• Genre: Musical
• Movie Type: Musical Romance
• Themes: Culture Clash, Interracial/Cross-Cultural Romance
• Director: Jeremy Wooding
• Main Cast: Preeya Kalidas, James McAvoy, Ciarán McMenamin, Kat Bhathena, Ray Panthaki
• Release Year: 2002
• Country: UK
• Run Time: 90 minutes

Plot

A half-parody and half-loving tribute to the over-the-top style of Indian musicals, this song-and-dance-filled musical comedy-drama concerns Geena (Preeya Kalidas), a pretty and virtuous young women who has been raised by a loving but strictly traditional Indian family. One day, Geena happens to meet a charming and footloose visiting Englishmen named Jay (James MacAvoy), and it's love at first sight for the both of them. However, Geena's family does not approve of her dating a relative stranger, and as her brothers keep an eye on her every move, Geena is forced to meet Jay on the sly. Before long, she impulsively leaves for England with him, with her family giving chase. Along the way, the story stops periodically to give the characters the opportunity to burst into song, though along with the expected Hindi pop tunes, the characters let loose with blues, folk, and roots rock compositions. Bollywood Queen was screened in competition at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Preeya Kalidas - Geena
• James McAvoy - Jay
• Ciarán McMenamin - Dean
• Kat Bhathena - Anjali
• Ray Panthaki - Anil

Ian McShane - Frank; Amerjit Deu - Sanjay; Karen Shenaz David - Neeta; Ronny Jhutti - Dillip; Buddy Uzzaman - Ravi; Lalita Ahmed - Mother; Matt Bardock - Facer; Riz Abbasi - Deepak; Andy Beckwith - Johnny; Suraj Chaudry - Tariq; Rashid Karapiet - Hindi Cinema Voices; Renu Setna - Uncle Ganesh; Marc Zuber - Chander; Sakuntala Ramanee - Rupa; Peter Quince - Antony Gould; Amit Arroz - Guru; Ameet Chana - DJ At Wedding; Nicole Arumugan - Sonha; Damian Asher - Groom; Alamin K. J. Bhuiya - Wedding Musician; Peter Bond - taxi driver; Jo Cameron Brown - Stella; Jesse Callay - Neeta's Father; Felix Dexter - Stardust FM DJ; Dhol Foundation - Drummers In Cinema; Ben Frost - taxi passenger; Abhin Galeya - Anil's Friend; Nasreen Hossain - Hindi Cinema Voices; Indira Joshi - Vasha; Inderjit Kalyana - Wedding Musician; Tony Kennedy - scaffolder; Asha Khanom - Ganesh Employee; Chandrakant Patel - Ravi's Friend; Suryakant Patel - Ravi's Friend; Gavin Rees - lecturer; Hari Sajjan - poster filmstar; Baluji Shrivastav - Wedding Musician; Anouk Taylor - Sanjay's Daughter; Twilight Players: Ammo Too Sweet - Dancer In Market; Twilight Players: Jimi The Quiff - Dancer In Market; Twilight Players: Phgura, Sinbad - Dancer In Market

Credit

Mick Taylor - Musical Performer; Ash R. Shah - Executive Producer; Gary Hamilton - Executive Producer; Zygi Kamasa - Executive Producer; Jason Piette - Producer; Liora Reich - Casting; Michelle Turner - Associate Producer; Hugh Burns - Musical Performer; Michael Lionello Cowan - Producer; Simon Franks - Executive Producer; Double Negative Ltd. - Digital Effects; Alex Marshall - Executive Producer; Jeremy Wooding - Director; Jeremy Wooding - Songwriter; Jeremy Wooding - Producer; Jeremy Wooding - Screenwriter; Neil Spencer - Songwriter; Neil Spencer - Screenwriter; Preeya Kalidas - Musical Performer; Kat Bhathena - Musical Performer; Jono Smith - Cinematographer; Ben Yeates - Editor; Steve Beresford - Composer (Music Score); Najma Akhtar - Songwriter; Najma Akhtar - Musical Performer; Jeffrey Sherriff - Production Designer; Oliver Roberts - Art Director; Helen Woolfenden - Costume Designer; Tony Parkinson - Sound Recordist; Sneha Mistri - Choreography; Honey Kalaria - Choreography; Roysten Gooden - Choreography; Alpana Sengupta - Choreography; Tony Arman Jones - Line Producer; Adam Betteridge - Associate Producer; Jessica Gold - Associate Producer; Cerise Hallam Larkin - Additional Cinematography; Cerise Hallam Larkin - Supervising Producer; Billy Payn - First Assistant Director; Jamie D. Allen - Second Assistant Director; Eliya Arman - Production Coordinator; Clive Bell - Musical Performer; Bob Smoke Associates - Special Effects; Nicky Butt - Foley Artist; Patrick Carpenter - Musical Performer; Clare Corcoran - Unit Production Manager; Hal Couzens - Post Production Supervisor; Rhodri Davies - Musical Performer; A. K. Durvesh - Musical Performer; John Edwards - Musical Performer; Igna Gantscheva - Script Supervisor; Asif Gillani - Musical Performer; Bobby Gudka - Musical Performer; Devdutt Joshi - Musical Performer; Johnny Kalsi - Musical Performer; Jennifer Kewley - Makeup; Claire Mahoney - Foley Artist; Joe McNally - Steadicam Operator; Frank Merritt - Production Coordinator; Noella Mingo - Hair Styles; Noella Mingo - Makeup; Rachel Oliver - Model Effects; Jeanette Redmond - Hair Styles; Orphy Robinson - Musical Performer; Matt Rodgers - Sound/Sound Designer; Eddie Saunders - Musical Performer; Andy Senior - Location Manager; Kiranpal Singh - Musical Performer; Colin Laski - Title Design; Janice Mordue - Title Design; Swifty - Title Design; General Screen Enterprises - Title Design; Enterprises - Title Design; Graham Hoddell - Title Design; Daniel Palmisano - Third Assistant Director; David Rogers - Executive Producer

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