Bend It Like Beckham the role of Jess's mother, Mrs Bhamra, Chadha turned to Shaheen Khan, whom she had previously cast in "Bhaji on the Beach". Anupam Kher, a Bollywood actor, was cast as Mr Bhamra, Jess's father. Chadha worked with The Football Association and ended up casting actual players from a variety of school teams. "Bend It Like Beckham" was released theatrically on 12 April 2002 by Redbus Film Distribution. The film then received a limited theatrical release in the United States on 12 March 2003, by Fox Searchlight Pictures. When originally released in the United Kingdom, it topped the country's box office
A Girl Called Jules A Girl Called Jules A Girl Called Jules () is a 1970 Italian drama film directed by Tonino Valerii. After directing three spaghetti western films, director Tonino Valerii was worried about being typecast as a director of only spaghetti westerns. He began exploring other genres and was initially interested in adapting Livia De Stefani's novel "Black Grapes". The original story of "Black Grapes" involved gangsters, a topic that became popular in Italy after the release of Damiano Damiani's "The Day of the Owl". Valerii was introduced to producer Francesco Mazzei by Riz Ortolani. When approaching him for "Black Grapes", Mazzei