Meera Syal

14 Movies Starring Meera Syal

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Mad, Sad & Bad  2009  2.8 stars 90 mins Comedy   Rated: NR Three grownup siblings -- all in their 30s -- let their collective self-absorption trump any chance of true happiness in this fly-on-the-wall comedy from first-time director (and psychiatrist) Avie Luthra. With a narrative that shifts among the trio -- Atul (Nitin Ganatra), Hardeep (Zubin Varla) and Rashmi (Meera Syal) -- the film chronicles the messes they make navigating the waters of love and relationships through the prisms of their neuroses.

Jekyll: Disc 1  2007 180 mins Television   Rated: R This disc includes episodes 1-3.

Jekyll: Disc 2  2007 180 mins Television   Rated: R This disc includes episodes 4-6.

Jekyll  2007  3.9 stars 360 mins Television   Rated: R  until 01-Dec-2010     In modern-day London, Dr. Jekyll's last living descendant, Tom Jackman (James Nesbitt), carries on his famous ancestor's legacy. Tom believes he can control his dark side and protect his wife and children, but a secret society that's followed the Jekyll family line for a hundred years has plans for both halves of Tom's personality. Gina Bellman and Michelle Ryan co-star in this offbeat adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic.

Jekyll: Episode 2  2007 58 mins Television   Rated: R  until 01-Dec-2010     In his quest to learn the truth about the raging id monster that shares his body, Tom learns some dark secrets about his own past. When his son's life is threatened, he must also confront the tenuousness of the barrier that divides him from Hyde.

Jekyll: Episode 1  2007 58 mins Television   Rated: PG-13  until 01-Dec-2010     In this modernization of the classic tale, we meet Tom Jackman, last living descendant of the infamous Dr. Jekyll. It becomes quickly apparent that Tom has inherited his ancestor's penchant for transforming into a monstrous alter ego called Hyde.

Jekyll: Episode 4  2007 51 mins Television   Rated: R  until 01-Dec-2010     In flashback, we learn how Tom and Claire first met, fell in love and formed a family, and how all this coincided with the first manifestations of the villainous Hyde. In the present, Tom is now prisoner of those who've been hunting him.

Jekyll: Episode 3  2007 57 mins Television   Rated: R  until 01-Dec-2010     Tom's efforts to keep his family in the dark about the existence of Hyde, and to keep the monster away from them as well, are all for naught when Claire comes looking for him just as he's in the midst of a transformation.

Jekyll: Episode 6  2007 53 mins Television   Rated: R  until 01-Dec-2010     Carver, a high-priced mercenary, receives the unenviable assignment of capturing the elusive and deadly Hyde. Meanwhile, with her husband and sons all missing, Claire learns the terrible truth about Tom's connection to the original Jekyll and Hyde.

Jekyll: Episode 5  2007 51 mins Television   Rated: R  until 01-Dec-2010     Finally released from the mysterious casket, Tom appears completely overtaken by his darker half. Will Hyde finally have his vicious way with Claire and the boys, or is there something left of Tom still living deep inside him?

Anita & Me  2002  3.2 stars 92 mins Comedy   Rated: NR  until 01-Nov-2011     Traditions and trends clash in this coming-of-age dramedy set in 1970s England, following a young girl's struggles to find acceptance -- and a cool best friend. As a recent Indian immigrant, 12-year-old Meena (Chandeep Uppal) is so desperate to distance herself from her family and become part of the British in crowd that she swears allegiance to the local bad girl (Anna Brewster) with disastrous results. Lynn Redgrave and Mark Williams co-star.

The Kumars at No. 42  2001  3.2 stars 173 mins Television   Rated: PG Part sitcom, part improvised chats, this clever British comedy takes place in a suburban London back yard, where Sanjeev Kumar (Sanjeev Bhaskar) and his quirky family produce their very own talk show. Host Sanjeev interviews celebrities the likes of Minnie Driver and Jerry Hall, while mother Madhuri (Indira Joshi) tries to find a wife for her son and mischievous Granny Kumar (Meera Syal) appraises the male guests. Vincent Ebrahim co-stars.

Forgive and Forget  2000  3.0 stars 90 mins Gay & Lesbian   Rated: NR After years of hiding his sexual orientation, David (Steve John Shepherd) is forced to confront his bottled-up attraction to his longtime friend and roommate, Theo (John Simm), when Theo announces his plans to move in with his girlfriend, Hannah (Laura Fraser). But David's attempts to express his feelings for Theo by pushing Hannah out of the picture have unexpected consequences for them both. Aisling Walsh directs this comedy-drama set in London.

Beautiful Thing  1996  3.8 stars 91 mins Drama   Rated: R The iconoclastic, underachieving denizens of a southeast London apartment building get an emotional wake-up call when two teenage boys -- next-door neighbors Jamie (Glen Berry) and Ste (Scott Neal) -- unexpectedly fall in love. This moving slice of affecting kitchen-sink realism from Britain's esteemed Channel Four Films is adapted from the hit West End play penned by Jonathan Harvey, who also directs.