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) |
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| 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: | Pусский, हिन्दी, اردو, English |
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Casts
- 11851: Om Puri - George Khan
- 8443: Linda Bassett - Ella Khan
- 65864: Ian Aspinall - Nazir Khan
- 16756: Jimi Mistry - Tariq Khan
- 128645: Archie Panjabi - Meenah Khan
- 1492653: Jordan Routledge - Sajid Khan
- 107709: Chris Bisson - Saleem Khan
Crews
- 65865: Damien O'Donnell - Director - Directing
- 65866: Ayub Khan-Din - Screenplay - Writing
- 65867: Deborah Mollison - Music - Sound
- 473: Brian Tufano - Director of Photography - Camera
- 69903: Leslee Udwin - Producer - Production
- 2351455: Joan McCann - Casting Director - Production
- 1018958: Toby Whale - Casting Director - Production
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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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