The film list

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Films portraying British South Asian 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. This is an ongoing project and we encourage engagement and community, if you have any recommendations please submit them via Contribute. "WATCH ONLINE" links direct to free or rent titles on the BFI Player or similar.

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A

• Ae Fond Kiss (Dir. Ken Loach, 2004)

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

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

• 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) - WATCH ONLINE

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

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

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

• Bollywood Queen (Dir. Jeremy Wooding, 2002)

• Brick Lane (Dir. Sarah Gavron, 2007)

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

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

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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) - WATCH ONLINE

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

• 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

• 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) - WATCH ONLINE

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

• Mischief Night (Dir. Penny Woolcock, 2006)

• Mogul Mowgli (Dir. Bassam Tariq, 2020) - WATCH ONLINE

• 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

• Provoked (Dir. Jag Mundhra, 2006)

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

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

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R

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

• 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

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

• Wild West (Dir. David Attwood, 1992) - WATCH NOW

 

Y

• Yasmin (Dir. Kenneth Glenaan, 2004)

• Yesterday (Dir. Danny Boyle, 2019)