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Gurinder Chadha awarded OBE
Friday,
June
23,
2006
New
Delhi
(UNI):
Renowned
British
Indian
filmmaker
Gurinder
Chaddha,
who
has
made
a
name
for
herself
in
cinema
through
her
films
like
Bend
It
Like
Beckham,
Bride
and
Prejudice
and
the
recently-released
Mistress
of
Spices,
has
been
awarded
one
of
the
biggest
honours
of
the
British
Government.
Gurinder
Chadha
is
among
the
host
of
celebrities
who
were
earlier
this
week
honoured
by
the
Britain's
Queen
Elizabeth
on
her
birthday.
Chadha
was
awarded
the
officer
of
the
Order
of
the
British
Empire
(OBE)
title
from
the
world
of
film
and
music
on
Queen
Elizabeth's
80th
birthday.
The honours list also includes other British Asians such as Jayantha Muttukumaru, legal adviser and legal services director for Department of Transport in Kent; Satnam Singh Gill, principal Working Men's College London and Sabyasachi Bhaumik, consultant psychiatrist, Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust. The award puts Gurinder Chaddha in the league of actors Meera Syal, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Saeed Jaffrey who have earlier recieved an OBE from the Queen.
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