REast Is East

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IMDB (20,217 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 97 mins
Drama, Comedy
East Is East

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.

Status: Released (1999-05-14)
Awards:Won 1 BAFTA Award16 wins & 14 nominations total
BoxOffice:$4,177,818
Screen:Ayub Khan-Din
Productions: Assassin Films, Film4 Productions, BBC
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Spoken Languages: English, Pусский, اردو, हिन्दी
East Is East
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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 and married “Ella” (Linda Bassett) and they’ve had half a dozen children, many of wh ....

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