''Chopratown'' is a 2005 comedy drama from the BBC about

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Vic Chopra (

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). In the film Chopra investigates Ali Ergun (

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), 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 ''

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''. On release on 19 December 2005, the program had 4.1 million viewers.

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