Sarjit Bains
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Sarjit Bains is the controversial UK-based film director of Punjabi Indian extraction. His debut feature film Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees (2003) caused an unprecedented furore when Ealing (West London) MP - Piara Khabra demanded the film be banned. Subsequently the film was only screened in independent and art-house theatres.
Currently working on his second feature Cash and Curry starring Ameet Chana, Pooja Shah and Manish Patel.
[edit] Awards and Film Festivals
- Cannes Film Festival - UK Pavillion Screening Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees (2003)
- Bite The Mango Film Festival Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees (2004)
- Black History Month - Far Out, Far East Film Festival Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees (2004)
- Promax Awards Two-time winner
[edit] Filmography
- Cash and Curry Director (2007)
- Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees Director (2003)
