Kiera Knightly was a co-star of a bollywood movie film with a india girl that wants to play soccer.
It wasn't a Bollywood film. It was a 2002 British romcom called
Bend It Like Beckham, which was nominated for a Golden Globe. It was produced, written and directed by
Gurinder Chadha. It starred
Parminder Nagra, Keira Knightley,
Jonathan Rhys Meyers,
Anupam Kher,
Shaznay Lewis and
Archie Panjabi.
Parminder Nagra played Dr. Neela Rasgotra on the last six seasons (2003-2009) of the NBC medical drama
ER, and has a recurring role on ABC's
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D..
Jonathan Rhys Meyers was in films like
Match Point and
Mission: Impossible III, won a Golden Globe for his TV portrayal of Elvis Presley in 2005, and played King Henry VIII in the Showtime series
The Tudors.
Anupam Kher is an award-winning legend of the Indian cinema with hundreds of productions to his credit, including the Oscar-winning Hollywood film
Silver Linings Playbook (2013). He is currently guest-starring on the NBC medical drama
New Amsterdam.
Shaznay Lewis is an English singer, songwriter, and member of the girl group
All Saints;
Bend It Like Beckham was her major film debut.
Archie Panjabi is a British actress who has starred in award-winning films such as
East is East and
The Constant Gardener. She perhaps is best known in America for her role as Kalinda Sharma on CBS's legal drama
The Good Wife, for which she won a 2010 Primetime Emmy Award and a 2012 NAACP Image Award.
Every one of the above actors is head-and-shoulders above Keira Knightley in terms of quality of their work, and in their acting ability. Why Keira's star rose so high after
Bend It Like Beckham, including being a part of the wildly-successful
Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, is still a mystery to me. Along with Emma Stone and Jennifer Lawrence, she is on my top five "most-overrated actors" list.