Meera Syal

Meera Syal

June 27, 1961 · 65 years old

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Meera Syal MBE (born Feeroza Syal on 27 June 1961) is a British comedienne, writer, playwright, singer, journalist, producer and actress. She rose to prominence as one of the team that created Goodness Gracious Me and became one of the UK's best-known Indian p…

Known For

16 titles
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Alice Through the Looking Glass

Alice Through the Looking Glass

2016 · 1h 53m · Movie

Alice is appointed to save her beloved Mad Hatter from deadly grief by travelling back to the past, but this means fatally harming Time himself, the noble clockwork man with the device needed to save the Hatter's family from the R...

6.0
2
Yesterday

Yesterday

2019 · 1h 56m · Movie

A struggling musician realizes he's the only person on Earth who can remember The Beatles after waking up in an alternate reality where they never existed.

6.8
3
Absolutely Anything

Absolutely Anything

2015 · 1h 25m · Movie

A group of eccentric aliens confers a human being with the power to do absolutely anything, as an experiment.

5.6
4
Beautiful Thing

Beautiful Thing

1996 · 1h 30m · Movie

Jamie is a shy teenager, often bullied at school. His neighbour Ste has a rough time at home, being beaten by his father and brother. This issues bring them together and they find that what they feel for each other is more than fr...

7.6
5
Desert Flower

Desert Flower

2009 · 2h 0m · Movie

Waris Dirie, born 1965 in Somalia, flees at thirteen when sold to be a mans fourth wife. She works as a maid at the Somalian embassy in London, then in a McDonald's where she's discovered and becomes an international top model.

7.3
6
Patrick the Pug

Patrick the Pug

2018 · 1h 34m · Movie

Sarah is a young woman whose life is in a bit of a mess. The last thing she needs is someone else to look after. Yet, like it or not, her Grandmother has bequeathed her a very spoiled pug - Patrick. Surely she must have had her re...

5.9
7
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

Jhoom Barabar Jhoom

2007 · 2h 18m · Movie

A crazy love story full of lies, deceits and a complicated quadrangle where each one has to think quickly and dance around each other's emotions.

3.7
8
The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

2023 · 1h 29m · Movie

An American family moves into Canterville Chase, a stately countryside mansion that has been haunted by the ghost of Sir Simon De Canterville for 300 years.

5.9
9
Bhaji on the Beach

Bhaji on the Beach

1993 · 1h 41m · Movie

A group of women of Indian descent take a trip together from their home in Birmingham, England to the beach resort of Blackpool. The events of the day lead them to better mutual understanding and solidarity.

6.4
10
Spin

Spin

2021 · 1h 33m · Movie

The adventures of 15-year-old Rhea Kumar, who lives with her tight-knit multigenerational family and realizes that her true passion is to be an EDM DJ.

6.2
11
The Revenge Club

The Revenge Club

2025 · 44m · TV Show

Six divorce support group members shift from seeking healing to plotting revenge. Their shared pain creates an unexpected alliance, turning therapeutic meetings into something more sinister.

6.7
12
The Almond and the Seahorse

The Almond and the Seahorse

2022 · 1h 36m · Movie

What happens when you're ambushed by time? An archaeologist and an architect fight to re-imagine a future after traumatic brain injury leaves them adrift from the people they love.

5.4
13
The Smeds and the Smoos

The Smeds and the Smoos

2023 · 26m · Movie

Bill and Janet fall in love while their families are at war. Faced with disapproval, they flee to a distant planet and Grandma Smoo and Grandpa Smed must put aside their differences and work together to bring them back home.

7.2
14
Tinsel Town

Tinsel Town

2025 · 1h 34m · Movie

A washed-up Hollywood action hero takes a role in a small English village's quirky Christmas pantomime, where he finds unexpected inspiration through the show's straight-talking dance instructor.

5.8
15
The Homestay

The Homestay

2018 · 12m · Movie

A sheltered Indian couple visits their son in the U.S. for the first time and bungles their apartment rental, ending up in close quarters with their hosts, a gay couple and their dogs.

5.5