Bend It Like Beckham South Korea, Martin Uden, said it was the "first ever Western-made film to air on television" in North Korea. A stage musical version of the film opened at London's Phoenix Theatre in June 2015. Bend It Like Beckham Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 British-Indian family romantic comedy sports film produced, written and directed by Gurinder Chadha, and starring Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Shaznay Lewis and Archie Panjabi. The film's title refers to the football player David Beckham, and his skill at scoring from free kicks by curling the ball past a wall of
Appu (2002 film) Appu (2002 film) Appu () is a 2002 Indian Kannada film directed by Puri Jagannadh. It stars debutants Puneeth Rajkumar and Rakshita in lead roles. The supporting cast features Avinash, Srinivasa Murthy and Sumithra. The film was produced by Puneeth's mother, Parvathamma Rajkumar under Poornima Enterprises, the production banner of the Rajkumar family. It marked the screen debut Puneeth and Rakshita in lead roles. Upon theatrical release on 26 April 2002, the film was a success and completed a 200-day run in theatres. The film was remade in Telugu in 2002 as "Idiot" , in Tamil in 2003 as "Dum"