East Is East
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East Is East (1999)

15
05/11/1999 (GB)
Drama, Comedy
1h 37m

A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

Overview

In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.

  • Damien O'DonnellDirector
  • Ayub Khan-DinScreenplay
  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    English

  • Budget

    $3,800,000

  • Revenue

    $28,200,000

Keywords

  • daughter
  • jealousy
  • muslim
  • northern england
  • hippie
  • religious education
  • parent child relationship
  • faith
  • tradition
  • culture clash
  • 1970s
  • modern society
  • islam
  • integration
  • cultural difference
  • british asian

Top Billed Cast

Om Puri

Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

Ian Aspinall

Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

Jordan Routledge

Sajid Khan

Chris Bisson

Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol

Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa

Emil Marwa

Maneer Khan

Raji James

Raji James

Abdul Khan

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