East Is East

East Is East

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 14, 1999

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.

East Is East

97 mins | Drama, Comedy | May 14, 1999

East Is East
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers BBC, Film4 Productions, Assassin Films
Original title East Is East
Directors Damien O'Donnell
Writers Ayub Khan-Din

Cast

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

Preeya Kalidas

as Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

Ben Keaton

as Priest