Polite Society

Polite Society follows Ria Khan, a British-Pakistani teenager who trains in martial arts with dreams of becoming a stunt performer. When her older sister Lena drops out of art school and becomes engaged, Ria becomes convinced that the match is wrong and that Lena is giving up her own ambitions. With help from her friends, Ria sets out to disrupt the wedding, plotting an elaborate heist to stop the ceremony before it happens.

The film was directed and written by Nida Manzoor and produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner and Olivier Kaempfer for Working Title Films, Parkville Pictures and Focus Features. It was released in April 2023 and runs 104 minutes, blending action, comedy and drama. Priya Kansara plays Ria, with Ritu Arya as Lena, Shobu Kapoor as Fatima, and Ella Bruccoleri, Seraphina Beh and Shona Babayemi among the supporting cast. Roughly 45 crew members are credited.

On IMDb, the film holds a rating of 6.6 from about 13,000 votes, while on TMDB it sits at 6.3 from roughly 236 votes. A critics' rating of 7.3 from 176 reviews places it somewhat higher than those audience scores. It earned around 3 million dollars worldwide, a modest return for a British independent release.