Bollywood Queen (Original title)
Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 17 October 2003 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, AustraliaDirector: Jeremy Wooding
Synopsis: Nineteen year old Geena apparently has everything going for her: a Business Studies course, a weekend job with the family firm, and a boyfriend of whom her parents approve. Still, she longs for life to be more like the romance and adventure of her beloved Bollywood movies. Then she encounters Jay and finds that love can be just like the movies, that is until the two find themselves caught up in a vicious war over fake designer clothes.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Bollywood
Releases
Date: 2003not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8059 Feet
Title: PlayAuthor: [CW] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1387 10 Jan 2003 Pages: 11-15
Title: Sundance festival focus: talent townAuthor: BROWN, Colin Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: A preview of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival which lists and reviews some of the films that will be screened there.
In: Variety 24 Feb 2003 Page: 54,55
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: ROONEY, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n173 November 2003 Page: 67
Title: The reviewsAuthor: HOWDLE, Jane Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n12 December 2003 Page: 28
Title: ReviewsAuthor: RAMACHANDRAN, Naman Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1324 14 Sep 2001 Page: 16
Title: UK Round-upArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v11 n12 December 2001 Page: 6
Title: On setAuthor: TYRRELL, Heather Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Bollywood movies have until recently seemed an exotic phenomenon to mainstream British audiences but with the musical gaining new popularity, Bollywood is attracting more notice, for example the British film BOLLYWOOD QUEEN.
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Dates: 2002 (Copyright), 17 October 2003 (Release)Countries: United Kingdom, AustraliaDirector: Jeremy Wooding
Synopsis: Nineteen year old Geena apparently has everything going for her: a Business Studies course, a weekend job with the family firm, and a boyfriend of whom her parents approve. Still, she longs for life to be more like the romance and adventure of her beloved Bollywood movies. Then she encounters Jay and finds that love can be just like the movies, that is until the two find themselves caught up in a vicious war over fake designer clothes.
Genre: Drama
Subject: Bollywood
Releases
Date: 2003not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - Sound - Dolby DigitalRuntime: 90 mins Length: 8059 Feet
Credits
(134)
©: Investing in Enterprise Limited, BQ Films Limited, Production Company: Great British Films, Production Company: The Spice Factory, Production Company: Stretch Limo Productions, In association with: Enterprise Films, Dreamfish Productions, Presented by: Arclight Films, Author: The Spice Factory, Executive Producer: David Rogers, Executive Producer: Alex Marshall, Executive Producer: Ash Shah, Executive Producer: Zygi Kamasa, Executive Producer: Simon Franks, Executive Producer: Gary Hamilton, Producer: Michael Lionello Cowan, Producer: Jason Piette, Producer: Jeremy Wooding, Producer: Michelle Turner, Line Producer: Tony Arman-Jones, Associate Producer: Adam Betteridge, Associate Producer: Jessica Gold, Associate Producer: Cerise Hallam Larkin, Unit Manager: Clare Corcoran, Supervising Producer (Addit Filming): Cerise Hallam Larkin, Production Co-ordinator: Frank Merritt, Production Co-ordinator: Eliya Arman, Production Accountant: Simon Hill, Location Manager: Andy Senior, Post-production Supervisor: Hal Couzens, Additional Research: Randeep Sandhu, Assistant Director (1st): Billy Payn, Assistant Director (2nd): Jamie D. Allen, Assistant Director (3rd): Daniel Palmisano, Assistant Director (Additional 1st): Sarah Samuels, Assistant Director (Additional 2nd): Rachel Hartley, Assistant Director (Additional 3rd): Nicky Birchfield, Script Supervisor: Igna Gantscheva, Casting Director: Liora Reich, Screenplay: Neil Spencer, Screenplay: Jeremy Wooding, Director of Photography: Jono Smith, Lighting Camera Operator (2nd Unit): Crighton Bone, Tim Knight, Camera Operator: Jono Smith, Steadicam Operator: Joe McNally, Focus Puller: Oli Ledwith, Focus Puller (2nd Unit): Nick Hutchinson, Focus Puller (Additional Filming): David Wyatt, Clapper Loader: Dax Debice, Clapper Loader (2nd Unit): Roz Shearn, Camera Trainee: Richard Cornelius, Gaffer: Callum McInnes, Best Boy [Electric]: Ricky Payne, Spark: Anders NybØ, Giles Cockburn, Electrician (Additional Filming): Matthew Wilson, Key Grip: Arun Taylor, Grip: Anthony Prendergast, Stills Photographer: Marysia Lachowicz, Digital Effects: Double Negative, Special Effects: Bob Smoke Associates, Graphics: Swifty, Editor: Ben Yeates, Assembly Editor: Mairead Mcivor, Production Designer: Jeffrey Sherriff, Art Director: Oliver Roberts, Location Designer: Nandi Malde, Sculptor: Rachel Oliver, Props Buyer: Louise Corcoran, Costume Designer: Helen Woolfenden, Costume Supervisor (Additional Filming): Alex Fordham, Wardrobe Supervisor: Guy Speranza, Make-up/Hair Design: Noella Mingo, Make-up Artist: Jennifer Kewley, Body Painter: Rae Denman, Hair Design/Styling: Jeanette Redmond, Titles: Swifty, Titles/Opticals: General Screen Enterprises, Titles/Opticals: Graham Hoddell, Titles/Opticals: Colin Laski, Janice Mordue, Digital Grading: Framestore CFC, FrCFC (Digital Lab Producer): Jan Hogevold, FrCFC (Digital Lab Supervisor): Alasdair Maccuish, FrCFC (Senior Colourist): Adam Glassman, FrCFC (Colourist): Steve Parsons, Composer: Steve Beresford, Geena's Hindi Songs Sung/Co-written by: Najma Akhtar, Additional Music: Aref Durvesh, Original Hindi Songs Composed by: Steve Beresford, Najma Akhtar, Lyrics: Neil Spencer, Jeremy Wooding, [Lyrics] Translated by: Najma Akhtar, Musician (Voice): Najma Akhtar, Musician (Voice): Preeya Kalidas, Musician (Voice): Eddie Saunders, Musician (Voice): Devdutt Joshi, Musician (Voice): Asif Gillani, Kat Bhathena, Musician (Tabla): Aref Durvesh, Musician (Shehnai): A.K. Durvesh, Musician (Flutes): Clive Bell, Musician (Guitars/Mandolin): Hugh Burns, Musician (Sitar): Mick Taylor, Bobby Gudka, Musician (Santoor): Kiranpal Singh, Musician (Vibraphone): Orphy Robinson, Musician (Keyboards/Guitar etc.): Steve Beresford, Musician (Harp): Rhodri Davies, Musician (Turntable): Patrick Carpenter, Musician (Double Bass): John Edwards, Musician (Dhol): Johnny Kalsi, Musician (Western Strings): Northampton Square, Music Recorded/Edited/Mixed by: Dave Hunt, Choreography: Sneha Mistri, Choreography: Honey Kalaria, Choreography: Royston Gooden, Choreography: Alpana Sengupta, Sound Designer: Matt Rodgers, Sound Recordist: Tony Parkinson, Boom Operator: Rob Branch, Post-production Sound Mixed at: De Lane Lea, Dubbing Mixer: Chris Burdon, ADR Recordist: Peter Gleaves, ADR Recordist: Terry Isted, Foley Artist: Claire Mahoney, Foley Artist: Nicky Butt, Foley Recordist: Peter Gleaves, Foley Recordist: Terry Isted, For: Jim Wooding, Unit Publicist: Anne Chamberlain
Cast
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Preeya Kalidas (Geena), James McAvoy (Jay), Ciarán McMenamin (Dean), Ray Panthaki (Anil), Kat Bhathena (Anjali), Karen Shenaz David (Neeta), Amerjit Deu (Sanjay), Ronny Jhutti (Dillip), Matt Bardock (Facer), Ian McShane (Frank, Jay & Dean's father), Badi Uzzaman (Ravi), Lalita Ahmed (mother), Riz Abbasi (Deepak), Andy Beckwith (Johnny), Suraj Chaudry (Tariq), Nicole Arumugan (Sonha), Sakuntala Ramanee (Rupa), Indira Joshi (Vasha), Marc Zuber (Chander), Peter Quince (Antony Gould), Jo Cameron Brown (Stella), Amit Arroz (guru), Ameet Chana (DJ at wedding), Damian Asher (groom), Abhin Galeya (Anil's friend), Jesse Callay (Neeta's father), Chandrakant Patel, Suryakant Patel (Ravi's friend), Hari Sajjan (poster filmstar), Gavin Rees (lecturer), Peter Bond (taxi driver), Ben Frost (taxi passenger), Tony Kennedy (scaffolder), Asha Khanom (Ganesh employee), Inderjit Kalyana, Baluji Shrivastav, Alamin K.J. Bhuiya (wedding musician), Anouk Taylor (Sanjay's daughter), Dhol Foundation (drummers in cinema The), The Twilight Players (3 dancers in market The), Sinbad Phgura, Ammo Too Sweet, Jimi the Quiff (dancer in market (The Twilight Players)), Felix Dexter (Stardust FM DJ), Rashid Karapiet, Nasreen Hossain (Hindi cinema voice), Renu Setna (Uncle Ganesh), Rachel Shelley ([good time girl - role deleted])
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library
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In: Empire n179 May 2004 Page: 136Title: PlayAuthor: [CW] Article type: DVD ReviewLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1387 10 Jan 2003 Pages: 11-15
Title: Sundance festival focus: talent townAuthor: BROWN, Colin Article type: PreviewLanguage: English
Description: A preview of the 2003 Sundance Film Festival which lists and reviews some of the films that will be screened there.
In: Variety 24 Feb 2003 Page: 54,55
Title: FILM REVIEWSAuthor: ROONEY, David Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Empire n173 November 2003 Page: 67
Title: The reviewsAuthor: HOWDLE, Jane Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v13 n12 December 2003 Page: 28
Title: ReviewsAuthor: RAMACHANDRAN, Naman Article type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Screen International n1324 14 Sep 2001 Page: 16
Title: UK Round-upArticle type: CreditsLanguage: English
In: Sight and Sound v11 n12 December 2001 Page: 6
Title: On setAuthor: TYRRELL, Heather Article type: ArticleLanguage: English
Description: Bollywood movies have until recently seemed an exotic phenomenon to mainstream British audiences but with the musical gaining new popularity, Bollywood is attracting more notice, for example the British film BOLLYWOOD QUEEN.
Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(2)
Accessible materials to view(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1315049
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Video materials(1)
Description: VHS cassetteBFI identifier: C-1315049
Status: Viewing - Videotape can be requested for access
Film materials(1)
Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1373325
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status