East Is East (1999)

6.5/10 97 min Drama Comedy

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.

Cast

Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

Chris Bisson

Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa

Maneer Khan

Raji James

Abdul Khan

Ruth Jones

Peggy

John Bardon

Mr Moorhouse

Jimmi Harkishin

Iyaaz Ali Khan

Kriss Dosanjh

Poppa Khalid

Gary Lewis

Mark

Roger Morlidge

Fat Twat

Albert Moses

Abdul Karim

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