{"id":8819,"date":"2010-04-16T11:37:44","date_gmt":"2010-04-16T11:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/04\/16\/british-asian-gangster-film-finally-released-six-years-after-ban\/"},"modified":"2010-04-16T11:37:44","modified_gmt":"2010-04-16T11:37:44","slug":"british-asian-gangster-film-finally-released-six-years-after-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/04\/16\/british-asian-gangster-film-finally-released-six-years-after-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"British Asian gangster film finally released\u2013six years after ban"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wait is over for controversial film \u2018Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees\u2019<\/h3>\n
\"\"A BRITISH-Asian gangster film stripped of a theatrical release after it was accused of glorifying violence has finally secured a DVD release \u2013 six years after it was made.<\/strong> <\/div>\n

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The award-winning film, \u2018Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees\u2019, broke new ground in 2004 as the firstfilm entirely shot on a camcorder to get a UK theatrical release.<\/div>\n

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The film cost just \u00a31,000 to make while those who starred in the film waived their fees.<\/div>\n

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But just weeks before it was due for its national release Southall Police and Piara Khabra \u2013 the then Labour MP for Ealing & Southall – hit out at the films director Sarjit Bains, accusing him of glorifying gang violence.<\/div>\n

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Following widespread criticism the film, which tells the story of the Southall-based Holy Smokes gang and a \u00a36m robbery at Heathrow Airport, was sensationally denied a mainstream theatrical release. <\/div>\n

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Instead arthouse and independent cinemas throughout the UK picked up the film for screening; defying calls for the film to banned from all cinematic outlets.<\/div>\n

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Now, six years after Bains watched his film denied a place in movie history, he is \u201crelieved\u201d \u2018Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees, is finally getting its release. <\/div>\n

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“I am just relieved that six years after an elected Member of Parliament and the police scuppered our chance of a mainstream release that the film will finally be available to view by a wider audience,\u201d he said. <\/div>\n

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\u201cThere are so many violent films out there so why they chose to call for my film to be banned is a total mystery. I think Khabra was trying to appease the so-called Asian community elders who for the most part are unelected themselves. This film is just entertainment with the Asian gang in the film named after a real-life Asian gang (The Holy Smokes) that no longer exist.”<\/div>\n

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Despite its mainstream theatrical no-show, the film did screen at over ten independent cinemas across the UK \u2013 winning a number of awards on the way. <\/div>\n

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At the National Museum of Film and Television in Bradford it scooped the Best Picture prize at the Bite The Mango Film Festival.<\/div>\n

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Actor Manish Patel, writer and main lead in the film, said treatment of the film in 2004 was \u201cscandalous\u201d. <\/div>\n

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“This film was denied a mainstream release and that is scandalous. It was made for less than \u00a31,000 and puts many big budget studios to shame,\u201d he said. <\/div>\n

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\u201cWe should be celebrating British films not trying to ban them. Politicians should keep out of film making and stick to fiddling expenses.\u201d<\/div>\n

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Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees<\/em> will be available in the UK and Ireland from 20 April 2010 from Asda<\/em> and HMV.<\/em><\/div>\n

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