Bhaji on the Beach
A day to set yourself free.
1993 | 100m | English
Popularity: 0.8 (history)
| Director: | Gurinder Chadha |
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| Writer: | Gurinder Chadha, Meera Syal |
| Staring: |
| A group of South Asian women try but cannot escape their problems on a day trip to a British beach resort. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 11, 1993 |
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| Director: | Gurinder Chadha |
| Writer: | Gurinder Chadha, Meera Syal |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | female friendship, bus trip, woman director, blackpool, birmingham, british asian |
| Production Companies | Film4 Productions, Umbi Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 31, 2026 Entered: Apr 20, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Kim Vithana | Ginder |
| Jimmi Harkishin | Ranjit |
| Sarita Khajuria | Hashida |
| Akbar Kurtha | Manjit |
| Mo Sesay | Oliver |
| Lalita Ahmed | Asha |
| Shaheen Khan | Simi |
| Zohra Sehgal | Pushpa |
| Amar Chadha-Patel | Amrik |
| Nisha Nayar | Ladhu |
| Renu Kochar | Madhu |
| Surendra Kochar | Bina |
| Souad Faress | Rekha |
| Tanveer Ghani | Balbir |
| Peter Cellier | Ambrose Waddington |
| Rudolph Walker | Leonard Baptiste |
| Fraser James | Joe |
| Dean Gatiss | Paul |
| Hugo Speer | Andy |
| Gurdial Sira | Hashida's Father |
| Shireen Shah | Hashida's Mother |
| Martin Greenwood | Ray |
| Badi Uzzaman | Uncle |
| Ash Varrez | Prem |
| Judith David | Cafe Owner |
| Karen V. James | Balli (as Karen Montero) |
| Shad Ali | Raman |
| Bharti Patel | Women in Refuge |
| David K.S. Tse | Chan |
| N.J. Willow | Leena |
| Neera Sharma | Madhu and Ladhu's Mother |
| Phil Croft | Steve |
| Raymond Wallbank | Organ Player |
| Chila Burman | Prithi |
| Moti Makan | Ranjit's Father |
| Adlyn Ross | Ranjit's Mother |
| Becky Marling | Waitress |
| Matt Young | Karaoke Man |
| Jonathan Cohen | Nightclub Dancer |
| Steve Burglan | Nightclub Dancer |
| Mark Mayhem | Nightclub Manager |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Gurinder Chadha | Director, Writer |
| Meera Syal | Writer |
| John Altman | Original Music Composer |
| Craig Pruess | Original Music Composer |
| John Kenway | Director of Photography |
| Oral Norrie Ottey | Editor |
| Suzanne Crowley | Casting |
| Gilly Poole | Casting |
| Derek Brown | Production Design |
| Helen Rayner | Art Direction |
| Annie Symons | Costume Design |
| Elizabeth Davies | Makeup Artist |
| Jackie Hodgson | Makeup Artist |
| Eddy Joseph | Sound |
| Glenn Freemantle | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Nadine Marsh-Edwards | Producer |
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