The Effectiveness of Bend it Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha

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The Effectiveness of Bend it Like Beckham by Gurinder Chadha

Bend it like Beckham is a film about a tradition Indian family with

two daughters, Jessminder and Binky Bamrah. Binky is engaged to

another Indian Sikh, Teetu, and Jessminder is only interested in one

thing… Football!

Jessminder plays football in the park with her friend, Tony, and his

friends until Jules, a player for the Hounslow Harriers Women's

Football Team, asks Jessminder to come along for a try out for her

football team.

The next scene is showing how well the girl players at the Hounslow

Harriers can play football which I think is effective because it shows

that women can play football as well as men. Jessminder tries out for

the team and is accepted by Joe the Teams coach. At this time it is

clear to the audience that Jules likes Joe but Joe likes Jessminder

but it is not clear to the actors, which is a perfect example of

dramatic irony.

You then see more preparations for Binky and Teetu's wedding and as

this is going on Jessminder goes to her second football practice and

is given her uniform, which involves her wearing shorts. This next

scene is the first scene I will analyse.

You see Jessminder sitting in a football stand while the other players

are practicing their skills. Joe spots her and tells Jules to take

over the warm up and goes over to Jess.

Joe climbs over the railing and sits by Jess and he spots the problem

as the camera moves to a scar on Jessminders right leg. The camera

then moves to show both Joe and Jess and moves slightly when each

actor speaks. Through Jess' dialogue the actor speaks in a melancholy

tone, which I think ...

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should have been shown more because the whole film was taken up by

Binky and Teetu's wedding preparations and Jessminder lying to her

parents and a little bit of football which was not enough.

I would recommend this film because it's a light drama/comedy that you

would watch after a Sunday meal but personally I don't think that it

could hold its own in the category in which it has been placed.

It's a nice movie with a target audience of mainly teenage to middle

aged women and it does deal with some moral dilemmas and issues which

are dealt with comedy but also class.

Cast of Bend it like Beckham.

Director ~ Gurinder Chadha

Jessminder Bamrah ~ Parminder Nagra

Jules ~ Keira Knightley

Joe ~ Jonathan Rhys Meyers

Mr Bamrah (Jess' dad) ~ Anupam Kher

Binky Bamrah ~ Archie Panjabi

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