Film
The British Indian film industry is a successful enterprise, and over recent years many British Indian actors have rose to prominence globally, particularly in Britain, India, and the USA. Notable films include Bend it like Beckham, one of the better known productions revolving around British Indian life, and Slumdog Millionaire, a British drama film set in Mumbai starring British Indian actor Dev Patel in the lead role. The latter has won four Golden Globes, seven BAFTA Awards and eight Academy Awards. Besides British-produced Indian-based films, there are many Bollywood productions which have been filmed in the United Kingdom. These include Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, Yaadein and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham. Other notable British Indian productions include:
1970′s
* Autobiography of a Princess (1975)
* Hullabaloo Over Georgie and Bonnie’s Pictures (1978)
1980′s
* Gandhi (1982)
* A Passage to India (1984)
* The Jewel in the Crown (1984)
* Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
1990′s
* Mississippi Masala (1991)
* Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
* The Buddha of Suburbia (1993)
* My Son the Fanatic (1997)
* Such a Long Journey (1998)
2000′s
* Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
* The Guru (2002)
* Bride and Prejudice (2004)
* Before the Rains (2008)
* Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
[edit] Music
See also: Bhangra and Indian pop
Indian music has a strong influence on global music as a whole. Today, British Indian musicians exist in almost every field and genre, however there is an extremely large number of Bhangra artists that cement the UK as the stronghold of traditional Indian music outside of India. Notable British Indian Bhangra acts include DCS, Juggy D, Mentor Kolektiv, Ms Scandalous and Sukshinder Shinda. World famous award winning singer-songwriter Freddie Mercury (a former member of the rock band Queen) was born on the island of Zanzibar to Parsi parents, originally from the Gujarat area of India. Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara) and his family fled when he was 17 years old due to the Zanzibar Revolution; he remains not only one of the most famous British Indian musicians of all time, but one of the most famous British musicians. Other world-famous British Indian musicians include Biddu, who produced a number of worldwide hits such as “Kung Fu Fighting”, and Apache Indian, who also had worldwide hits such as “Boom Shack-A-Lak”. Some more contemporary British Indian singers include Jay Sean, whose parents immigrated to the United Kingdom from the Punjab region, Panjabi MC, S-Endz and BRIT Award-nominated Nerina Pallot.
[edit] Television
Out of all of the countries in the Indian diaspora, the UK is most likely to be the best at portraying Indian culture and life in the UK through television. Long-running British soap operas such as Coronation Street, EastEnders, Emmerdale and Hollyoaks have all had significant numbers of Indian characters, while shorter British series such as The Jewel in the Crown and Skins also feature British Indian characters. By far the most notable British Indian television shows are Goodness Gracious Me (no longer running) and The Kumars at No. 42, a talk show that stars many famous British Indian actors including Sanjeev Bhaskar, Meera Syal, Indira Joshi and Vincent Ebrahim. British Indian actors not only have a strong presence in the UK, but also in the United States, where Parminder Nagra, Naveen Andrews and Nicollette Sheridan (who are all Britons of Indian origin) have found fame in ER, Lost and Desperate Housewives respectively, though Nagra is the only one to portray an actual British Indian citizen. There are dozens of channels aimed at the British Indian community available on Satellite and Cable, which include:
Discrimination against persons of Indian origin in the United Kingdom is not completely widespread, but has been known to happen in certain instances. There are several areas across the country where hostility between the local Indian and Pakistani communities occur, although the names and racial slurs given to British Indians by some members the white community are evidence of lack of knowledge and ignorance, the term “Paki” is likely to be the most commonly used anti-Asian phrase in the UK and despite it being a shorted and derogatory term for a person of Pakistani origin it is all to often used to refer to anyone from the Indian subcontinent. However, some young British Pakistanis have attempted to reclaim the word and use it in a non-offensive way to refer to themselves.[33] Verbal discrimination such as explained above has become somewhat more common after the 9/11 and 7/7 attacks, even though Islam extremists who committed these atrocities have little to do with the British Indian community.[citation needed] One of the best examples of anti-Indian sentiment in the UK is the 2007 Celebrity Big Brother racism controversy which received significant me
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