---
title: 'Bend It Like Beckham (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Gurinder Chadha'
released: '2002-04-12'
runtime_minutes: 112
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/bend-it-like-beckham-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Bend It Like Beckham (2002)

2002 · 112 min · Comedy, Romance, Drama · Germany, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

Bend It Like Beckham is a 2002 sports comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha from a screenplay by Chadha, Guljit Bindra, and Paul Mayeda Berges. It stars Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Anupam Kher, Archie Panjabi, Shaznay Lewis, Frank Harper, and Juliet Stevenson. In Bend It Like Beckham, Jesminder Bhamra (Nagra) and Jules Paxton (Knightley) chase careers in professional football despite their parents' wishes.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Gurinder Chadha](https://cinepixo.com/people/gurinder-chadha)
- **Screenplay:** [Gurinder Chadha](https://cinepixo.com/people/gurinder-chadha), [Paul Mayeda Berges](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mayeda-berges), [Guljit Bindra](https://cinepixo.com/people/guljit-bindra)
- **Producer:** [Gurinder Chadha](https://cinepixo.com/people/gurinder-chadha), [Deepak Nayar](https://cinepixo.com/people/deepak-nayar)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Craig Pruess](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-pruess)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lin Jong](https://cinepixo.com/people/lin-jong)
- **Editor:** [Justin Krish](https://cinepixo.com/people/justin-krish)

## Cast

- [Juliet Stevenson](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliet-stevenson)
- [Frank Harper](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-harper)
- [Gary Lineker](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-lineker)
- [Nithin Sathya](https://cinepixo.com/people/nithin-sathya)
- [Shaheen Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/shaheen-khan)
- [Preeya Kalidas](https://cinepixo.com/people/preeya-kalidas)
- [Keira Knightley](https://cinepixo.com/people/keira-knightley)
- [Shaznay Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/shaznay-lewis)
- [Parminder Nagra](https://cinepixo.com/people/parminder-nagra)
- [Harvey Virdi](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-virdi)
- [Anupam Kher](https://cinepixo.com/people/anupam-kher)
- [Pooja Shah](https://cinepixo.com/people/pooja-shah)
- [John Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-barnes)
- [Nina Wadia](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-wadia)
- [Zohra Sehgal](https://cinepixo.com/people/zohra-sehgal)

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