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Nina's Heavenly Delights

Country: UK, Language: English, 94 mins

  • Director: Pratibha Parmar
  • Writer: Andrea Gibb; Pratibha Parmar
  • Producer: Chris Atkins; Neil Chordia

CGiii Comment

Not the greatest movie ever made...but, truly delightful.

This is light entertainment done on a shoestring - by people who believed in what they were doing. And it shows.

Really - this is a wee gem that shines brightly.


Trailer...

The(ir) Blurb...

Shelley Conn plays Nina, a young woman who ran away to London to avoid an arranged marriage. She returns to Glasgow three years later (after her father dies unexpectedly of a heart-attack) to find his gambling problem means the family restaurant has to be sold. To save it Nina decides to compete in a TV curry competition.

Cast & Characters

Shelley Conn as Nina Shah;
Laura Fraser as Lisa MacKinlay;
Ronny Jhutti as Bobbi;
Art Malik as Raj Khanna;
Raji James as Sanjay Khanna;
Veena Sood as Suman Shah;
Raad Rawi as Mohan Shah;
Atta Yaqub as Kary Shah;
Zoe Henretty as Priya Shah;
Kathleen McDermott as Janice;
Adam Sinclair as Fish;
Rita Wolf as Auntie Tumi;
Francisco Bosch as Shriv;
Umar Ahmed as Ghandi;
Gillian J. Anderson as Bollywood Dancer #1