Bend It Like Beckham
Director: Gurinder Chadha
Genre: Coming of age, Indie, Teen, Comedy, Sports, Drama, Romance Film, Comedy-drama, Domestic Comedy
Year: 2002
Country: United Kingdom, Germany, United States of America
Language: Hindi Language, English Language, Punjabi language, German Language
Starring: Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Juliet Stevenson, Ameet Chana, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Shaheen Khan, Frank Harper, Pooja Shah, Preeya Kalidas, Paven Virk, Trey Farley, Imran Ali, Zohra Sehgal, Nina Wadia
Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis, and Archie Panjabi first released in the United Kingdom. The film was directed by Gurinder Chadha. Its title comes from the football player David Beckham and his skill at scoring from free kicks by bending the ball past a wall of defenders.
Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is the 18-year-old daughter of Punjabi Sikhs from Hounslow, west London. Juliette "Jules" Paxton (Keira Knightley) is the daughter of an English couple. Jess is infatuated with football, but because she is female, her parents do not allow her to play. However, she sometimes plays in the park with various boys and her good friend Tony, a closet homosexual. When Jules discovers Jess' skills, she invites Jess to try out for her local team, the Hounslow Harriers, coached by Joe (Jonathan Rhys Meyers), an Irishman. Although initially skeptical, Joe is convinced by watching Jess play, and puts her on the team. Jess lies to Joe about her parents being onboard with the idea. She becomes fast friends with Jules and Marlena "Mel" Goines (Shaznay Lewis).
Jess is attracted to
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