Tone Britain

as Herself

Bend It Like Beckham

as Woman in Park/Wedding Guest (uncredited)

The Stupids

as Reporter #1

Cinefile: Reel Women

as Self

Television (6)

Reel Britannia

as Self

Homemade

The Drama Company

as Self

Great British Menu

as Self - Guest Judge

6.5

Who Do You Think You Are?

as Self

Koffee with Karan

as Self

Crew (54)

Movies (49)

Christmas Karma

Director

Christmas Karma

Lyricist

Christmas Karma

Producer

Christmas Karma

Writer

Blinded by the Light

Director

Blinded by the Light

Producer

Blinded by the Light

Writer

Viceroy's House

Director

Viceroy's House

Producer

Viceroy's House

Writer

India's Partition: The Forgotten Story

2017

Director

5.5

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

Director

4.8

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

Producer

4.8

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

Screenplay

4.8

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

2008

Director

6.5

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

2008

Producer

6.5

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging

Screenplay

Paris Je T'aime

Director

Paris Je T'aime

Writer

Quais de Seine

Director

Quais de Seine

Writer

The Mistress of Spices

Writer

Bride & Prejudice

Director

Bride & Prejudice

Producer

Bride & Prejudice

Screenplay

Bend It Like Beckham

Director

Bend It Like Beckham

Producer

Bend It Like Beckham

Writer

What's Cooking?

Associate Producer

What's Cooking?

Director

What's Cooking?

Writer

Rich Deceiver

Director

What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?

1994

Director

What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny?

1994

Producer

A Nice Arrangement

Director

A Nice Arrangement

Screenplay

A Nice Arrangement

Story

Bhaji on the Beach

Director

Bhaji on the Beach

Writer

Acting Our Age

Director

I'm British But...

Director

I'm British But...

Writer

Pashmina

Director

Untitled Bend It Like Beckham Sequel

Director

Untitled Bend It Like Beckham Sequel

Writer

London, I Love You

Director

London, I Love You

Writer

Untitled Aardman Animated Musical

Director

Untitled Aardman Animated Musical

Screenplay

Television (5)

Homemade

2020

Director

5.5

Homemade

2020

Director of Photography

Homemade

Writer

Beecham House

Director

Beecham House

Writer