Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

Pratibha Parmar

Writers:

Andrea Gibb (writer)
Pratibha Parmar (story)

Release Date:

21 November 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy

Tagline:

A romantic feast rich with the tastes of life, love and spices

Plot:

A feisty young woman returns to Glasgow to run her deceased father's curry house. |

Plot Keywords:

Lesbian Love | Lesbian | Indian | Chicken Shakuti | Cooking

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Shelley Conn	...	Nina Shah
Laura Fraser	...	Lisa Mackinlay
Ronny Jhutti	...	Bobbi
Art Malik	...	Raj Khanna
Raji James	...	Sanjay Khanna
Veena Sood	...	Suman Shah
Raad Rawi	...	Mohan Shah
Atta Yaqub	...	Kary Shah
Zoe Henretty	...	Priya Shah
Kathleen McDermott	...	Janice
Adam Sinclair	...	Fish
Rita Wolf	...	Auntie Tumi
Francisco Bosch	...	Shriv
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Umar Ahmed	...	Ghandi
Gillian J. Anderson	...	Bollywood Dancer #1
Lynne Anderson	...	Bollywood Dancer #2
Kavita Dass	...	Bollywood Bowl Child
Kulvinder Ghir	...	TV Presenter
Rebecca Green	...	Bollywood Dancer #3
Lynsey Hatfield	...	Bollywood Dancer #4
Maggs McMahon	...	Bollywood Dancer #5
Tariq Mullan	...	Ravi
Elaine C. Smith	...	Auntie Mamie
Hritika Thaker	...	Young Nina

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content.

Runtime:

UK:94 min | USA:94 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

UK:PG | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Company:

Kali Films

Quotes:

Auntie Tumi: [about the comments on the customer forms] You got to be cruel to be kind.

A different Approach

I think it is wrong when people attribute a certain quality to a community and expect that to be the their only quality. With this film, it attempted to steer from the stereotypical way of thinking and not focusing so much on the trials and hardship of lesbian romance within a Brit/Asian family, because by so doing, it will not be different or stand out for better or worse from other scenes. For those who say the film is not well shot, i thought it was beautifully shot, the first kiss was magical, not because of the kiss, but because of the location. If you're looking for soft porn or anything remotely of the sort, this is not the film for you. But if you love a romance, that is about love and what love should be, then this is a film for you. People spend so much time looking for more, that they forget the actual message of the film; love comes in different shapes and sizes, if you're Asian you can fall in love with someone who isn't, and if you're a woman you might fall in love with another one. We cannot pick and chose who we fall in love with, it just happens, love happens. Critics are always looking for something extreme and dramatic and forget about the simple and real; life isn't always a drama with explosions in every corner.