Tanika Gupta’s taut, absorbing drama, an original screenplay for BBC Screen Two scored by Nitin Sawhney, is set among a South Asian community in the north of England. It details a journey of discovery after a teenager falls passionately in love. In doing so, she challenges the tyranny of her embittered father and the toxic patriarchy of wider society.

On its 25th anniversary there was special screening at the BFI in 2024 as part of the UK Asian Film Festival

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An original screenplay for BBC Screen Two.
Broadcast BBC2 Jan 1998.
Winner of an EMMA (Ethnic Minorities Media Award) for Best Television production, 1998.
Winner of the FIPA D’Argent Prize in the fiction category at the FIPA festival in France, 1997.
Shown at London, Bradford, Monte Carlo, Dublin, Bombay and Sochi (Russian) film festivals. Film Festival Sochi (Russia) Winner of Best Actor Award for Roshan Seth. Nominated for best TV drama CRE Awards 1999. Broadcast on Arte (French TV) in 1999.