Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1993 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-09-17
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Format: PAL
• Original language: English, Hindi
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 97 minutes

Synopsis
Three generations of Indian women take a day trip from London to the seaside town of Blackpool. Amidst the discovery of accidental pregnancies, young girls out for young boys and charges of spousal abuse, the women share their concerns for modern living and discover an unexpected bond. A cross-cultural comedy co-written by Gurinder Chadha (BEND IT LIKE BECKHAM) and Meera Syal.

Customer Reviews

Good watch
I picked the film up because I needed it for my Open University but watched it anyway just to see what it's like and was interested to find that I liked it.

It follows a group of women going to Blackpool for a day out but there are a lot of problems some of these women are facing. One of them is pregnant and hasn't told her family, another has left her husband because he was abusive.

With the same director as Bend It Like Beckham it is an enjoyable watch and a nice insight into the Asian population of Britain

If I didn't have to watch it...
Like some other people, I ordered this film because I've just started studying with the Open University, and this is a set text.

I ordered it in the hope that it would be a decent piece of thoughtful, low-budget entertainment, but it isn't. Everything about it screams "cheap" - the script is worthy but dull, the performances are wooden, the direction is no more than competent and the whole thing has the air of something that is destined to wind up as a set text for the Open University. It's odd, because some of the talent here would go on to do much better things: writer Meera Syal would go on to be part of the team for the great sketch show "Goodness Gracious Me" and the very funny spoof chat show "The Kumars at No. 42", while director Gurinder Chadha upped her game considerably in subsequent movies like "Bend It Like Beckham" and "Bride and Prejudice".

"Bhaji on the Beach", although it was made in 1993, feels like a throwback to the early 80s. Attitudes to race and sex are Acutely And Sensitively Observed, but there's little enjoyment to be had. It's more like a not very good TV play than a feature film. It just goes to show that good intentions are not enough; you also have to crank it up a bit.

Enjoyable
This film is enjoyable, but it has a serious side to it also,as it about the problems of Asian community and how they cope with life in Britain, it can be funny, but serious at the same time.