East Is East

1h 37min

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 Companies

Assassin Films

Film4 Productions

BBC

Cast

Om Puri

Om Puri

George Khan
Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan
Ian Aspinall

Ian Aspinall

Nazir 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
Emma Rydal

Emma Rydal

Stella Moorhouse
Gary Damer

Gary Damer

Ernest Moorhouse
John Bardon

John Bardon

Mr Moorhouse
Jimmi Harkishin

Jimmi Harkishin

Iyaaz Ali Khan
Kriss Dosanjh

Kriss Dosanjh

Poppa Khalid
Albert Moses

Albert Moses

Abdul Karim
Rosalind March

Rosalind March

Helen Karim
Thierry Harcourt

Thierry Harcourt

Ettienne Francois
Tallat Nawaz

Tallat Nawaz

Nigget Shah
Sharmeen Rafi

Sharmeen Rafi

Nushaaba Shah
Enid Dunn

Enid Dunn

Judy (uncredited)
Preeya Kalidas

Preeya Kalidas

Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

Release date

14th May 1999

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Pусский, हिन्दी, اردو, English