As Bradford's National Media Museum celebrates 100 years of Indian cinema, Irna Qureshi looks back at how immigrant mill and foundry workers from across the north used to come to the city to catch a Bollywood film on their day off
Remember that famous scene in East is East where George Khan's family drive from Salford to a Bradford cinema just to watch a Bollywood film? Well, they weren't alone ...
During the 1950s and 60s, immigrant mill and foundry workers from as far away as Newcastle and Sheffield came to Bradford to catch an Indian film on their day off. Bradford was one of the earliest centres of Indian film screenings for the south Asian community in Britain.
My dad's brother, Mohammed Ayub, was one of the men behind these screenings. He was still a teenager when he arrived in Bradford in 1950. His father was already settled here and my dad followed soon after.
Remember that famous scene in East is East where George Khan's family drive from Salford to a Bradford cinema just to watch a Bollywood film? Well, they weren't alone ...
During the 1950s and 60s, immigrant mill and foundry workers from as far away as Newcastle and Sheffield came to Bradford to catch an Indian film on their day off. Bradford was one of the earliest centres of Indian film screenings for the south Asian community in Britain.
My dad's brother, Mohammed Ayub, was one of the men behind these screenings. He was still a teenager when he arrived in Bradford in 1950. His father was already settled here and my dad followed soon after.
- 5/17/2013
- by Irna Qureshi
- The Guardian - Film News
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