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“The Winter of Love is a sensitive drama that gets under the skin of Asian life with its atmospheric visuals and a compelling soundtrack by Kuljit Bhamra” Suman Bhuchar writing in Asian Woman, January issue. In the January Issue of Asian Woman’s film section, The Winter of Love walked away with a grand review by […]

When I started to write the screenplay for The Winter of Love (formally ‘A Quiet Desperation’) I was looking for not just story in the classical sense but I wanted to create a visual language that the film could inhabit – something that was truly its own language; body and soul. Rumi’s famous saying of […]

Shooting The Winter of Love (formally ‘A Quiet Desperation’) in Southall was paramount to its manifestation. Without Southall – the film would be meaningless. It was not just the question of the story being played out in the streets of Southall – but enmeshed in it was my long standing relationship with the town. My […]

Shiv Grewal’s rendition of Shammi in The Winter of Love (formerly ‘A Quiet Desperation’) takes the viewer into a difficult world of a lonely man. Estranged from his brother and his family, Shammi finds himself on the outside, living a life as a drunk and destitute. The character of Shammi epitomises the question of what […]

Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti’s rendition of Preeti’s character in The Winter of Love (formerly ‘A Quiet Desperation’) is deeply moving and original.Playing the part of Preeti, Gurpreet brought to light the struggles of a young woman wanting to live her own life. She live Anil who is played by Pravesh Kumar in The Winter of Love […]

Since the completion of The Winter of Love (formerly ‘A Quiet Desperation’), many of the actors who appeared in the film have gone on to create amazing projects.Pravesh played the part of Anil in The Winter of Love who pays a high price for love. Although a brief appearance in the film, Anil’s character is […]

Dev Sagoo’s rendition of the central villainous character of ‘Paji’ in The Winter of Love (formerly ‘A Quiet Desperation’) is gripping highlighting the common features of a man who fulfils his duty through control and manipulation. His centre of attention is his young daughter ‘Preeti’ who is mentally unstable and looked after him. Despite Preeti’s […]

Manta Anand’s quiet portrayal of Banger’s wife in The Winter of Love (formerly ‘A Quiet Desperation’) reveals the loneliness and sorrow in a woman who has put everything into a marriage but finds herself rejected.In love with Banger, Mamta explores effectively the pitiful nature of the character’s need to be wanted by an uncaring husband. […]

Hardeep Singh Mangat, the youngest of the cast in The Winter of Love (formally A Quiet Desperation) fitted in perfectly – at the time of the shoot, Hardeep was in his late teen’s – tall and charming – a child in a man’s body. Playing the role of Sonu Singh, Paji’s youngest child, Sonu Singh […]

Badi U Zaman brief appearance at Shammi’s (Shiv Grewal) elder brother is brief but memorable in The Winter of Love (formerly ‘A Quiet Desperation’) where he serves up relief, showing the shallowness of the character.Badi has been part of the British Asian cinema and theatre since he landed here in 1984 escaping the wrath of […]