"Called A Winter's Lion, the film depicts the story of PC Karpal Kaur Sandhu who joined the force in 1971 at the age of 27 having worked as a nurse. She was stabbed to death by her husband two years later. He had objected to her career, claiming it was neither suitably Asian nor ladylike. He was given a life sentence for her murder."
"she got a job as a nurse at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. Upon joining the Met, she served at Hornsey and what was then Leyton police station. Back in 2011, Det Sgt Gurpal Virdi of the Metropolitan Police Sikh Association, said: "When I started researching Karpal I was astonished about her achievements. "She was the very first Asian woman police officer, not only in London but also in the world, because the first woman officer in India was Kiran Bedi in 1972.""
"She added it was "a huge responsibility to play a trailblazer". Shergill has worked with Sandhu's family in this process who shared their memories with the crew. "She was a mother, wife, family woman; she was a nurse and had a real compassionate side," she said. "She clearly cared about the people in her community, she wanted to help and change the world for the better.""
A Winter's Lion is a biographical film about PC Karpal Kaur Sandhu, who joined the Metropolitan Police in 1971 at age 27 after nursing work. Sandhu was born to a Sikh family in Zanzibar in 1943 and emigrated to the UK in 1962, later working at Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield. She served at Hornsey and Leyton police stations before being stabbed to death by her husband in 1973, who objected to her career; he received a life sentence. Dhruv Bhatnagar directs. Producer and lead actor Dr Parvinder Shergill collaborated with Sandhu's family. Filming takes place around Hornsey and Leyton.
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