#saeed jaffrey

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LGBTQ Movie of the Day:

My Beautiful Launderette

Description:

During a street fight, Omar bumps into his former lover Johnny. The two rekindle the romance between them and manage Omar's uncle's laundrette, but various social issues stand in their way of success.

Title: My Beautiful Launderette

Genre: Romance, Comedy

Age Rating: 15

Release Date: 1985

Relationships: MLM (Main plot)

Representation: Gay

Running Time: 1h 37m

Country of Origin: United Kingdom

Language: English

Box Office: $3 million

Warnings: Sex, nudity, violence, racism, homophobia, profanity

Starring: Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Gordon Warnecke, Shirley Anne Field

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CHICKEN TIKKA MASALA (2005) dir. Harmage Singh Kalirai Jimi, a doctor in Lancashire and the only son of loving Indian immigrants, is spineless. When his parents and grandmother arrange his marriage to a young woman, he hasn't the courage to tell them that he's already in love with Jack, a man they think is his best friend. To make things worse, Jack's niece Hannah tells the bride-to-be that she's Jimi's daughter. Jimi's family decides to make the best of it by marrying Jimi to Hannah's mother, the hard-drinking, foul-mouthed Vanessa. Jimi begs Vanessa to go through with it so he can be with Jack. Is another resolution possible? (link in title)

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Remembering Saeed Jaffrey, one of the most beloved actors of British-Indian cinema and television, on his 9th death anniversary (15/11/15).

Saeed Jaffrey, born on 8 January 1929 and passing on 15 November 2015, was a distinguished British-Indian actor with a versatile career spanning over six decades in film, radio, stage, and television. He featured in more than 150 movies across British, American, and Indian cinema. During the 1980s and 1990s, Jaffrey was renowned as Britain’s most prominent Asian actor, with key roles in the movie My Beautiful Laundrette (1985) and TV series like The Jewel in the Crown (1984), Tandoori Nights (1985–1987), and Little Napoleons (1994). He played a pivotal role in connecting filmmakers James Ivory and Ismail Merchant and appeared in several of their Merchant Ivory Productions films, including The Guru (1969) and The Deceivers (1988).

Jaffrey made a significant impact in Indian cinema with his role in Satyajit Ray's Shatranj Ke Khilari (1977), earning the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award in 1978. His performance as Lallan Miyan in Chashme Buddoor (1981) endeared him to Indian audiences. He also gained acclaim for his roles in Raj Kapoor's Ram Teri Ganga Maili (1985) and Henna (1991), which brought him Filmfare nominations.

Jaffrey was the first Asian to be nominated for British and Canadian film awards. In 1995, he was honored with an OBE for his contributions to drama, a first for an Asian actor. His memoirs, Saeed: An Actor's Journey, were published in 1998. Jaffrey’s life ended in London after a brain haemorrhage in 2015, and he was posthumously awarded the Padma Shri in January 2016.

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Satyajit Ray’s only Hindi language film.

(via Shatranj ke khilari (1977) - Filmi Geek)

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My Beautiful Laundrette

directed by Stephen Frears, 1985