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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|2002 film by Jeremy Wooding}}<br />
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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Bollywood Queen<br />
| director = [[Jeremy Wooding]]<br />
| image = Bollywood Queen FilmPoster.jpeg<br />
| producer = Jeremy Wooding<br />
| writer = [[Neil Spencer]] <br> Jeremy Wooding<br />
| based_on = {{based on|''[[Romeo and Juliet]]''|[[William Shakespeare]] }}<br />
| starring = [[Preeya Kalidas]] <br> [[James McAvoy]] <br> Ray Panthaki <br> [[Ciarán McMenamin]] <br> Amerjit Deu <br> Saraj Chaudhry <br> [[Ronny Jhutti]]<br />
| music = [[Steve Beresford]]; additional music and theme song: [[Michael Kay (songwriter)|Michael Kay]]<br />
| cinematography = Jono Smith<br />
| editing = Ben Yeates<br />
| studio = Win Media<br />
| distributor = <br />
| released = {{Film date|2002|12|11|premiere|2003|10|17|df=y}}<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />Hindi<br />
| runtime = 89 minutes<br />
| gross = <br />
}}<br />
'''''Bollywood Queen''''' is a [[British Indian]] take on the [[William Shakespeare]] play ''[[Romeo and Juliet]]'', directed by [[Jeremy Wooding]] and starring [[Preeya Kalidas]] and [[James McAvoy]]. Produced by Jeremy Wooding, the film was released in 2003.<br />
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==Plot==<br />
Geena ([[Preeya Kalidas]]) is a [[Bollywood]] fanatic from a respectable [[Gujarati people|Gujarati]] family. She has finished school, and is at university doing a business studies course. She is dating Dilip ([[Ronny Jhutti]]), an ambitious computer whizz, but wants her love life to be like it is in the movies. However, Dilip only wants sex. Geena's family owns Ganesh Global, a clothing company which imports materials and [[sari]]s from India. Geena has a part-time job working in the shop. She is also in a secret band with two other girls, Anjali (Kat Bhathena) and Neeta ([[Karen David]]).<br />
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Jay ([[James McAvoy]]) is a young guy from Somerset who joins his brother Dean ([[Ciarán McMenamin]]) in [[London]], who also works in the clothing industry, for someone called Frank ([[Ian McShane]]). He owns a guitar, of which he is extremely protective.<br />
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One day, when Geena is walking along the road, Jay and his brother happen to be managing some poles. One of the poles nearly falls on Geena, but Jay lunges at her and pushes her out of the way before it can crush her. Geena, disgusted at this, hurries along, leaving her phone behind. Jay sees the phone and takes it, but his brother Dean repossesses it. Jay then takes the phone back and gives it to Geena, who then thanks him for saving her life. She then gives him her phone number, and they begin to meet up regularly.<br />
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The two start to fall in love, meeting up in secret regularly and hiding from Geena's family. However, Dean comes to know of the affair and launches an attack on Ganesh Global. One of Geena's brothers also sees the two together, and Geena gets into trouble with her family. Her brother then takes away her phone. Geena's brothers then beat Jay up, leaving him bleeding. Jay and Geena then run away together and escape their family. Dean is in hospital, and Jay visits him and takes away all his money.{{clarify|date=January 2018}}<br />
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Eventually, Jay and Geena return to London and Jay settles his dispute with his father and brother. Geena then turns up for her relative's wedding, dressed in Indian attire, and sings with her band. She then attempts to reunite with her family, and it is revealed her brother, Sanjay (Amerjit Deu) is a criminal, and is handling illegal suits, and that her brother, Tariq (Saraj Chaudhry) is gay. Jay and Geena then leave in the bride and groom's carriage, and her mother says to her father, "She'll be back."<br />
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==Cast==<br />
* [[Preeya Kalidas]] as Geena<br />
* [[James McAvoy]] as Jay<br />
* Ray Panthaki as Anil<br />
* [[Ciarán McMenamin]] as Dean<br />
* Kat Bhathena as Anjali<br />
* [[Ian McShane]] as Frank<br />
* Amerjit Deu as Sanjay<br />
* [[Karen David]] as Neeta<br />
* Lalita Ahmed as Geena's mother<br />
* [[Andy Beckwith]] as Johnny<br />
* Jo Cameron Brown as Anita<br />
* Saraj Chaudhry as Tariq<br />
* Giada Dobrzenska as Club Kid<br />
* [[Ronny Jhutti]] as Dilip<br />
* Tajpal Rathore as Family Member<br />
* Ranu Setna as Uncle Ganesh<br />
* Faizaan Shurai as Factory Worker<br />
* Elsa de Belilovsky as Elsa<br />
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==Awards and nominations==<br />
'''British Independent Film Awards'''<br />
*Jeremy Wooding- Douglas Hickox Award- Nominated<br />
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==External links==<br />
*{{IMDb title|id=0321494}}<br />
*{{Rotten Tomatoes|1134968_bollywood_queen}}<br />
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{{Romeo and Juliet}}<br />
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