East Is East
East Is East

East Is East

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

6.597 min
DramaComedy

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.

Movie Info

Release Date: 5/14/1999

Runtime: 97 min

Writers: Ayub Khan-Din

Top Cast

Om Puri

Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

Chris Bisson

Chris Bisson

Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol

Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa

Emil Marwa

Maneer Khan

Raji James

Raji James

Abdul Khan

Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones

Peggy

John Bardon

John Bardon

Mr Moorhouse

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