Chopratown

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Chopratown
Directed bySean Grundy
Starring Sanjeev Bhaskar
Natalie Casey
Omid Djalili
Manish Patel
Distributed by Hat Trick Productions
Release date
  • 19 December 2005 (2005-12-19)(UK)
Running time
60 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Chopratown is a 2005 comedy drama from the BBC about private eye Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar). [1] [2] [3] In the film Chopra investigates Ali Ergun (Omid Djalili), a shady Turkish bakery owner. During his investigation he falls foul of Asian wide boy Ash Desai (Manish Patel) and added to this is the mystery of a missing cow.

Chopratown was directed by Sean Grundy, who also directed the first series of the Channel 4 drama Sugar Rush . The name "Chopratown" is a pun on the Jack Nicholson cult film Chinatown .

On release on 19 December 2005, the program had 4.1 million viewers. [4]

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