Film Title: Bend It Like Beckham Released: 2002 Language: Hindi Video Previewed: 6445 times Plot: Bend it Like Beckham uses the metaphor of football (soccer) to explore and discuss race, gender, and ethnicity in contemporary London. 18-year-old Jesminder "Jess" Bhamra (Parminder Nagra) is a British Indian Sikh girl living in the western suburbs of London. Her older sister, Pinky (Archie Panjabi), is preoccupied with fashion and her upcoming wedding to her boyfriend Teetu (Kulvinder Ghir), who operates a successful automobile business. Jess father (the noted actor, Anupam Kher ) is a Ugandan Indian and both her mother (Shaheen Khan) and father are Punjabi immigrants in Britain who work at nearby Heathrow Airport.