Sarjit Bains is the controversial UK-based film director of Punjabi

Punjabi language

Punjabi is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by inhabitants of the historical Punjab region . For Sikhs, the Punjabi language stands as the official language in which all ceremonies take place. In Pakistan, Punjabi is the most widely spoken language...

 India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

n extraction. His debut feature film Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees

Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees

Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees is a 2003 British film directed by Sarjit Bains.The poignant story of a hitman who must kill friends and enemies to get the girl, the film stars real life ex-gangster and underworld don Dave Courtney...

 (2003) caused an unprecedented furore when Ealing Southall (West London) MP

Member of Parliament

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 Piara Khabra

Piara Khabra

Piara Singh Khabra was a British politician who served as the Labour Member of Parliament for Ealing Southall from 1992 until his death. He was the fifth Asian, and the first Sikh, to become a British MP...

 demanded the film be banned. Subsequently, the film was only screened in independent and arthouse theatres.

Currently working on his second feature Cash and Curry

Cash and Curry

"Cash and Curry" is the third episode of series 1 of the BBC sit-com, Only Fools and Horses. It was first screened on 22 September 1981.-Synopsis:...

 starring Ameet Chana

Ameet Chana

Ameet Chana is a British Indian actor. His most notable role is Adi Ferreira in EastEnders....

, Pooja Shah

Pooja Shah

Pooja Shah is a British Asian actress and model of Kenyan-Asian descent. Her grandparents migrated to Kenya from Gujarat in Western India and so her ancestral roots are there....

 and Manish Patel.

Awards and Film Festivals

• Cannes Film Festival - UK Pavilion Screening Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees (2003)
• Bite The Mango Film Festival Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees (2004)
• Black History Month - Far Out, Far East Film Festival Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees (2004)
• Promax Awards
  Promax Awards
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  Two-time winner

Filmography

• Cash and Curry
  Cash and Curry (film)
  Cash and Curry is an independent British movie directed by Sarjit Bains and written by Christine Edwards and Manish Patel. It was filmed in 2008 on location in Harrow, Barnet and Wembley. The film has been premiered at the Portobello Film Festival, Mumbai Film Festival and the Tongues on Fire Film...
  
  Director (2007)
• Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees
  Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees
  Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees is a 2003 British film directed by Sarjit Bains.The poignant story of a hitman who must kill friends and enemies to get the girl, the film stars real life ex-gangster and underworld don Dave Courtney...
  
  Director (2003)