Romantic comedy opens later this month
Pratibha Parmar's debut feature film Nina's Heavenly Delights will open later this month.Starring the actress Shelley Conn and Laura Fraser, the light romantic comedy revolves around a Scottish town where the former's family own an Indian restaurant.
A death in the family forces Nina (Shelly Conn) to come back after years of separation over a family feud. Her return brings her face to face with many surprises - her father’s gambling debts, old friendships and new problems over the family's future.
While juggling personal issues she makes a determined effort to save her father's restaurant by making a bid to win the local curry competition. Events however don't exactly go according to plan.
"The inspiration for the story came from my own experiences and in some ways it's autobiographical," its director Pratibha Parmar says.
"The title of the film actually comes from my sister, Nina who once owned a catering company called, Nina’s Heavenly Delights. So that’s how those different personal elements came together. Ultimately it’s a film about family, food and love, all themes that I am interested in."
The film also stars other familiar actors such as Art Malik (Holby City), Raji James (Eastenders), Ronny Jhutti (Eastenders, Bollywood Queen) , Veena Sood (Touch of Pink) and Atta Yaqub (Ae Fond Kiss). 14 year old Zoe Henretty debuts as Priya Shah, Nina's younger sister.
Shelley Conn's credits include the films Entente Cordiale, Charlie & the Chocolate Factory, Possession and Man & Boy. She is currently filming Blue Murder for ITV.
Farook Shamsher of the Asian alternative band Joi provides some of the music. The film is being distributed in the UK through Verve Pictures. It was written by Andrea Gibb.
www.ninasheavenlydelights.com.
posted by AJ @ 12.9.06
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