East Is East
“A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.”
1999•R•1h 37m•6.5•Released
DramaComedy
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.
Director
Damien O'Donnell
Writer
Ayub Khan-Din
Budget
$4M
Revenue
$28M
Languages
Russian, Hindi, Urdu
Studio
Assassin Films
Cast
Om Puri
George Khan
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan
Jordan Routledge
Sajid Khan
Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
Emil Marwa
Maneer Khan
Raji James
Abdul Khan
Emma Rydal
Stella Moorhouse
Ruth Jones
Peggy
Gary Damer
Ernest Moorhouse
John Bardon
Mr Moorhouse
Jimmi Harkishin
Iyaaz Ali Khan
Production
Company
Assassin Films
Company
Film4 Productions
Company
BBC
Producer
Leslee Udwin
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