Actress Pallavi Sharda has joined the team of Gurinder Chadha's India-set drama Beecham House, and says working with the director is an "absolute joy". She has been roped in to play role of a princess in the period drama.

"It has been an absolute joy to work with Gurinder Chadha, someone who has inspired me since I first watched 'Bhaji on the Beach' as a young girl. She has pioneered the representation of South Asian identity on mainstream screens globally and as a child of the diaspora - her work impacted me greatly," Pallavi said in a statement.