Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 comedy-drama film starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Myers, 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 living in 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...

Award Nominations: 2002 - BAFTA Award for Best British Film - Deepak Nayar; 2004 - Golden Globe Award for Best Film - Musical or Comedy - Deepak Nayar/Gurinder Chadha; 2004 - Satellite Award for Best Film – Musical or Comedy - Fox Searchlight Pictures; 2004 - Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actress – Comedy or Musical - Shaheen Khan ; 
Cinematography: Lin Jong  
Costume design by: Ralph Holes  
Country of origin: United Kingdom  Germany  United States of America  
Directed by: Gurinder Chadha  
Distributors: Fox Searchlight Pictures; Intersonic; FilmFlex - 2002 - United Kingdom - Streaming media; 
Edited by: Justin Krish  
Estimated budget: UK £ - 3,500,159; 
Executive produced by: Ulrich Felsberg  Russel Fischer  Simon Franks  Zygi Kamasa  Haneet Vaswani  
Notable filming locations: Hounslow  Southall  Piccadilly Circus  Central London  Soho  Gunnersbury Park  London  
Art direction by: Mark Scruton   
Casting director: Carrie Hilton  Liora Reich  
Film festivals: 2002 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival  
Film format: 35 mm film  
Production design by: Nick Ellis  
Set Decoration by: Sara Neighbour  
Genres: Coming of age  Indie  Teen  Comedy  Sports  Drama  Romance Film  Comedy-drama  Domestic Comedy  
Initial release date: Apr 11, 2002; 
Languages: Hindi Language  English Language  Punjabi language  German Language  
Music by: Craig Pruess  
Other crew: Johnathon de Domenico - Costume Supervisor; Rupert Goldbeck - Costume Trainee; Samantha Green - Costume Trainee; Rebecca Townsend - Costume Assistant; Tim Boggs - Adr Supervisor; Bryan Bowen - Supervising Sound Editor; Gary Coppola - Sound Re-Recording Mixer; Lisle Engle - Sound Effects Editor; Alan Freedman - ADR Mixer; John Hayes - Production Sound Mixer; 
Produced by: Gurinder Chadha  Deepak Nayar  
Production companies: Fox Searchlight Pictures  Future Film Ltd  
Rated: PG-13 (USA)  
Runtime: 112 min; 
Soundtrack: Bend It Like Beckham  
Performances: Parminder Nagra - Jess; Keira Knightley - Juliette 'Jules' Paxton; Jonathan Rhys Meyers - Joe; Anupam Kher - Mr. Bhamra; Archie Panjabi - Pinky; Shaznay Lewis - Mel; Frank Harper - Alan Paxton; Juliet Stevenson - Paula Paxton; Shaheen Khan - Mrs. Bhamra; Ameet Chana - Tony; 
Subjects: Lesbianism  Football  
Tagline: Who wants to cook Aloo Gobi when you can bend a ball like Beckham?; 
Screenplay by: Gurinder Chadha  Paul Mayeda Berges  Guljit Bindra  
Netflix Genres: Comedy  Teen Comedies  Sports Stories  Best of British Humor  Sports Comedies  Triumph of the Underdogs  Football  Women In Sports  Comedies  British Movies  
Related Web Pages: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/benditlikebeckham/  Netflix  IMDB Title Page  Rotten Tomatoes  Metacritic  Bend It Like Beckham Videos  Netflix  Clicker: Watch Bend It Like Beckham  Sensacine - Movie  Beyazperde - Movie  Screenrush - Movie  Ranker Lists  2002 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival  Trailer on YouTube  

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"Alcatraz" star Parminder Nagra -- the main chick from "Bend It Like Beckham" -- is kicking her husband to the curb ... TMZ has learned. 36-year-old Nagra has filed for divorce from photographer James Stenson ... seeking to end her three year marriage.
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Culture not conflict … members of the Lakembaroos football team, from left Shaza Rifi, Sue Rifi, Malak Farhat and Zeinab Farhat, can play while wearing a hijab - unlike international counterparts. Photo: Dean Sewell MUSLIM Lakembaroos are free to wear ...
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MUSLIM Lakembaroos are free to wear the hijab when they take to the soccer field in club competitions in Sydney every week. The only thing they need to watch is that their headscarves match their uniforms, just as their male counterparts must wear an ...
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