Bend it Like Beckham director Gurinder Chaddha ran with the Olympic torch on Saturday (23 June) in the small English town of Blackpool, where decades ago she had shot her first feature film <em>Bhaji On The Beach</em>. Says Gurinder, “It was a complete and utter exhilarating experience. I am honoured and blessed to have been selected as one of only a few thousand out of all of Britain’s 56 million population to run with the Olympic flame. I shall treasure my torch and display it in my house next to my OBE.”