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Ranjit Khutan

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With You Every Step Of The Way

Ranjit Khutan B22

Company

Royal Court Young Peoples Season

Synopsis:

Two young Asian men from Birmingham meet up after four years to discuss one's impending arranged marriage and the other's absence due to studying at university. They meet on a bench in a park they name after a non existent post code "B22", where they used to meet as children, and argue out their differences of opinion.

First Produced

1998 R Ct Upstairs, London

First Published

Genre

Short Play, 40 minutes

Parts

Male

Female

Other

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Ranjit Khutan In The Kitchen

Company

Synopsis:

Raj is approaching his GCSE exams and so is his friend and next-door neighbour Sukhi. The impact of this and his father's recent redundancy takes its toll on all of the characters but especially on his mother who becomes more fearful of venturing out, of the boiling kettle that reflects her own rising anxiety and her feeling of being trapped in the kitchen where her problems are compounded and highlighted on a daily basis. Its only when Raj's auntie Shimla comes back on the scene that she begins to develop a different perspective on what is happening to her

First Produced

2001 Sampad

First Published

Genre

play

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

1 hour 20 minutes. Toured West Midlands in Spring 2001

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Ranjit Khutan Kismet Road

Company

Synopsis:

A drama series that explores health issues in the Asian community. Issues are presented in an entertaining informative way. Pitched as a cross between "Eastenders" and "Casualty" for the Asian community, stories take place in Kismet Road Surgery, a local Hospital and in the community

First Produced

2004

First Published

Genre

TV Drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

Notes

13 episode series aired in Spring 2004, on The Community Channel.Writer of episodes 1, 5, 9, 11.

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Ranjit Khutan Reach

Company

Synopsis:

Mina bumps into an old school friend - both now successful, they soon realise how things have changed and reflect on what they were like when they had to make those all important decisions and the different pressures they faced in the Asian community. Flash back to their exam results and how they had to reach out and demand what they wanted from their lives

First Produced

2000 Birmingham - touring West Midlands

First Published

Genre

Short Play, 30 minutes

Parts

Male

Female

Other

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Ranjit Khutan With You Every Step Of The Way

Company

Bright Red Creative Solutions Ltd

Synopsis:

Soraya becomes pregnant at the age of 15 by her boyfriend Rohan, who is of equal age. They talk to the camera discussing their thoughts and feeling and what their options are and what their futures will hold. Soraya's best friend Sophie also comments on the situation as does Soraya's mother. Filmed using a docu-drama approach.

First Produced

2004 Bright Red

First Published

Genre

20 minutes, health education docu-drama

Parts

Male

Female

Other

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