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East Is East

65.46% | May 14, 1999 | 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.

Featured Crew

Damien O'Donnell
Director
Ayub Khan-Din
Screenplay

Cast

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Om Puri
George Khan
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Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
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Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan
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Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
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Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan

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