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East Is East(1999)
Status: Released
Date: 1999-05-14
65%
221 Votes
Time: 1h 37m
A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.
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.
Languages: Russian, Hindi, Urdu, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom
Budget: $3,800,000.00
Revenue: $28,200,000.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Assassin Films
Movie: East Is East
Top 10 Billed Cast
Om Puri
George Khan
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan
Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
Emil Marwa
Maneer Khan
Raji James
Abdul Khan
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