| Chopratown | |
| Starring: | Sanjeev Bhaskar Natalie Casey Omid Djalili Manish Patel |
| Director: | Sean Grundy |
| Distributor: | Hat Trick Productions |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Runtime: | 60 minutes |
| Language: | English |
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]