The Infidel

The Infidel

105 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 18, 2010

Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.

The Infidel

105 mins | Drama, Comedy | Feb. 18, 2010

The Infidel
Based in a London suburb Mahmud Nasir lives with his wife, Saamiya, and two children, Rashid and Nabi. His son plans to marry Uzma, the step-daughter of Egyptian-born Arshad Al-Masri, a so-called 'Hate Cleric' from Waziristan, Pakistan. Mahmud, who is not exactly a devout Muslim, he drinks alcohol, and does not pray five times, but does agree that he will appease Arshad, without whose approval the marriage cannot take place. Shortly thereafter Mahmud, while going over his recently deceased mother's documents, will find out that he was adopted, his birth parents were Jewish, and his name is actually Solly Shimshillewitz.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers The Salt Company International, Slingshot Productions, Ombadsman
Original title The Infidel
Directors Josh Appignanesi
Writers David Baddiel

Cast

Archie Panjabi

as Saamiya Nasir

Omid Djalili

as Mahmud Nasir

Igal Naor

as Arshad El-Masri

James Floyd

as Gary Page

Leah Fatania

as Nabi Nasir

Stuart Antony

as Drummer

Scott Walters

as Delivery Guy

Mina Anwar

as Muna

Soraya Radford

as Uzma

Ravin J. Ganatra

as Fahad

Christian Lees

as Bar Mitzvah twin Louis

Jonah Lees

as Bar Mitzah twin Sammi

Richard Schiff

as Lenny Goldberg

Miranda Hart

as Mrs. Keyes

Chris Wilson

as Polizeibeamter

Niraj Naik

as Keyboard player

Madison Cole

as Bass Player

Bhasker Patel

as Sharif

Sartaj Garewal

as Wasif

Rod Silvers

as Rahman

Michele Austin

as Zadie

Matt Lucas

as Rabbi

Amit Shah

as Rashid Nasir

David Schneider

as Monty

Jonathan Tafler

as Monty's friend

Joanna Brookes

as Denise

Shobu Kapoor

as Kashmina

Syreeta Kumar

as Yasmin Aktar

Paul Kaye

as Policeman 1

Jason Salkey

as Policeman 2

Ricky Sekhon

as Hazeem