Chopratown (2005) is a comedy drama from the BBC about private eye Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar). 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.
Sanjeev Bhaskar (best known as 'Sanjay' from the popular TV series 'The Kumars At No.42') portrays private detective Vic Chopra. This new comedy crime drama is very much like 'The Rockford Files' with Chopra getting himself into all types of scrapes as a result of his dubious investigative methods. Written by Farukh Johnson
