Gurinder Chadha husband Paul Mayeda Berges is an American screenwriter. Gurinder married Paul on August 12, 1996.
Gurinder is an Indian-British director and writer known for Bhaji on the Beach and Viceroy's House. She was born on January 10, 1960, in Nairobi, Kenya.
The writer started her career as a BBC news reporter, where she directed several documentaries for BBC. Later, she began to work at British Flim Institute.
Her projects include Beecham House, Blinded by the Lights, Bride and Prejudice, What's Cooking, Homemade, Blend It Like Beckham, and more.
After years, she established her own production company Bend It Flims, in 2001. On the 2006 Queen's Birthday, she was awarded the Officer of the Order of the British Empire for her service to British Flim Industry.
Gurinder Is Married To A Japanese-American Screenwriter Paul
Paul Mayeda Berges is an American director and writer from Japan. He is known for co-writing Blent It Like Beckham, released in 2002.
The writer, Paul, was born to his Japanese parents on September 11, 1968, in Los Angeles, California.
He completed his bachelor's degree in film from the University of California in 1990 and started his career by making a documentary based on the Japanese American community.
He has also started teaching film productions to high school students.
After his marriage, he collaborated with his wife, Gurinder, and started to make several films together. He made his directional with The Mistress of Spices in 2005.
He has also been part of other different projects such as Viceroy's House, It's a Wonderful Afterlife, The Mistress of Spices, Homemade, What's Cooking, and more.
The couple met at the San Francisco Asian American International Flim Festival in March 1994. They had briefly met in September 1993 at an event.
After their second encounter, they met frequently and eventually started to date each other. After dating for two years, they finally decided to get married to each other.
On August 12, 1996, they had their wedding in an Indian ceremony. Gurinder shared their wedding pictures on their 26th marriage anniversary on her Instagram account.
After almost 10 years of marriage, they gave birth to twins on June 7, 2007.
The Couple Share Twins: A Boy And A Girl
Gurinder Chadha children are Ronak Berges and Kumiko Berges. They were born in 2007 and are 16 years old as of 2023.
She loves to share quality time with her children. Most often, the couple is seen celebrating different Indian festivals together.
The couple and their kids love to travel and explore different places. According to Gurinder's Instagram, she celebrated the festival of color, Holi, with her family.
On March 22, she announced that her son, Ronak, had started his clothing brand Switch IDN through her Facebook.
Recently, the duo and their children had a great family time watching My Son's a Qu*er. They are often seen enjoying quality time with each other.
Not only that, but the writer also takes her children to different premiere events together. They are making their kids familiar with the industry.
Both Ronak and Kumiko love to spend their time with their parents. They visit different theaters, Disney lands, restaurants, and weddings together.
Gurinder Was Raised By Panjabi-Indian Parents
Gurinder Chadha was born in a Panjabi Sikh family. She later moved to a British colony when she was a child.
Her father and mother were born and raised in Kenya. Later, they relocated to the UK after the political turbulence led to independence prompted.
Her family had united citizenship under the British National Act of 1984, which granted them full rights of entry and settlements in Britain.
Her father moved first, and later that year, she and her mother, with her brother, moved to Southall, West London. She was just 2 years of age when her family decided to move to the UK.
She attended Clifton Primary School. Chadha's father faced prejudice because of his appearance as a Sikh Indian. He used to wear a turban and beard.
Gurinder's father had worked as a clerical officer at Barclays Bank in Kenya and could not secure the position due to his appearance.
Eventually, they opened a shop to give the family an economic toehold. She later graduated from the Univeristy of East Anglia with a degree in politics and economics.
Many of her future movies would draw on her experience of being Indian and English simultaneously and how she dealt with the duality of her identity.
Upon completion of her documentary, I'm British, but... Chadha insisted the premiere be held at the Southall Community Center to honor her home community.
