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East Is East

6.6 97 mins Drama   Comedy   1999
Assassin Films   Film4 Productions   BBC  
Director(s): Damien O'Donnell

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.

Casts of East Is East

Om Puri

as George Khan

Linda Bassett

as Ella Khan

Ian Aspinall

as Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry

as Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi

as Meenah Khan

Jordan Routledge

as Sajid Khan

Chris Bisson

as Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol

as Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa

as Maneer Khan

Raji James

as Abdul Khan

Emma Rydal

as Stella Moorhouse

Ruth Jones

as Peggy

Gary Damer

as Ernest Moorhouse

John Bardon

as Mr Moorhouse

Jimmi Harkishin

as Iyaaz Ali Khan

Ben Keaton

as Priest

Kriss Dosanjh

as Poppa Khalid

Gary Lewis

as Mark

Roger Morlidge

as Fat Twat

Albert Moses

as Abdul Karim

Rosalind March

as Helen Karim

Kaleem Janjua

as Mullah

Ralph Birtwell

as Doctor

Madhav Sharma

as Mr Shah

Saikat Ahamed

as Zaid

Bruce McGregor

as Bouncer

Margaret Blakemore

as Trisha

Thierry Harcourt

as Ettienne Francois

Leena Dhingra

as Mrs Shah

Tallat Nawaz

as Nigget Shah

Sharmeen Rafi

as Nushaaba Shah

Enid Dunn

as Judy (uncredited)

Preeya Kalidas

as Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

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