East Is East
East Is East
Release: 1999-05-14
·Runtime: 97m
·★ 6.5
Drama
Comedy
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Assassin Films
Film4 Productions
BBC
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Kriss Dosanjh
as Poppa Khalid
Albert Moses
as Abdul Karim
Saikat Ahamed
as Zaid
Leena Dhingra
as Mrs Shah
Linda Bassett
as Ella Khan
Raji James
as Abdul Khan
Thierry Harcourt
as Ettienne Francois
Emil Marwa
as Maneer Khan
Lesley Nicol
as Auntie Annie
Preeya Kalidas
as Nazir's Bride (uncredited)
Ruth Jones
as Peggy
John Bardon
as Mr Moorhouse
Archie Panjabi
as Meenah Khan
Jimmi Harkishin
as Iyaaz Ali Khan
Chris Bisson
as Saleem Khan
Gary Lewis
as Mark
Roger Morlidge
as Fat Twat
Rosalind March
as Helen Karim
Om Puri
as George Khan
Jimi Mistry
as Tariq Khan
Madhav Sharma
as Mr Shah
