Manish Patel
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Manish Patel[1] is an independent UK-based writer, producer and director[2] of Gujarati Indian and East African heritage.
His debut feature film, Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees[3] (2003), for which Patel served as writer and producer, starred the late former British gangster Dave Courtney.[4][5] The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2003[6][7] and is notable for being a pre-cursor to the acclaimed Sky TV series Gangs Of London, sharing many of the films themes about warring factions of London’s criminal underworld.
In 2005, Patel featured in an acting role as Ash Desai[8] opposite Sanjeev Bhaskar in the BBC crime comedy Chopratown[9]. His second feature production, Cash and Curry, starred Ameet Chana, Lee Latchford-Evans and Pooja Shah. It was completed in 2007 and was released in 2010 in the UK and Ireland. The film won best film at the Portobello Film Festival in 2007[10] and was subsequently selected for the Mumbai Film Festival.[11]
Patel’s directorial debut came with the release of the crime thriller, Full English Breakfast,[12] which reunited him with Dave Courtney.[13][14] The film became known as the first movie to feature a real-life water boarding interrogation scene.[15] He also wrote and produced the film which was released in the UK by 101 Films,[16][17][18] released as Original Gangster[19] in the USA by Revolver Entertainment, aornd as British Scarface[20][21] by Ascot Films in Germany.
In 2007 Patel came to the defence of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty, whom he felt was being racially abused[22] by certain fellow housemates in Channel 4's Celebrity Big Brother reality TV series. Patel's quotes were subsequently featured in the book Shilpa, The Biography, published by John Blake.[23]
Filmography
- Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees - producer, writer (2003)
- Chopratown - actor (2005)
- Cash and Curry - producer, writer (2007)
- Night of the Living Dead: Resurrection - executive producer (2012)
- The Amityville Asylum - executive producer (2013)
- Silent Night, Bloody Night: The Homecoming - executive producer (2013)
- Full English Breakfast - director, producer, writer (2014)
References
- ↑ "Manish Patel films | DVD Rental". CinemaParadiso.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Manish Patel Films and Shows – Apple TV (UK)". Apple TV. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Gangster flick's Southall of fame". Bucks Free Press. 2003-04-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Dave Courtney obituary". The Times. 2023-10-25. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Dave Courtney: Former London gangster turned actor dies aged 64". BBC News. 2023-10-23. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Southall Scores best Asian film at Cannes". News Shopper. 2003-05-29. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Manish Patel's 'Triads, Yardies and Onion Bhajees!' selected for Cannes Film Festival". India Today. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Chopratown (2005)". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ↑ Simon, Jane (2005-12-19). "CHOPRA TOWN". The Mirror. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ↑ "Gangster comedy scoops top award at film festival". Manchester Evening News. 2010-04-16. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Cash and Curry to get Mumbai showing". Manchester Evening News. 2009-10-21. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Drugs, thugs and the White Cliffs of Dover". Kent Online. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Dave Courtney Death & Obituary: Ex-Gangster Shot & Stabbed". 2023-10-22. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "The English Breakfast Movie". English Breakfast Society. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "Actor is water-boarded 'for real' in gangster movie". Sussex World. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2023.
- ↑ "Drugs, thugs and the White Cliffs of Dover". Kent Online. 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ↑ Media, Bionic. "Full English Breakfast". 101 Films. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ Griffith, Jack (2014-03-25). "Uxbridge bodybuilder makes big-screen debut in gangster flick". My London. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
- ↑ "Original Gangster - Lucy Drive". www.dvdbeaver.com. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "British Scarface (Full English Breakfast) - 2014". Spielfilm.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ "British Scarface". www.filmdienst.de (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ BBC. "Big Bother in the BB house". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ↑ Aspinall, Julie (2007). Shilpa: The Biography (1st ed.). London: John Blake. ISBN 9781844544677.
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