Has the scene for Asian actors in Britain changed in recent years?
It has. But things can be better. Film and television writers are slowly realising the need to have Asian characters. We have been around for quite some time. The film industry is slowly learning there is more to the South Asian community than curry. Producers and directors in the UK arerealising the importance of the brown pound. The Asian community spends a loton movies. Bollywood films routinely open among the top 10 in Britain, at times even at the fourth or fifth place on the box-office chart. How else has the scene changed for the South Asian talent outside acting? Ten years ago, we were cutting our teeth. Today there are about half a dozen directors apart from Chadha who are making films in Britain. Some of them are directing films without major Asian characters. What attracted you to The People Next Door? It is a compelling piece of writing. There is a lot of truth in it and plenty of humour and suspense. It is not afraid to go beyond the politically correct situation and look
