Om Puri
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East Is East is a 1999 British comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell. It is set in Salford, Lancashire (now in Greater Manchester), in 1971, in a mixed-ethnicity British household headed by Pakistani father George and an English mother, Ella (Linda Bassett).
- Ayub Khan-Din
- 1996
Apr 21, 2000 · Reviews. East Is East. Roger Ebert April 21, 2000. Tweet. George Khan is like that performer on the old Ed Sullivan show, who tried to keep plates spinning simultaneously on top of a dozen poles. He runs from one crisis to another, desperately trying to defend his Muslim world view in a world that has other views.
Summaries. In early 1970s England, a Pakistani father finds the authority he has previously maintained challenged by his increasingly Anglicized children. In 1971 Salford, fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways.
Parents Need to Know. Parents need to know that East Is East is a superb British dramedy about a British-Pakistani family struggling with their identity in 1970s Britain. Pakistani-born George Khan (Om Puri) wants his British-born, multiracial children to embrace his traditional cultural and religious values. But several of them,…
- Damien O'donnell
- Alistair Lawrence
- Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Jimi Mistry
Synopsis. In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways.
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- Damien O'donnell
- R
- 6
May 14, 1999 · 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.
Nov 4, 1999 · Running Time: 96 minutes. Certificate: 15. Original Title: East is East. A towering performance from Om Puri anchors this finely wrought adaptation of Ayub Khan Din's celebrated stage play, about...
