Even today, fans can quote the iconic line from the 2002 Gurinder Chadha film, “Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham?” Parminder Nagra and Keira Knightley lead the ensemble cast of Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, and Juliet Stevenson. The British comedy follows a young Sikh girl in London named Jess Bhamra (Nagra) who joins a local women’s amateur football team called the Hounslow Harriers against her family’s wishes. The impact of the cult film was huge as it boosted the sport, especially for women around the world. Chadha revealed last year that she’s working on a sequel.
