Tajinder Chaggar is first female Sikh JP

The first Sikh lady to be justice of peace, south east has also essayed a bit role in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham.

She has now become a Justice of the Peace (JP), but her memories of playing an extra in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham are still vivid.

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A Greenwich council worker, Tajinder Kaur Chaggar is to become the first female Sikh JP in the south east.

Chaggar, 46, of Churchfield Road, Welling, appeared with her husband, Gurdeepak Singh, in a shot in Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham. Although they had no acting experience, the Chaggars had small speaking parts in what turned out to be a memorable sequence of the film, shot at Bluewater shopping centre.

In the scene, the Chaggars' unexpectedly meet their neighbours from Hampstead, Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol - and exchange light-hearted banter about TV soaps.

A mother of three, Tajinder Chaggar, who has worked for Greenwich council for the past 14 years, enjoyed her brief experience of stardom, but now her focus has turned to Bexley Magistrates' Court where she will sit twice a month as a justice of the peace.

She said: "The JP thing is more important. I am the first Sikh lady in the south east to become a JP. I am really excited about it."

But she could, nevertheless, talk about her brief acting foray. She reminisced: "They wanted extras to do a certain part and we were picked from quite a few people.

"It is such a funny scene. I have had so many calls about it. We had a Sikh procession recently, part of our festival, and I was a steward and a lady came up to me and said, 'What was it like working with Shah Rukh Khan?'

"It was, as my son said, like having a three-minute role in Titanic."