that she could be a leading lady in the same way. and that is because asian leads are not seen as bankable, still to this day, i think that is true. dad? don't feel play. with the future. did you feel after bend it like beckham , your relationship with your father somehow manifested in the film? it is probably because the film and if you're going to cry watching the film, you will cry because of that. go and make your father proud. i had just lost my fatherjust before making the film and now when i look back at the film, it is so emotional and it is made by somebody who is grieving. it is a film made in grief, you know? and i know that from my own, the way i have made films since. what i was exploring was exactly the pain