How Great Stories Get Made With Gurinder Chadha - EDGE
How do you make something deeply persona universally felt?
Filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has spent her career answering that question.
From Bend It Like Beckham and Bride and Prejudice to Blinded by the Light and her upcoming film Christmas Karma, her work has transformed local, culturally specific stories into narratives that resonate globally.
In this special evening in Delhi, Gurinder joins Kavita Gupta for an in-depth conversation about the creative process: how ideas emerge, how stories find form, and how identity and experience shape the work we make.
This event offers rare insight into the principles, disciplines and choices behind one of the most influential voices in modern cinema.
What You’ll Learn
Crafting Globally Resonant Stories: How personal and cultural specificity can become universal and why audiences everywhere respond to emotional truth.
Creativity, Discipline and the Making of a Long Career: The habits, decisions and craft practices that sustain creative work over decades.
Identity, Culture and the Space Between Worlds: How diaspora experience, cultural hybridity and lived memory inform storytelling.
Courage, Risk and Creative Decision-Making: How to take creative risks, shape narratives with intention, and navigate the pressures of representation and visibility.
Behind the Scenes of Gurinder’s Body of Work: The creative and emotional processes that shaped her iconic films, and what she’s working on next.
Who This Event Is For
Filmmakers, screenwriters and storytellers
Designers, creatives and artists
Founders, brand builders and communication leaders
Anyone interested in creativity, identity, or the craft of meaningful work
No prior experience is required, only curiosity and a desire to understand how great stories are made.
About EDGE
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Every membership is earned — through a conversation, a vetting process, and a commitment to contribute. We review members twice a year to keep the network sharp, active, and generous. It’s a circle where people add value first.
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