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Southall Broadway, in west London, has been a constant part of my life from the day I arrived in England as a baby from Kenya in 1962. My parents rented a room in one of the terraces off the Broadway, and I’ve seen it change from an ordinary English high street to what is now ‘Little India.’ with a confident Asian community.

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But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose.

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Up the Junction’ really made me understand the power of cinema to create a vivid sense of a community. When I went on to make ‘Bhaji on the Beach,’ it was this sense I tried to recreate.

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April 30, 2024

Up the Junction’ really made me understand the power of cinema to create a vivid sense of a community. When I went on to make ‘Bhaji on the Beach,’ it was this sense I tried to recreate.

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April 30, 2024

But somehow, I felt no inclination to be interested in it in any amateur way, let alone professional, until suddenly I became interested. And the first thing I did was to compose: not play an instrument, but to compose.

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