Bhaji on the Beach Blu-ray

'Bhaji on the Beach' Director: Gurinder Chadha (1993) BFI Blu-ray | English and Punjabi w/ English subtitles

A day trip to Blackpool to see the lights provides a harmless break from the routine for a minibus full of women from the Saheli Asian Women's Centre. All seems innocent enough, but as the bus trundles along to a Punjabi rendition of Cliff Richard's Summer Holiday, the personal problems of each of the women - domestic, romantic and scholastic - quickly become apparent..

Gurinder Chadha's directorial feature debut of Meera Syal's witty and observant script is an empowering comedy and celebration of the enduring bond between women.

Special features include:
- I'm British But... (1989, 29 mins): a short film by Gurinder Chadha celebrating a defiant culture of British Asian sisters and brothers against the rhythms of Bhangra and Bangla music with an optional introduction by activist and broadcaster Shani Dhanda
- A Nice Arrangement (1991, 11 mins): a short comedy directer by Gurinder Chadha and written by Meera Syal about the pre-ceremony rituals of an arranged marriage
- First film of Blackpool (c.1898, 1 min): early footage of Blackpool from the BFI National Archive
- Holiday (1957, 18 mins): the delights of 1950s Blackpool holidays are vibrantly revisited in John Taylor's fondly remembered travelogue, produced for British Transport Films
- London Me Bharat (1972, 20 mins): the first Hindi-language film made in Britain, presenting a distinctive and sometimes surprising view of 1970s London