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Special Episode: Gurinder Chadha Spills The Chai on 'Bend It Like Beckham' - The Film & The Musical

Burn It All Down

Burn It All Down

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4.5740 Ratings

🗓️ 29 November 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In this Special Episode, Shireen sits down with the legendary filmmaker Gurinder Chadha. They talk about the reverberations and impact of 'Bend It Like Beckham' on generations of people, adapting the movie into a musical, and what the music means. They discuss the effect of the film on women's football, and Gurinder Ji shares lots of juicy behind the scene tidbits, and very poignant moments, including her vision for making films and shows that represented people that look like her, and different communities. For show notes, transcripts, and more info about BIAD, check our website: www.burnitalldownpod.com To help support the Burn It All Down podcast, please consider becoming a patron: www.patreon.com/burnitalldown For BIAD merchandise: teespring.com/stores/burn-it-all-down Find us on Twitter: twitter.com/BurnItDownPod; Facebook: www.facebook.com/BurnItAllDownPod/; and Instagram: www.instagram.com/burnitalldownpod/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:53.9

I'm so excited to bring you up and I spin it all down. Before I'm back, Shireen here. I am so excited to bring you a very special episode of Burn It All Down.

0:57.9

Before I begin, I would like to thank Suzanne Cheritin for making this happen,

1:02.2

my co-hosts, Amira, Jessica, Brenda, and Lindsay for giving me the support, encouragement,

1:07.3

and amplification to make this episode possible.

1:09.3

And above and beyond, I would like to thank Grendor Chadha for sitting down with me,

1:14.8

sharing her thoughts and opinions on Bend It Like Beckham.

1:18.6

Without further ado, here is that conversation. We goy-bye-bye-bye-bye-koy-koy-koy-koy-a-h-h-a-h-h-a-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h-h. Oh, hey, oh, hey. Oh, hey, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, boy,

1:47.0

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh throwers, it's

2:12.0

here.

2:12.9

And I am over the moon excited to have with me,

2:17.1

Ms. Grendor Chedha, who is an award-winning film director.

2:21.9

She's a producer.

2:22.8

She's a writer.

2:23.5

She's a creative genius and responsible for the most important film in cinematic history, in my opinion.

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