UK 2006, English, 35mm, 96 min
Director: Pratibha Parmar
Screenplay : Andrea Gibb
Cinematography : Simon Dennis
Cast: Art Malik, Kilvinder Ghir, Laura Fraser, Shelley Conn
Print Source: Fortissimo Films
Nina Shah is a fiercely independent young Indo-Scottish woman who, like many immigrants the world over, suffers from an identity crisis. Having left home after a fight with her father, she is forced to return when the old man dies. But she is returning to many of the things that she was running away from, and both old ghosts and new ghosts continue to haunt her.
At the film's centre is the curry house that Nina's father used to run, and whose food he used to prepare with such loving devotion. It is this love that Nina needs to find if she is to win the “Best of the West” curry competition, a highly coveted prize in the world of British Indian cuisine. To add to the masala, Nina is starting to fall in love with family friend Lisa.
Nina's Heavenly Delights is an assured debut from Pratibha Parmar who also wrote the script and produced the film herself. Although the film mines the culturally rich territory of the Indian immigrant community, its take on diversity extends beyond the obvious conflicts. Taking modernity, sexuality and arranged marriages in its stride, the film represents a cultural and generational paradigm shift that suggests its okay to change, that some rules should be rewritten and that some things are worth holding onto.
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