Director:
Kabir Khan
Synopsis:
Cornershops to Lords’ is the story of Indian immigrants to UK through portraits of four very successful people. Daljit Singh Rana, owner of hotel chains and Member of the British Empire, Nat Puri, owner of extensive manufacturing units, Lord Navnit Dholakia, chairman of the British Liberal Party, and Rajinder Singh, musician and leader of the band Cornershop, share common origins from India. Each have struggled against difficult personal circumstances, racial discrimination and negative stereotypes about Indians in UK and prevailed. The first wave of immigrants from India went to UK for economic reasons. They joined the labour force or opened ‘cornershops.’ Using the four protagonists, the film shows that Indians in the UK today are the most successful community, who achieved success though determination, hard work and dogged refusal to give up in the face of endless challenges.
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