East Is East

East Is East

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

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.

GB

Made in GB

6.5/10

1999

Drama
Comedy
Film4 ProductionsBBC

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Cast

Om Puri

Om Puri

As George Khan

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

As Ella Khan

Ian Aspinall

Ian Aspinall

As Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry

As Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi

Archie Panjabi

As Meenah Khan

Jordan Routledge

Jordan Routledge

As Sajid Khan

Chris Bisson

Chris Bisson

As Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol

Lesley Nicol

As Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa

Emil Marwa

As Maneer Khan

Raji James

Raji James

As Abdul Khan

Emma Rydal

Emma Rydal

As Stella Moorhouse

Ruth Jones

Ruth Jones

As Peggy

Gary Damer

Gary Damer

As Ernest Moorhouse

John Bardon

John Bardon

As Mr Moorhouse

Jimmi Harkishin

Jimmi Harkishin

As Iyaaz Ali Khan

Ben Keaton

Ben Keaton

As Priest

Kriss Dosanjh

Kriss Dosanjh

As Poppa Khalid

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

As Mark

Roger Morlidge

Roger Morlidge

As Fat Twat

Albert Moses

Albert Moses

As Abdul Karim

Rosalind March

Rosalind March

As Helen Karim

Kaleem Janjua

Kaleem Janjua

As Mullah

Ralph Birtwell

Ralph Birtwell

As Doctor

Madhav Sharma

Madhav Sharma

As Mr Shah

Saikat Ahamed

Saikat Ahamed

As Zaid

Bruce McGregor

Bruce McGregor

As Bouncer

Margaret Blakemore

Margaret Blakemore

As Trisha

Thierry Harcourt

Thierry Harcourt

As Ettienne Francois

Leena Dhingra

Leena Dhingra

As Mrs Shah

Tallat Nawaz

Tallat Nawaz

As Nigget Shah

Sharmeen Rafi

Sharmeen Rafi

As Nushaaba Shah

Enid Dunn

Enid Dunn

As Judy (uncredited)

Preeya Kalidas

Preeya Kalidas

As Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

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