Nina Shah's return to her native Scotland is not a joyous homecoming. Gone
for three years after running out on her wedding, she returns to Glasgow for
her dad's funeral and is forced to face all the memories and people she left
behind-including best friend Bobbi, an aspiring Bollywood Drag Queen. Nina
is taken aback when she discovers that half of the family's Indian restaurant, “The New Taj”, was lost to pay a gambling debt and when she discovers that the
new co-owner is family friend Lisa things get more complicated. While
rummaging through the restaurant, Nina uncovered that before his death her
father had entered the "Best in the West Curry Competition" and made it to
the final round. To her families chagrin she refuses to let go and decides
to pick up the torch...or spoon in this case, and continue on to the final
competition - with Lisa's help! Soon the aroma in the kitchen is full of the
scents of ginger, coconut, coriander and cumin but Nina's heart and mind are
full with thoughts of Lisa. Afraid to let her family know where her heart
really lays, it's the discovery that she is not the only Shah with a secret
that helps her understand that life is like the rule for making a great
curry, 'Always follow your heart' More scrumptious than a Chicken Shakuti
and featuring a soundtrack full of Bollywood classic and pop hits, filmmaker
Pratibha Parmar's takes us on a heart warming cinematic journey through the
dinner table right into the heart. It is of course a fitting film to pair a DineOUT for women around.
Career Synopsis
Pratibha Parmar was born in Nairobi, Kenya and grew up in England, where she studied at Bradford and Birmingham universities. She directed several music videos for acts such as Morcheeba, Tori Amos, and Midge Ure. She is also a published writer. Her filmography includes Emergence (1986), Flesh and Paper (1990), Wavelengths (1997), The Righteous Babes(1998), and Sita Gita (2000). Nina`s Heavenly Delights is based on one of Parmar`s own original stories and marks her feature film
debut.
FREE Event
Spring 2007 Women Directors: From Margin to Center at Florida
Atlantic University
7:00 pm
Prathiba Parmar director of Nina’s Heavenly Delight will be presenting and screening earlier
film works as part of this series that brings together a diverse array of women media makers,
from film, video, television and new media, and considers the gendered politics of producing
mainstream commercial texts, independent commercial texts, and experimental works, and
the relative presence of women in a number of sectors of varied media industries. This event
is presented by the Center for Interdisciplinary Studies and the Program in Film and Video of
the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters at Florida Atlantic University. For event
details, contact Eric Freedman, 561-297-2534 (efreedma@fau.edu). This event is FREE and
open to the public. Florida Atlantic University at Fort Lauderdale 111, East Las Olas Boulevard,
Higher Education Complex (HEC), Room 910.
Prathiba Parmar’s flight generously underwritten by Florida Atlantic University. |
