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Chicken Tikka Masala

Country: UK, Language: English, 90 mins

  • Director: Harmage Singh Kalirai
  • Writer: Roopesh Parekh
  • Producer: Rony Ghosh; John McBride

CGiii Comment

With dreadful opening credits and hideous music throughout - it's not looking good.

First-time director and writer - and it shows.

It is trivial and childish with soapbox intelligence.

It preaches shamelessly - as if everyone who watches is mentally insufficient to process the cultural clash unfolding in front of your very eyes. The rancid unsubtlety will have you floundering (up to your neck) in a fetid fish curry.

The acting, by most, is simple with stilted line delivery.

It is an important subject clumsily handled - with zero sensitivity and debatable talent.

In a word: DREADFUL.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Jimi, a doctor in Lancashire and the only son of loving Indian immigrants, is spineless. When his parents and grandmother arrange his marriage to a young woman from their home village, he hasn't the courage to tell them that he's already in love, with Jack, a man they think is his best friend. To queer the wedding, Jack's niece Hannah tells the bride-to-be that she's Jimi's daughter. Jimi's family swallows hard and decides to make the best of it by marrying Jimi to Hannah's mother, the blowzy, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed Vanessa. Jimi begs Vanessa to go through with it, so he can be with Jack. Is another resolution possible?

Cast & Characters

Chris Bisson as Jimi Chopra;
Saeed Jaffrey as C. P. Chopra;
Sally Bankes as Vanessa;
Peter Ash as Jack;
Zohra Sehgal as Grandmother;
Shobu Kapoor as Minaxi Patel;
Jinder Mahal as Simran;
Jamila Massey as Asha Chopra;
Sushil Chudasama as Ravi;
Katy Clayton as Hanah;
Louisa Eyo as Marlene;
Harish Patel as Harish Patel;
Dalu Solanki as Priest;
Rony Ghosh as Mr. Shah;
Vijayanti Uma Chauhan as Auntie