India, Nov. 15 -- Gurinder Chadha is set to give Christmas a Desi twist with her upcoming release Christmas Karma, starring Kunal Nayyar, Billy Porter and Eva Longoria. This comes six years after her 2019 directorial Blinded By The Light. Ask her why it took her this long and she says, "There were three years of Covid and lockdown. Then after that, there was the actors' strike. It took a while for the film industry in the West to recover, and it still hasn't fully. You'll find studios are either making big blockbuster films or streamers are making films. It's a tough time. The streamers have had a big impact on independent filmmaking globally. But I think it's picking up."

The director reveals that Christmas Karma is a musical, and her o...