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Pratibha Parmar

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Hi there! I am a filmmaker living in London. I have directed and produced documentaries, music videos and fiction films. My debut feature film, NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS was released in the UK in September 2006 and is due for release in the US in Fall 2007. NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS is an old-fashioned love story with a contemporary twist. check out - http://www.myspace.com/ninasheavenlydelights - for all current and forthcoming film festival screenings. I am currently working on several projects - documentaries and fiction..................................................... ..........................Check out on the following sites:www.ninasheavenlydelights.com www.kalifilms.com www.britfilms.com

My Interests

Music, films, books, good wine,yoga,walking on the ocean, sitting on my beach deck and watching the tide change color, excellent food , travelling to remote areas of the world meeting people who make a difference and much more......

I'd like to meet:

Intriguing, interesting,intelligent, engaged, provocative, creative,renegade, fun people from anywhere in the world

Music:

My eclectic taste includes, Nina Simone, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, Bollywood Classics, Nitin Sawhney,Mary J Blige, Morcheeba, Madonna, Marvin Gaye, Al Green, Massive Attack, Anthony and Anthony, Salif Keita, Oumou Sangare. Susheela Rahman, M.I.A., Miles Davis, Handel, Bach, Bob Marley, The Gossip, Bebel Gilberto, Eva Cassidy, Ry Cooder & Ali Farka Toure, Craig Armstrong, Tracy Chapman, Krishna Das, Skye, Scissor Sisters, Sheila Chandra, Cesaria Evora,, Alice Coltrane, Jan Garbarek,Youssou N’Dour, Prince, P.J. Harvey, Johnny Cash, Jennifer Berezan, Kylie, Gwen Stefani, Ahn Trio, Kanya West, Biddu and all kinds of meditation, chant and dance music and much more……

Movies:

All About My Mother, Blade Runner, Raging Bull, Do The Right Thing, Fifth Element, Diva, Betty Blue, Amelie, Pan’s Labyrinth, Pakeeza, Mughal E Azam, A Question of Silence, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Crying Game, Monsoon Wedding, Lagaan, Blood Diamond, Bamako, Derek Jarman’s films, cheesy rom-coms, directors, Euzhan Palcy, Takashi Kitano, Clint Eastwood, Sally Potter, Martin Scorcese and more… Nina's Heavenly Delights

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Television:

Six Feet Under, Greys Anatomy, early ER, Heroes, Angels in America, Sci-Fi channel, CSI Miami, C4 News with Jon Snow, Desi DNA, The L Word, Property porn i.e. Grand Designs, select food porn, Current T.V. AlJazeera/English, and not much more…..

Books:

June Jordan, Alice Walker, Beloved by Toni Morrison, The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin, Jack Kornfiield, Arundhati Roy (The God of Small Things) Rose Tremain (Sacred Country), The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, Anais Nin, early Patricia Cornwall, Martina Cole, Wangari Maathai, and too many others to list…… light bed time reading includes Grazia, National Enquirer, Vanity Fare, Men & Fitness,

Heroes:

& Heroines - Arundhati Roy, Xena The Warrior Queen, Rani Ke Jhansi, Aung Sang Sui, Martin Luther King, Ghandi plus some and of course - my mum who was a freedom fighter for Indian independence and all those who live their lives with integrity, dignity, grace, laughter.....you know who you are....

My Blog

Nina's Heavenly Screenings

These last couple of weeks have been amazing - 2 screenings of Nina's Heavenly Delights at Tongues of Fire Asian Women's Film Festival in London, then a sold out screening at London Lesbian and Gay Fi...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Mon, 02 Apr 2007 05:15:00 PST

Rwanda/Congo Travels

I went to tell you all about a recent trip to Rwanda and Congo. I was invited alongside my friend, Alice Walker by Women For Women International.(http://www.womenforwomen.org) A fantastic organisation...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Mon, 12 Mar 2007 08:45:00 PST

An excellent comment on CBB

Check out this comment on the ongoing debate about racism generated by Celebrity Big Brother. Best article I have read so far.http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/story/0,,1998112 ,00.html
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:17:00 PST

Racist Bullying on Celebrity Big Brother

I watched Celebrity Big Brother last night on UK's Channel 4 television and was really distressed and angry by it. Three white girls not only ganging up on the Bollywood actress Shilp Shetty but also ...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 06:36:00 PST

New Chapter Begins

Happy belated new year to you all! Well, I have a very good excuse for not keeping this blog going for the last many months. My film, Nina's Heavenly Delights (www.ninasheavenlydelights.com) got relea...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 08:34:00 PST

EXCELLENT NEWS - FILM COMING TO A CINEMA NEAR YOU SOON

EXCELLENT NEWS COMING TO A CINEMA NEAR YOU!NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS A Romantic Feast RICH WITH THE TASTES OF Life, Love AND SpicesDear Friends & Supporters, I am delighted to sha...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Fri, 07 Jul 2006 10:04:00 PST

NHD - Shooting on HD

Continuing my musings on the film, I want to share with you all the wonders of shooting on HD. I loved it. The films ambitious set pieces of food montages, The Best of the West Curry Competition, as w...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Tue, 20 Jun 2006 06:56:00 PST

Writing the story of NINA'S HEAVENLY DELIGHTS (NHD)

I wrote the story on which the film is based 6 years ago. I had visited Glasgow for a documentary shoot and gone to an Indian restuarant. I was served by these Indian waiters who were wearing turbans ...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Mon, 19 Jun 2006 09:53:00 PST

Back from the US !

I have just returned from an amazing road trip in the SouthWest of US. We drove through California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. It was the perfect way to unwind after finally finishing my film, NINA'...
Posted by Pratibha Parmar on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 06:35:00 PST