Sikh Matron
- Kinver
- 1985-10-13
Indian proverbs and superstitions shape the complex love life of a young British woman.
A young woman exacts revenge on her boyfriend when she discovers that he has cheated on her, but have events been shaped by other forces? A delightful comedy that explores the way Indian folklore seeps into the lives of modern Brits, Indian Tales stars Amita Dhiri who would go on to find fame as Milly Nassim in 90s TV drama 'This Life'. It's written and directed by Asif Kapadia, Oscar winning director of Amy (2015).
Proverbs passed down from generation to generation which attempt to make sense of life's everyday occurrences.
From local news to feature film, through home movies and TV documentaries, this collection showcases South Asian Britons in front of and behind the camera. The contribution of colonial troops is illuminated through the earliest newsreels, while hardhitting current affairs programmes highlight the struggles faced in the 1960s, 1970s and beyond. Public information films produced for South Asian audiences feature alongside Hindi-language films made in Britain and interviews with prominent Asian-British figures. A bold wave of British Asian filmmaking in the 1990s is represented through early works by the likes of Gurinder Chadha and Asif Kapadia.