{"id":8869,"date":"2010-10-06T15:12:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-06T15:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tat.reddaisytrading.co.uk\/index.php\/2010\/10\/06\/mahima-chaudry-to-make-british-film-debut\/"},"modified":"2010-10-06T15:12:58","modified_gmt":"2010-10-06T15:12:58","slug":"mahima-chaudry-to-make-british-film-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2010\/10\/06\/mahima-chaudry-to-make-british-film-debut\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahima Chaudry to make British film debut"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Pusher: The Gangster film with a touch of Bollywood<\/h3>\n
\"\"BOLLYWOOD legend Mahima Chaudry will visit Feltham this month for the region’s premiere of her first British movie.<\/strong><\/div>\n

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The actress, best known for her role in Pardes – for which she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut – will make a guest appearance at the Air Park way Cineworld on Friday 15.<\/div>\n

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She will join a string of celebrities, cast and crew at the premiere of Pusher, her debut British film.<\/div>\n

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The British-Hindi movie – a remake of the 1996 Danish crime film of the same name – has already caused a stir for its controversial storyline.<\/div>\n

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It has been banned in some independent cinemas in Mumbai, India, for its ”shocking, drug-fuelled violence”, with religious leaders claiming it ”borders on the psychotic”.<\/div>\n

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They likened it to a more disturbing version of Scottish cult flick Trainspotting, and fear it could leave more sensitive viewers psychologically damaged.<\/div>\n

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There are now calls for the film, which stars Bollywood beauty Mahima Chaudhry, to be banned in all cinemas across the Indian capital.<\/div>\n

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Speaking earlier this week, Mahima urged fans to watch the film and said she was ”delighted” about meeting residents on the night.<\/div>\n

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”I am thoroughly looking forward to visiting Feltham and West London,” she said. ”I’ve visited the UK a number of times, but this will be the first time that I will have spent any length of time in this wonderful area of the city.<\/div>\n

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”I look forward to exploring Feltham, and also to meeting fans before and after the premiere.”<\/div>\n

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Pusher tells the story of Salim – played by director\/writer Assad Raja – , a low-level Asian drug dealer who works the streets of London.<\/div>\n

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One disastrous deal follows another, and Salim quickly finds himself on the wrong side of some of the capital’s most dangerous criminals.<\/div>\n

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Raja hit upon the idea of making the film filmed in London and the Midlands – following his own frustrations as an actor in the UK.<\/div>\n

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He said: “As a British Asian, I found it extremely difficult to get a decent role in British films, TV shows and even on the stage. I kept finding that most roles were extremely stereotyped and limited to such things as ‘corner shop keepers’ or ‘token Asian family’ in a predominantly white-dominated soap.<\/div>\n

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“I wanted to challenge this and very much wanted to make an Indian language Brit-film in this crazy, gritty style. Nothing like this has been done in British, Asian or so-called Bollywood cinema ever before.”<\/div>\n

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Despite a potentially controversial script, Raja secured the talents of actress Mahima Chaudhry, and musicians Panic Cell, Apache Indian, S.Kalibre and Glasgow-based Bhangra group Tigerstyle.<\/div>\n

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It has already received several glowing reviews, and has achieved an almost cult-like status among British Asian film buffs.<\/div>\n

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But not everyone agrees. Clerics in India believe Raja has “brought shame” on the Muslim community.<\/div>\n

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Shammim Baig, from the Abu Hanifa mosque in Mumbai, said: ”Films like this are destroying the core fabric of Muslim morals. It sleights a community by portraying them as drug dealers, gamblers and people who consort with prostitutes.”<\/div>\n

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”The content of the film – sex, drugs, gambling and violence – defy Islam teachings, and will harm future generations”.<\/div>\n

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”The director should feel nothing but shame.”<\/div>\n

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For more information log onto <\/strong>www.pushermovie.com<\/strong><\/a> <\/div>\n

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