Overview:
Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.| Status: | Released (2002-11-22) |
|---|---|
| Screen: | Meera Syal |
| Productions: | Starfield Productions, EM Media, Emmi, Film Council, Portman Film, BBC |
| Production Countries: | United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | ਪੰਜਾਬੀ, English, हिन्दी |
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- 1245275: Chandeep Uppal - Meena Kumar
- 66587: Max Beesley - Hairy Neddy
- 113968: Anna Brewster - Anita Rutter
- 145997: Sanjeev Bhaskar - Mr. Kumar
- 37759: Kathy Burke - Mrs. Rutter
- 10510: Kabir Bedi - Yeti
- 33191: Ayesha Dharker - Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
Crews
- 283184: Metin Hüseyin - Director - Directing
- 1465402: Annie Kocur - Editor - Editing
- 1363066: Andrew Munro - Art Direction - Art
- 36808: Caroline Hanania - Production Design - Art
- 1427849: Zoe Morgan - Script Supervisor - Directing
- 23826: Cinders Forshaw - Director of Photography - Camera
- 108839: Paul Raphael - Producer - Production
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This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-autobiographical of writer Meera Syal's own upbringing; but it centres around the story of a young British Asi ....
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