#Parminder Nagra

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Bend It Like Beckham (dir. Gurinder Chadha, 2002)

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As long as I can remember I've carried this irrational dread of making a mistake. It's with me all the time. And why on earth I decided to become a doctor where the cost of a mistake is so high.. It's insane.

Parminder Nagra as Neela Rasgotra on ER (1994-2009)

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Mr. and Mrs. Bhamra vs. David Beckham

Bend it Like Beckham, directed by Gurinder Chadha

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"I didn't ask to be good at football, Gura Nanak must have blessed me."

Bend It Like Beckham, 2002.

Dir. Gurinder Chadha | Writ. Paul Mayeda Berges, Guljit Bindra & Gurinder Chadha | DOP Jong Lin

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Bend It Like Beckham, 2002.

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my revolutionary take on Bend It Like Beckham

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bend it like beckham (2002)

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Just some clarity on the example that you used: Keira Knightly was already cast in Pirates before Bend It was released as it was already filming. Parminder Nagra joined ER which was still a pretty big show in 2003 and remained on it until 2009. She was also in Ella Enchanted immediately after Bend It, which was supposed to be big and flopped bad. POC leads do not get a fair shake, but this is not the best example of that, neither is the IWTV cast which frankly just is not high profile full stop.

NAGRA: When Bend It first came out, there was interest in a magazine doing a cover story, and [the marketing team talked] about putting me on the cover. They were told that actually, it would be better to put Keira on it because they would get more bums in seats. It was just hurtful, like, Wow, okay.

Source: Entertainment Weekly, April 2018

"I remember asking to go for a job because an actress basically left - it was a well-known TV show here. I remember phoning my agent and I went, 'Do you think maybe you could just suggest me? The character is very non-specific in terms of family and between 35 and 40 [years of age].

"And the word that came back was that they've already got an Indian person on the cast.

"I went, 'Yeah but I'm completely different to that person'. Is that ever gonna happen when you say that, 'No we've already got a white person on the show'?"

Source: BBC April 2021

"And "I don’t understand why, if there’s a role between 35 and 45, and not specific to a family, why I can’t be seen for it. It’s frustrating.

"People say it's getting better, but I've been having this same conversation for years, and I'm bored of it."

Source: The Irish Times April 2021

"In the intervening years, once the glory of Bend It Like Beckham had subsided and movies with a majority South Asian cast were few and far between, I watched Keira Knightley emote through clenched teeth in countless blockbusters, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers exhibit maximum pout headlining The Tudors and Match Point. Parminder Nagra, meanwhile, was relegated to that most South Asian of roles, a doctor on ER. The post-racial utopia promised by Bend It Like Beckham had not eventuated. Nasser Hussein aside, it turned out Keira Knightley was the chosen one, and the joke was on us."

Source: Kill Your Darlings, October 2020

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319 - Bend It Like Beckham (Patreon Selects)

We have another episode from one of our beloved sponsor tier patrons from Patreon, this time returning us to our beloved movie year 2003! After becoming a 2002 British megahit, Bend It Like Beckham launched in the US at Sundance before becoming an early 2003 summer crowdpleaser. Directed by Gurinder Chadha, the film follows Jess (Parminder Nagra) as she secretly joins a soccer team against the wishes of her traditional Indian family. With nominations from the WGA and the Golden Globes, Bend It Like Beckham ultimately did not manage an Oscar nomination for its upbeat look at teenage womanhood.

This episode, we talk about Fox Searchlight's 2003 lineup and 28 Days Later as a fellow UK crossover hit. We also discuss the film's shoehorned romantic subplot, Parminder Agra's run of prominent television roles, and costar Keira Knightley's trio of breakthrough 2003 roles.

Topics also include international nominee Lagaan, the film's soundtrack, and sports movies.

The 2003 Academy Awards

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ER, 10.21. — Midnight

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What’s actually insane is making this a promo pic for Bend It Like Beckham & then somehow the movie does not end with Jess & Jules being the romantic couple?? Like .. I’m sorry? The tension in this? This is a wedding ahh photo!

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Parminder Nagra in Twenty8k (2012)

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