East Is East (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 r...
Rating: 6.5
Genres Drama, Comedy
Original language: en
IMDb tt0166175
Stars
Om Puri as George Khan
Linda Bassett as Ella Khan
Jimi Mistry as Tariq Khan
Archie Panjabi as Meenah Khan
Jordan Routledge as Abdul Khan
Creators
Damien O'Donnell (Director)
Katherine Butler (Producer)
Ayub Khan-Din (Writer)
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