East Is East (1999)

All ages

Plot

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

Jon PollGeorge Khan

Om PuriGeorge Khan

Linda BassettElla Khan

Janty YatesNazir Khan

Jimi MistryTariq Khan

Archie PanjabiMeenah Khan

Jordan RoutledgeSajid Khan

Chris BissonSaleem Khan

Lesley NicolAuntie Annie

Emil MarwaManeer Khan

Raji JamesAbdul Khan

Emma RydalStella Moorhouse

James Welland

Gary DamerErnest Moorhouse

John BardonMr Moorhouse

Gary LewisMark

Roger MorlidgeFat Twat

Albert MosesAbdul Karim

Writers and directors

Damien O'DonnellDirector

Ayub Khan-DinWriter

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CinemaSerf ★ 7.0/10

It’s early 1970s Britain and “George” (Om Puri) has been running his chip shop in Salford for many years since leaving his home (and wife) in Pakistan. Not long after he arrived after the war, he met …17. Apr 2025

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