However, her first feature film Bhaji on the Beach (1993) is one of the finest examples of British diasporic films. Released in the sensitive post-Thatcheric era, it investigates the complex issues of gender relations, racism, domestic violence, and hybridity in the diasporic ...
The shrinking of national boundaries allows Diasporic film makers to connect to a larger audience, allowing flow of commerce, ideas and culture between India and its diaspora. The present paper is intended to examine Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the Beach and Bend It Like Beckham in which ...
This article explores the concept of hybridity and its relations with several analytical categories – 'home', space (private/public), 'essences', and the Bakhtin concept of heteroglossia – as they occur in Gurinder Chadha's Bhaji on the Beach. Although perceived as a director who idealises ...
Gurinder Chadha's film, Bhaji on the Beach , explores the issues of home, identity, hybridity, and belonging with respect to Indian women in Britain. The film revolves around a group of Indian women ranging from the age of 16 to 60, all members of the Saheli (girlfriend) Women's ...