Bend it Like Beckham (2002/3) is a romantic comedy written‚ directed and produced by Gurinder Chadha‚ a Kenya-born British film maker who grew up India. Director Chadha’s films often reflect on her complex background. Unlike many comedies‚ Bend it Like Beckham is filled with plenty of important themes. One of them addresses the importance of cultural integration. Jesminder Bhamra‚ like the director‚ is British-Asian. Just like Director Chadha had refused to take traditional Punjabi dancing lessons
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ourselves for. We wish we could do it over and over again. In the book The Alchemist and in the film Bend it like Beckham both protagonists never give up on following their dreams when people try to stop them from looking forward‚ and pursuing their personal legends. In the novel The Alchemist‚ Paulo Coelho writes about the journey that Santiago takes to conquer his personal legend. The film Bend it like Beckham bases off the storyline of Jess’ ambition to become a soccer player despite the fact that her
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Thesis Essay On Religion In a 2003 movie called Bend It Like Beckham‚ the main character is an 18 year old‚ Indian girl named Jesminder Bhamra‚ who is born into the Sikh religion and wants to be a top soccer player. Unfortunately‚ that means she would have to go against the traditional customs of not only her culture but her religion as well. When Jess is giving the opportunity to achieve her goals of playing on a women’s soccer team‚ her sister’s wedding seems to oppose her ultimate goal. Every
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The dual definition of citizenship from May Joseph’s article Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship‚ can be used to analyze the different forms of citizenship that are presented in the film‚ Bend it Like Beckham‚ directed by Gurinder Chadha. Citizenship is typically referred to as someone being considered a member of a country under specific laws. This general idea of citizenship is further analyzed in Nomadic Identities: The Performance of Citizenship. The article presents the idea that
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to adjust and fit in the new world. This adjustment can have either positive or negative consequence on the self and others around. The film bend it like Beckham (BILB) effectively explores this concept as the audience can easily relate to the characters and with apparent themes that define a person going into the world. (P1) In the film bend it like Beckham Jess-minder is not comfortable‚ but dissatisfied with her life because she’s restricted by her parents that want her to be a typical Indian
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becoming a football player. Dialogue is used to show the resistance Jess has to face as she battles against what her family traditions ask of her‚ like cooking and learning how to become the idea Indian wife‚ and the opposition that Jess has to overcome in the form of her disapproving parents Jess: "anyone can cook Aloo Gobi‚ but who can bend a ball like Beckham?" Mrs Bhamra: "What family would want a daughter-in-law who can run around kicking football all day but can’t make round chapatis?" quotes
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language‚ clothing‚ and skin color. At the same time people are also being labeled because of their culture for the same thing. Some may believe that culture barely informs the way a person others and the world. In Gurinder Chadha’s film‚ Bend It Like Beckham‚ Jess‚ a Sikh Female‚ decides to play soccer instead of preparing herself for marriage. According to Jess she says “I’m sick of this wedding and it hasn’t even started!” Jess is sic of the wedding even tho is has not started yet because
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The film ‘Bend it like Beckham’ main character is an Indian girl‚ Jess whose dream is to play professional football. However‚ Jess’s parents are Indians and their culture does not accept Indian girls playing football. The difference of beliefs causes conflict between Jess and her parents and the other characters in the film and highlights the cross-cultural interactions. Culture is a system of values beliefs‚ assumption and norms shared among a group of people (country‚ region‚ religion‚ profession
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“Bend like Beckham” is a British-themed film about an 18 year old named Jess Jules who is infatured with playing soccer but her family forbids it because of their religion. Their religion is “Punjabi Siks”. They follow by their customs and want her too as well. Jess is at the top of her league in the soccer team she secretly joins. She does all that she can to make it to her practices and not let her family find out. Until one day her dad follows her and sees that she is actually pretty good at it
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Bend it like beckham portrays the story of a young indian women named Jasminder Nagra who is caught between the barriers of both her own culture and the western culture. Her sense of belonging is then distorted when Football (soccer) comes into play during the film. Frequent close ups of both the traditional household and the clothing her family wears instantly distinguishes her from white western culture‚ she feels that in order to become a soccer player she must give up her culture of a traditional
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