East Is East

Damien O'Donnell
1999-05-14

A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.
6.565
97 min

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.

Cast

Name Character Team
Om Puri George Khan Unowned
Linda Bassett Ella Khan Unowned
Ian Aspinall Nazir Khan Unowned
Jimi Mistry Tariq Khan Unowned
Archie Panjabi Meenah Khan Unowned
Jordan Routledge Sajid Khan Unowned
Chris Bisson Saleem Khan Unowned
Lesley Nicol Auntie Annie Unowned
Emil Marwa Maneer Khan Unowned
Raji James Abdul Khan Unowned
Emma Rydal Stella Moorhouse Unowned
Ruth Jones Peggy Unowned
Gary Damer Ernest Moorhouse Unowned
John Bardon Mr Moorhouse Unowned
Jimmi Harkishin Iyaaz Ali Khan Unowned
Ben Keaton Priest Unowned
Kriss Dosanjh Poppa Khalid Unowned
Gary Lewis Mark Unowned
Roger Morlidge Fat Twat Unowned
Albert Moses Abdul Karim Unowned
Rosalind March Helen Karim Unowned
Kaleem Janjua Mullah Unowned
Ralph Birtwell Doctor Unowned
Madhav Sharma Mr Shah Unowned
Saikat Ahamed Zaid Unowned
Bruce McGregor Bouncer Unowned
Margaret Blakemore Trisha Unowned
Thierry Harcourt Ettienne Francois Unowned
Leena Dhingra Mrs Shah Unowned
Tallat Nawaz Nigget Shah Unowned
Sharmeen Rafi Nushaaba Shah Unowned
Enid Dunn Judy (uncredited) Unowned
Preeya Kalidas Nazir's Bride (uncredited) Unowned