Complete Filmography

Blinded by the Light
2019
Writer, Executive Producer
In 1987, during the austere days of Thatcher’s Britain, a teenager learns to live life, understand his family, and find his own voice through the musi...

Viceroy's House
2017
Writer, Producer
In 1947, Lord Mountbatten assumes the post of last Viceroy, charged with handing India back to its people, living upstairs at the house which was the ...

It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2010
Executive Producer, Screenplay
Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick...

Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging
2008
Screenplay
Georgia Nicolson is fourteen, lives with nosey parents who don't understand her, an annoying three year old sister and has to wear a beret to school. ...

Paris Je T'aime
2006
Writer
Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Wes Craven and Alfonso Cuaron are among the 20 distinguished directors who contribute to this collection of 18 stories,...
Quais de Seine
2006
Writer
This short from the anthology film Paris, je t’aime looks at the meeting between two teenagers, one a catcaller and the other a Muslim girl. Directed ...

The Mistress of Spices
2005
Director, Writer
Tilo is an Indian shopkeeper in America with an ability to see the future and a magical connection to powerful spices, which she uses to help her cust...

Bride & Prejudice
2004
Screenplay
Mrs. Bakshi is eager to find suitors for her four unmarried daughters when a family friend introduces them to handsome American Will Darcy. A Bollywoo...

Bend It Like Beckham
2002
Producer, Screenplay
Jess Bhamra, the daughter of a strict Indian couple in London, is not permitted to play organized soccer, even though she is 18. When Jess is playing ...

What's Cooking?
2000
Writer, Associate Producer
Four families of different ethnicities prepare for a potentially explosive Thanksgiving dinner.
En Ryo Identity
1993
Director
Paul Mayeda Berges ponders the difficulties of being biracial in En Reyo Identity. To grasp the Japanese half of himself, Berges strikes an on-camera ...

Pashmina
N/A
Writer
Pashmina is a fantasy and adventure story that follows Priyanka, a first generation American of Indian descent, as she explores her family history wit...