Bend It Like Beckham: MUSIC FROM MOTION PICTURE

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Jonathan Rhys Meyers was the object of many girls’ fantasies as sympathetic Irish football coach Joe, who finds himself falling for Jess even as he is tough on her, pushing her to fulfil the dreams he missed out on due to injury. She is also among the characters we see navigating through British society with a home life so different to that culture. When Jess is told by her friend and team-mate Jules - played by Keira Knightley - that she wants to be a professional footballer, her reaction is of the time. Stevenson, now 65, has since appeared in Mona Lisa Smile, Being Julia, Diana and The Letters, the latter of which involved her curious casting as the late Mother Theresa. She had a huge impact on audiences as she shared the same lived experiences - both negative and positive - as many girls and women who played (and play) sport in the UK.

It also shows just how accessible football is, and one simple conversation shows just how much the women's game in the UK has developed in the past 20 years. Later that day, Jess has still not told her parents about the scholarship; she is afraid they might not allow her to go to the United States on her own. Tony, out of friendship for Jess, decides to lie to the family and tell them he is engaged to Jess as long as she gets to go to any college she wants. The Bhamras happily accept, but Jess immediately confesses the truth. Jess's mother ignores Jess's heartfelt speech and scolds Jess's father for letting Jess leave Pinky's wedding. But her father announces he doesn't want Jess to suffer as he did, and accepts her desire to play football. Jess runs to the football field to tell Joe of her parents' decision. The two almost kiss, but Jess pulls away, saying her parents would object, and that although they had come far enough to let her go to America to play, she doesn't think they would be able to handle another cultural rebellion from her. The offside rule is when the French mustard has to be between the teriyaki sauce and the sea salt." Planet Bollywood gave the film a mark of 9 out of 10: the "screenplay not only explores the development of Jess as a person, but also the changing values and culture of NRI teens: Jess's urge to break the social norm of the Indian home-maker, her sister's (Archie Punjabi) sexually active relationship, and the gay Indian [Tony, played by Ameet Chana]." [23] Her short-lived acting career began as she dipped her toe into other waters following the break-up of her hugely successful group All Saints in 2001.A film like this in 2002 was seen as a rare oddity rather than something to emulate. That’s slowly changing with the rise of actors such as Dev Patel and Mindy Kaling, but the fact that it’s taken two decades to get just to this point is still an indictment on how disconnected mainstream cinema is from the lived reality of millions of people around the world. For many British-South Asian girls, the film was an important moment as it gave us Jesminder Bhamra. Jess was the closest thing to a sporting role model we'd ever had, and would have for years to come. He had one of his biggest successes with The Tudors, in which he played a rather glamorous version of King Henry VIII from 2007 to 2010, scoring him another Golden Globe nod. Because Jess' parents don't want her to play football, the film is as much about generational culture clashes as it is about British and Indian culture clashes. Her major British dramas have included The Fall with Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson, as well as Power Monkeys and classic sitcome reboot Still Open All Hours.

More recently he has starred in several independent US films and appeared as Heahmund in epic TV show Vikings. Not really here, but you can in America - they've got a pro-league with new stadiums and everything," she says.Two ambitious girls, despite their parents' wishes, have their hearts set on careers in professional football. They're one-liners, ultimately, but behind each word sits a plot each character is navigating while trying to create their own identity. It's hilarious

She has appeared on TV shows such as The Hour with Ben Whishaw and Dominic West, The Village, BBC’s Atlantis, The Long Call and Death in Paradise. She has also trod the boards in the West End and on Broadway with productions of The Misanthrope, The Children’s Hour and Thérèse Raquin. Meyers, now 44, has struggled with alcoholism, with his representative confirming his addiction in 2007, which has involved brushes with the law in the US and Ireland, but ne has maintained a solid acting output regardless.Sports - Soccer Movies at the Box Office". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on 12 June 2004. Chadha had somehow managed to inject Punjabi culture into the world of professional football and Brooklyn hip-hop.

The film was released on DVD and VHS on 18 November 2002 by Warner Home Video, and re-released on DVD and VHS on 30 September 2003 in the United States by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment. Among the DVD bonus features, there are several scenes that did not make the final release. Some include dialogue from Pinky's friends and from Jules, as well as her mother meeting Kevin and his friends outside a shop, which would have been helpful, as Kevin is mentioned three times but is never seen.

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Considering the film’s enormous critical and commercial success, Hollywood’s failure to capitalise on the cultural and social conversation it was tapping into is all the more obvious.