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
Hollywood (2002 film) Hollywood (2002 film) Hollywood is a 2002 Indian Kannada science fiction film written by Upendra and directed by Dinesh Babu. Hollywood is the first Indian robot film before Shankar's film "Enthiran". Upendra is the first man in India to play the role of human like android. It starred Upendra in a triple role as Surendra, Upendra and US 47 (an robot) along with the Australian actress Felicity Mason as Manisha. The movie was shot entirely in Hollywood, California with a very few support cast, including Ananth Nag and a monkey called "Lakshmi", voiced by Ramesh Bhat. The movie was also