Gurinder Chadha making festive film with Indian Scrooge ‘who hates refugees’

Gurinder Chadha is behind hit movies such as Bend It Like Beckham (PA)

Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has revealed she is making a Christmas Carol-style festive film which stars “an Indian Tory who hates refugees”.

The Bend It Like Beckham director discussed the state of the independent movie industry in the UK as part of the first session in the Government inquiry into British film and high-end TV.