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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.

1999 |1h 37m |  Drama, Comedy

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Cast

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Om Puri

George Khan

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Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

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Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

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Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

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Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

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Emil Marwa

Maneer Khan

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Raji James

Abdul Khan

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Ruth Jones

Peggy

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John Bardon

Mr Moorhouse

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Kriss Dosanjh

Poppa Khalid

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Gary Lewis

Mark

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Roger Morlidge

Fat Twat

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Albert Moses

Abdul Karim

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Rosalind March

Helen Karim

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Madhav Sharma

Mr Shah

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Saikat Ahamed

Zaid

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Leena Dhingra

Mrs Shah

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Preeya Kalidas

Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English, Hindi, Russian, Urdu

Budget

$3,800,000.00

Revenue

$28,200,000.00