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East Is East

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

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Duration97 min.
LanguageEnglish
StatusReleased
Release DateMay 14, 1999

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.

Genres

  • Drama
  • Comedy

Casts

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

Emma Rydal

Stella Moorhouse

Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones

Peggy

Gary Damer

Ernest Moorhouse

John Bardon

John Bardon

Mr Moorhouse

Jimmi Harkishin

Iyaaz Ali Khan

Ben Keaton

Priest

Kriss Dosanjh

Kriss Dosanjh

Poppa Khalid

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

Mark

Roger Morlidge

Roger Morlidge

Fat Twat

Albert Moses

Albert Moses

Abdul Karim

Rosalind March

Rosalind March

Helen Karim

Kaleem Janjua

Mullah

Ralph Birtwell

Doctor

Madhav Sharma

Madhav Sharma

Mr Shah

Saikat Ahamed

Saikat Ahamed

Zaid

Bruce McGregor

Bouncer

Margaret Blakemore

Trisha

Thierry Harcourt

Ettienne Francois

Leena Dhingra

Leena Dhingra

Mrs Shah

Tallat Nawaz

Nigget Shah

Sharmeen Rafi

Nushaaba Shah

Enid Dunn

Judy (uncredited)

Preeya Kalidas

Preeya Kalidas

Nazir's Bride (uncredited)