Nina's Heavenly Delights (2006)

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

Director:

Pratibha Parmar

Writers:

Andrea Gibb (screenplay by), Pratibha Parmar (story by)

Stars:

Laura Fraser, Shelley Conn, Art Malik

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Laura Fraser	...	Lisa MacKinlay
Shelley Conn	...	Nina Shah
Art Malik	...	Raj Khanna
Ronny Jhutti	...	Bobbi
Veena Sood	...	Suman Shah
Atta Yaqub	...	Kary Shah
Zoe Henretty	...	Priya Shah
Raji James	...	Sanjay Khanna
Elaine C. Smith	...	Auntie Mamie
Rita Wolf	...	Auntie Tumi
Kathleen McDermott	...	Janice
Kulvinder Ghir	...	TV Presenter
Hritika Thaker	...	Young Nina
Kavita Dass	...	Bollywood Bowl Child
Tariq Mullan	...	Ravi

Storyline

Shelley Conn plays Nina, a young woman who ran away to London to avoid an arranged marriage. She returns to Glasgow three years later (after her father dies unexpectedly of a heart-attack) to find his gambling problem means the family restaurant has to be sold. To save it Nina decides to compete in a TV curry competition.

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Plot Keywords:

f rated | lesbian kiss | lesbian | taj mahal | lesbian love | 

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Taglines:

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

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Genres:

Comedy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [United States]

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 September 2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

Ninas himmlische Köstlichkeiten

Filming Locations:

Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$267, 25 November 2007

Gross USA:

$9,936

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$50,171

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kali Films, Priority Pictures

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Described by producer Chris Atkins as "the worst film that I or anyone else has produced."

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Goofs

In the dance studio, as Fish and the other two dancers are about to leave Nina and her friend alone, crew and equipment are reflected in the full-length mirror.

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Quotes

Mohan: There''s no need to rush, Nina-petit. Always take your time. That's the difference between winning an losing.

User Reviews

Straight-jacketed Asian Queers

I hate the way this film has been criticized in the press. By insisting, as the BBC does in their review of her film, that any treatment of Asian queerness needs to be portrayed as brutish and gritty, and that any story of an Asian family coping with a queer member must be shown through the lens of a "multicultural family and their troubled psyches", the press is putting the same straight-jacket on Asian filmmakers, as they do on black filmmakers, when they insist that the only stories that can come of out the black community are stories of gun violence and rat-infested squats.

The critics demand that queer Asians aren't allowed to do "Kissing Jessica Stein", that domain is reserved for whites only. Reading the reviews, you get the clear picture that the crime they want to charge Pratibha with, is not "making a bad film" but for "not telling an Asian queer story in the appropriate manner", as set out by films like East is East and My Beautiful Laundrette. That bloody sucks. More power to her for daring to challenge the stereotypes.