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Feature film — 1999

East Is East (1999)

6.51h 37mDrama — 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.

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A high-signal pick with 233 votes.

Assassin Films / Film4 Productions / BBC

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Director: Damien O'Donnell

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Cast & crew

Om Puri as George Khan

Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett as Ella Khan

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

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Ian Aspinall

Nazir Khan

Jimi Mistry as Tariq Khan

Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Archie Panjabi as Meenah Khan

Archie Panjabi

Meenah Khan

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Jordan Routledge

Sajid Khan

Chris Bisson as Saleem Khan

Chris Bisson

Saleem Khan

Lesley Nicol as Auntie Annie

Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

Emil Marwa as Maneer Khan

Emil Marwa

Maneer Khan

Raji James as Abdul Khan

Raji James

Abdul Khan

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Emma Rydal

Stella Moorhouse

Ruth Jones as Peggy

Ruth Jones

Peggy

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