Film director Gurinder Chadha
Behind the scenes with film director Gurinder Chadha as she puts a musical twist on A Christmas Carol.
Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is the inspiration behind Gurinder Chadha's new film Christmas Karma. Scrooge becomes Mr Sood, a miserly businessman in contemporary London, with a loathing of the weak and the homeless. In a series of fantastical scenes he is confronted by the ghosts of past, present and future Christmas. With more than a hint of Bollywood, the film is shot as a vibrant musical. In the Studio follows Gurinder in the making of the film - from shooting on set, through the music making and the edit, to the final presentation of the movie.
Along the way, Gurinder explains her ways of working, her serious interest in some of the darker themes of the film, and why it was her children that made her persist in getting the film done.
Presented and produced by Susan Marling
A Just Radio production
Image: Gurinder Chadha, pictured in October 2024 (Credit: James Manning/PA Wire)
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