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6.6/10   533 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Gurinder Chadha (story)
Meera Syal (story)
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Release Date:
May 1994 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A day to set yourself free!
Plot:
A group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their home in Birmingham, England to the beach resort of Blackpool... more | add synopsis
Awards:
3 wins & 2 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Trailer: It’s A Wonderful Afterlife
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Impressed me- a definite 10/10!!! more (9 total)

Cast

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Kim Vithana ... Ginder
Jimmi Harkishin ... Ranjit
Sarita Khajuria ... Hashida

Akbar Kurtha ... Manjit
Mo Sesay ... Oliver
Lalita Ahmed ... Asha
Shaheen Khan ... Simi
Zohra Sehgal ... Pushpa
Amer Chadha-Patel ... Amrik

Nisha Nayar ... Ladhu
Renu Kochar ... Madhu
Surendra Kochar ... Bina
Souad Faress ... Rekha
Tanveer Ghani ... Balbir
Peter Cellier ... Ambrose Waddington
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and a scene of domestic abuse.
Runtime:
101 min
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Featured in Goodness Ungracious Me! (2002) (TV) more

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4 out of 9 people found the following review useful.
Impressed me- a definite 10/10!!!, 24 April 2004
Author: smackajacka from South-East Lonnnndoooonnnn!!

I wasn't a fan of Chadha's more recent movie Bend it like beckham, which I cant stress enough just does not at all match up to the quality of this film. Old certainly IS gold, as Bhaji On The Beach clearly demonstrates, focusing on the variety of problems faced by the many characters involved and not just one leading character's problems. This is certainly what makes the movie interesting at all times. Everyone has their own issues in which to deal with and not a single uninteresting second goes by. Theres always something that holds your attention, makes you laugh or sympathise with the character(s) concerned. The combination of the excellent, upbeat dance-orientated music (which was dominant at the time in contrast to today's rubbish), colourful scenes of Blackpool pleasure beach, humour and grim reality makes this a film definitely worth watching. I urge any one interested in this genre of movies to watch this. A fantastic film that whole-heartedly deserves 10/10. It's a shame they don't makes movies like this anymore.

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