East Is East (1999)

ALL 05/14/1999 (en) Drama, Comedy 97 Min
  • Release
    05/14/1999
  • Production
    Assassin Films, Film4 Productions, BBC
  • Rotten tomato
    65.36%
  • Original title
    East Is East
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 28,200,000.00
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A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

Overview

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.

  1. Damien O'Donnell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Leslee Udwin

    Producer



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  1. Om Puri

    George Khan

  2. Linda Bassett

    Ella Khan

  3. Ian Aspinall

    Nazir Khan

  4. Jimi Mistry

    Tariq Khan

  5. Archie Panjabi

    Meenah Khan

  6. Jordan Routledge

    Sajid Khan

  7. Chris Bisson

    Saleem Khan

  8. Lesley Nicol

    Auntie Annie

  9. Emil Marwa

    Maneer Khan

  10. Raji James

    Abdul Khan

  11. Emma Rydal

    Stella Moorhouse

  12. Ruth Jones

    Peggy

  13. Gary Damer

    Ernest Moorhouse

  14. John Bardon

    Mr Moorhouse

  15. Jimmi Harkishin

    Iyaaz Ali Khan

  16. Ben Keaton

    Priest

  17. Kriss Dosanjh

    Poppa Khalid

  18. Gary Lewis

    Mark

  19. Roger Morlidge

    Fat Twat

  20. Albert Moses

    Abdul Karim

  21. Rosalind March

    Helen Karim

  22. Kaleem Janjua

    Mullah

  23. Ralph Birtwell

    Doctor

  24. Madhav Sharma

    Mr Shah

  25. Saikat Ahamed

    Zaid

  26. Bruce McGregor

    Bouncer

  27. Margaret Blakemore

    Trisha

  28. Thierry Harcourt

    Ettienne Francois

  29. Leena Dhingra

    Mrs Shah

  30. Tallat Nawaz

    Nigget Shah

  31. Sharmeen Rafi

    Nushaaba Shah

  32. Enid Dunn

    Judy (uncredited)

  33. Preeya Kalidas

    Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 33 , Crews : 14

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East Is East (1999) 97 Min

ALL 05/14/1999 (en)
Drama, Comedy
  • Release 05/14/1999
  • Production
    Assassin Films, Film4 Productions, BBC
  • Original title East Is East
  • en
  • Revenue28,200,000.00

A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.

Overview

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.

  1. Damien O'Donnell

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Michael Parker

    Editor

  4. Leslee Udwin

    Producer