Posted on 19 June 2009 by Halima Khatun
In an effort to represent multicultural Britain, Eastenders are about to score a double-whammy: sources reveal that newcomer Syed Masood will embark on an affair with flamboyant, mans-man Christian. This no doubt will please BBC bosses, as the storyline will tick two boxes in their quota - giving screen space to an Asian character, whilst [...][...more]
Posted on 15 April 2009 by Sital Ladva
In case you were away with the fairies a couple of weeks ago, you would have noticed that all the tabloids were getting excited about Britain’s favourite Bollywood babe Shilpa Shetty. Since her appearance in celebrity Big Brother two years ago, she has been the centre of attention for the British Press - and the [...][...more]
Posted on 02 March 2009 by Azharul Islam
‘Jihad for love’ is a controversial documentary about the existence of homosexuality within the Muslim world.  The film, directed by Parvez Sharma - who is homosexual himself - first premiered at the Toronto film festival in 2007. At the time it caused a large uproar, with the director receiving multiple threats to his life. Due [...][...more]
Posted on 21 September 2008 by Rina Kaur
Ayesha Dharker is the new Asian sensation the people at ITV and Coronation Street are hoping will save the day. Only last month, Trevor Phillips, the chairman of the Commission for Equality and Human Rights blasted the soap for its lack of diversity amongst its Black and Asian characters. The report the commission released concluded [...][...more]
Posted on 19 August 2008 by Fatema Yasmine
Big Boss is the Indian version of Big Brother, it is now in its second series with the opening night taking in a record number of viewers (over four million). As one would suspect, every candidate in the Indian house seemed to have aspirations in Bollywood in one form or another - and then [...][...more]
Posted on 22 July 2008 by Halima Khatun
A few weeks back, I put forward the argument on why I thought the Masood’s from Eastenders were one of the few Asian TV families to get a realistic storyline and a fair amount of airtime. However, a report published at the end of last week seems to contradict my opinion altogether. The study, conducted by [...][...more]
Posted on 14 July 2008 by Halima Khatun
As a fairly open-minded Asian girl (at least I’d like to think so), I have friends across the entire spectrum of the whole clothes debacle, from those who wear full burka, to others who are self-confessed party dress/kitten heel/boob tube kinda girls (love them all, though I do). I fall somewhere in the middle. With [...][...more]
Posted on 08 July 2008 by Farhana Shaikh
Earlier this month, Coldplay was falsely accused of doing it, Bollywood is famous for doing it and now our very own desi doctor/TV celebrity Raj Persaud has been caught red handed having his own love affair with copyright. Dr. Raj Persaud, best known for his role as a psychiatric expert on ITV’s This Morning and more [...][...more]
Posted on 28 June 2008 by Amna Ahmed
If you are starved to see Salman in his element; craving to swoon over Shahrukh and his infectious persona (and a six-pack); longing to see Kajol’s seductive smile and yearning to stare at Hrithik as he woos you; you don’t have to wait for their next movie to hit the big screen. Waiting around for the next [...][...more]
Posted on 11 June 2008 by Amna Ahmed
The Baadshah of Bollywood, having clearly conquered the silver screen, is now increasing his foot hold on the smaller screens in an attempt to reign supreme there to. The superstar started off his acting career on a television serial called Fauji back in 1988, and as we are all aware, he has come a tremendous way [...][...more]
Posted on 30 May 2008 by Aliya Razaaq
A daughter caught between a mix of Eastern and Western values; a mother on the prowl, preoccupied with reputation; a bunch of stiff upper lipped relatives; tales of forced marriage and torture. This is the Masood family, the latest Asian experiment to be performed on hit BBC soap Eastenders. Eastenders has long had a reputation of [...][...more]
Posted on 21 May 2008 by Halima Khatun
Eastenders has finally come up trumps by depicting a British Asian family we can believe in. It only took two decades, and a lot of poor storylines in-between, but Enders’ latest family offering, the Masood’s, are probably the nearest representation of a British Muslim family that we are going to get. Despite having relatively low-key roles, [...][...more]
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