The film list

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A list of films portraying British South Asian diaspora narratives and/or featuring British South Asian protagonists in fictional and biographical feature films. The earliest example of this can be seen in A Private Enterprise (1974) which is regarded as the first feature to spotlight British South Asian immigrant life. Most links direct to IMDb or similar.

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A

• Accused (Dir. Philip Barantini, 2023)

• Ae Fond Kiss (Dir. Ken Loach, 2004)

• After Love (Dir. Aleem Khan, 2020)

• Ali And Ava (Dir. Clio Barnard, 2021)

• All In Good Time (Dir. Nigel Cole, 2011)

• Allelujah (Dir. Richard Eyre, 2022)

• Amar, Akbar And Tony (Dir. Atul Malhotra, 2015)

• Autobiography Of A Princess (Dir. James Ivory, 1975)

• Anita And Me (Dir. Metin Hüseyin, 2002)

• Arifa (Dir. Sadia Saeed, 2019)

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B

• Bend It Like Beckham (Dir. Gurinder Chadha, 2002)

• Bhaji On The Beach (Dir. Gurinder Chadha, 1993)

• Blinded By The Light (Dir. Gurinder Chadha, 2019)

• The Blue Tower (Dir. Smita Bhide, 2008)

• Bollywood Queen (Dir. Jeremy Wooding, 2002)

• Boogie Man (Dir. Andrew Morahan, 2018)

• Brick Lane (Dir. Sarah Gavron, 2007)

• Bride And Prejudice (Dir. Gurinder Chadha, 2004)

• Brothers In Trouble (Dir. Udayan Prasad, 1995)

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C

• Cash And Curry (Dir. Sarjit Bains, 2008)

• Catch Me Daddy (Dir. Daniel Wolfe, 2014)

• Chicken Tikka Masala (Dir. Harmage Singh Kalirai, 2005)

• City Of Tiny Lights (Dir. Pete Travis, 2016)

• Compulsion (Dir. Sarah Harding, 2008)

• Convenience (Dir. Keri Collins, 2013)

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D

• A Distant Mirage (Dir. Harbhajan Virdi, 2008)

• Don’t Stop Dreaming (Dir. Aditya Raj Kapoor, 2007)

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E

• East Is East (Dir. Damien O’Donnell, 1999)

• Eaten By Lions (Dir. Jason Wingard, 2018)

• The Effects Of Lying (Dir. Isher Sahota, 2023)

• Everywhere And Nowhere (Dir. Menhaj Huda, 2011)

 

F

• Finding Fatimah (Dir. Oz Arshad, 2017)​

• Four Lions (Dir. Chris Morris, 2010)

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G

• Gangs Of Tooting Broadway (Dir. Devanand Shanmugam, 2013)

• The Green Knight (Dir. David Lowery, 2021)

• Guru In Seven (Dir. Shani Grewal, 1998)

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H

• Halal Daddy (Dir. Conor McDermottroe, 2017)

• Honeycomb Lodge (Dir. Lesley Manning, 2014)

• Honour (Dir. Shan Khan, 2014)

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I

• I.D. 2: Shadwell Army (Dir. Joel Novoa, 2016)

• Ill Manors (Dir. Plan B, 2012)

• The Infidel (Dir. Josh Appignanesi, 2010)

• It’s A Wonderful Afterlife (Dir. Gurinder Chadha, 2010)

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J

• Jadoo (Dir. Amit Gupta, 2013)

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L

• Life Goes On (Dir. Sangeeta Datta, 2009)

• Little English (Dir. Pravesh Kumar, 2022)

• Love + Hate (Dir. Dominic Savage, 2005)

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M

• Mad, Sad And Bad (Dir. Avie Luthra, 2009)

• Madame Sousatzka (Dir. John Schlesinger, 1988)

• Majdhar (Dir. Ahmed Alauddin Jamal, 1984)

• The Man Who Knew Infinity (Dir. Matt Brown, 2015)

• Mischief Night (Dir. Penny Woolcock, 2006)

• Mogul Mowgli (Dir. Bassam Tariq, 2020)

• My Beautiful Laundrette (Dir. Stephen Frears, 1985)

• My Son The Fanatic (Dir. Udayan Prasad, 1997)

 

N

• Nina's Heavenly Delights (Dir. Pratibha Parmar, 2006)

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O

• One Crazy Thing (Dir. Amit Gupta, 2016)

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P

• People Just Do Nothing: Big In Japan (Dir. Jack Clough, 2021)

• The Personal History Of David Copperfield (Dir. Armando Iannucci, 2019)

• Polite Society (Dir. Nida Manzoor, 2023)

• A Private Enterprise (Dir. Peter Smith, 1974)

• Provoked (Dir. Jag Mundhra, 2006)

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R

• RU-486: The Last Option (Dir. Irene Maffei, 2011)

• Rita, Sue And Bob Too (Dir. Alan Clarke, 1987)

• The Ritual (Dir. David Bruckner, 2017)

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S

• Sammy And Rosie Get Laid (Dir. Stephen Frears, 1987)

• Second Generation (Dir. Jon Sen, 2003)

• Shifty (Dir. Eran Creevy, 2008)

• Shongram (Dir. Munsur Ali, 2014)

• Stranger Things (Dir. Eleanor Burke and Ron Eyal, 2010)

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T

• Those Four Walls (Dir. Ameet Chana, 2017)

• Touch Of Pink (Dir. Ian Iqbal Rashid, 2004)

• Triads, Yardies And Onion Bhajees (Dir. Sarjit Bains, 2003)

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V

• Victoria And Abdul (Dir. Stephen Frears, 2017)

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W

• The Wedding Guest (Dir. Michael Winterbottom, 2018)

• West Is West (Dir. Andy De Emmony, 2010)

• What’s Love Got To Do With It? (Dir. Shekhar Kapur, 2022)

• Wild West (Dir. David Attwood, 1992)

 

Y

• Yasmin (Dir. Kenneth Glenaan, 2004)

• Yesterday (Dir. Danny Boyle, 2019)