East Is East

East Is East

1999
1h 37m
6.5

6.5/10

222 votes • View on IMDb
Drama Comedy

"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.

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Status: Released

Budget: $3,800,000

Revenue: $28,200,000

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Assassin Films Film4 Productions BBC
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
Russian Hindi Urdu English

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

Quick Facts

Release Date May 14, 1999
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt0166175

Cast

Om Puri
Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett
Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

Ian Aspinall
Ian Aspinall

Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry
Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi
Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

Jordan Routledge
Jordan Routledge

Sajid Khan

Chris Bisson
Chris Bisson

Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol
Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa
Emil Marwa

Maneer Khan

Raji James
Raji James

Abdul Khan

Emma Rydal
Emma Rydal

Stella Moorhouse

Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones

Peggy

Key Crew

Damien O'Donnell
Director
Leslee Udwin
Producer
Ayub Khan-Din
Screenplay
Alan J. Wands
Executive Producer