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name: "Charu Bala Chokshi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/charu-bala-chokshi"
roles: ["Actor"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:14.011633+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Charu Bala Chokshi

Actor.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Active:** 1982–1985
- **Also known as:** Charubala Chokshi
- **Works often with:** Stephen Frears

## Biography

Charu Bala Chokshi is a British actress, also credited as Charubala Chokshi or Charu Bala Choksi. She played Bilquis in the 1985 film *My Beautiful Laundrette*.

Her other screen credits include the role of an ayah in *Gandhi* (1982), Mrs Patel in *Splitting Heirs* (1993), Meera in the television series *Little Britain* (2003–2006), and an Indian cleaner in *A Fish Called Wanda* (1988). She has also appeared in episodes of *Mind Your Language* (1978) as Surinder.

*Sources: imdb.com, comedy.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *My Beautiful Laundrette* (1985), Fi1m 85, as Bilquis — [page](https://film.one/film/my-beautiful-laundrette.md)
- *Gandhi* (1982), Fi1m 73, as Ayah — [page](https://film.one/film/gandhi.md)

## Also credited on (not yet reviewed)

- *The Comic Strip Presents...* (1982), Actor

## Also known for

- *Little Britain* (2003), Meera
- *Splitting Heirs* (1993), Mrs. Patel
- *Mind Your Language* (1977), Surinder

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