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It’s Personal Gurinder Chadha turns from comedy to history-and a family tragedy

BY TUFAYEL AHMED

@tufayel

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SCORE CARD: Chadha’s first major hit was the comedy Bend It Like Beckham; her latest film deals with the partition of British india in 1947.
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