New Delhi: Gurinder Chadha’s latest film Christmas Karma is an ode to both the ‘Ik Onkar’ philosophy of Guru Nanak Dev, and the moral fable of Charles Dickens’ classic novella, A Christmas Carol . The 65-year-old filmmaker, known for movies like Bhaji on the Beach (1993), Bend it Like Beckham (2002) and Bride and Prejudice (2004), is now taking a classic British story and making it a uniquely migrant experience.

A Christmas Carol is about the miserly Mr Scrooge who is taught by three ghosts about the spirit of giving. In Chadha’s film it is rich Indian immigrant Eshaan Sood (Kunal Nayyar) who is taught about the Christmas spirit by three ghosts, played by Eva Longoria, Boy George and Billy Porter.

But she could not find any backers for her film about an immigrant’s experience

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