Gurinder Chadha

Beecham House: A Conversation with Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha

The Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) is proud to host a special conversation with filmmaker Gurinder Chadha (Bend It Like Beckham, former CAAMFest Spotlight Honoree). She will talk about her latest project on PBS MASTERPIECE, Beecham House a British historical drama series set in 1795 in Delhi before the British ruled in that region.

Three Pakistani British sit at a bar with an image of Bruce Springsteen in the background.
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“I make these films so that people like us are visible. People who are generally on the margins of the frame or in the background or the side characters – I try to put them in the center of the frame, and then build the story around them to be as mainstream as possible and as universal as possible.” – Gurinder Chadha