Face Off with Facejacker Kayvan Novak
Interview with the man behind the maskDESPITE being a BAFTA Award-winning TV star with millions of fans, British-Iranian star Kayvan Novak can walk down the street completely unrecognised.
That’s because, as the voice of Fonejacker, the inspired prank phone...
Four Lions: Controversial?
’No’, says director Chris Morris, ‘It’s just a funny film’FOUR Lions is a Comedy about a group of inept home-grown jihadist suicide bombers and their mission to blow up the London Marathon.
Controversial? Not so, according to director Chris...
Interview with Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party
Election 2010 – Your Choice Your VoteIn a statement, Rabi Martins the Vice Chair for Ethnic Minority Liberal Democrats said that the Liberal Democrats were the only Party without an MP from an ethnic minority background. Can you see...
Interview with Salma Yaqoob, Leader of the Respect Party
Election 2010 – Your Choice Your VoteYou have been targeted in the past for being a Muslim woman in the public eye. How do you feel about this?
Yes. I have found myself on the receiving end of abuse from...
Interview with Baroness Sayeeda Warsi, Conservative Party
Election 2010 – Your Choice Your VoteA recent poll by The BBC Asian Network Radio suggests that just 44% of British Asians are like to vote in the Election on Thursday 6th May. This is obviously not an impressive...
Interview with David Miliband, Foreign Secretary, Labour Party
Election 2010 – Your Choice Your VoteBritish Muslims are continuously frustrated with the UK’s relationship with America. Has this relationship with the US really benefited the UK and if so, in what way?
Labour’s international policy is driven both by...
Interview with Andrew Mitchell, Conservative Party
Election 2010 – Your Choice Your VoteYou have a record 60 Women MPs and a substantial number of black and ethnic minority MPs standing in thiselection. Do you think that the Conservatives have finally managed to detach themselves away...
Learning from the master
Director-in-the-making Ray Panthaki on watching Gurinder Chadha at workTALK about up-and-coming British Asians producers and one Ray Panthaki may not be a name that springs to mind.
Since his stint as a ‘Ferreira’ in Eastenders, Ray has been busy both...
Shabana Azmi – ‘The Indian Meryl Streep’
Indian star on teaming up with Gurinder Chadha for ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife’ONE of the leading lights of the Indian New Wave, Shabana Azmi established herself at the forefront of Indian film during the 1970s and 1980s.
She has...
Stayin’ Alive with Gurinder Chadha
Director talks about her latest film ‘It’s A Wonderful Afterlife’GURINDER Chadha is back to her best this month in the supernatural comedy ‘It’s a Wonderful Afterlife’. We’ve all heard the hype, but what does the woman behind the camera...