Four Brown women walked into a British comedy club in 1994—and changed absolutely everything.
What do you call an Indian woman who's funny in 20th Century Britain? A British performer? A Black comedienne? An enigma? This humorous and comedic documentary, brings the laughs and dreams of four Indian women cabaret performers while posing the questions: What is comedy and who defines it? Is it culturally specific, or can anyone enjoy the joke? Who makes it into the mainstream and why? Does comedy always have to come from a white perspective in Britain to be taken seriously? What -- ultimately, do you call a funny Indian woman?
Direction
Chadha's raw, urgent debut before she became *that* Gurinder Chadha
Writing
The title alone—mic drop energy in question form
Acting
Four performers owning space that tried to erase them
Director
Gurinder Chadha
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Gurinder Chadha's thesis film at the University of East London—she made it for under £2,000.
Made during the height of 'Cool Britannia,' when British Asian culture was supposedly 'trendy' yet these women still couldn't get booked on mainstream comedy shows.
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