East Is East
“A comedy of families, a chip shop... and a very randy dog.”
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.
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2 films
Cast
33 people
Om Puri
George Khan
Known for
The Hundred-Foot Journey
Charlie Wilson's War
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Known for
Call the Midwife
Sense and Sensibility
Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan
Known for
Killing Me Softly
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Known for
Exam
EastEnders
Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan
Known for
The Fall
Hijack
Jordan Routledge
Sajid Khan
Also in
Gabriel & Me
Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan
Known for
Emmerdale
Shameless
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
Known for
Downton Abbey
Mr Bates vs The Post Office
Emil Marwa
Maneer Khan
Known for
Doghouse
Code 46
Raji James
Abdul Khan
Known for
EastEnders
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Emma Rydal
Stella Moorhouse
Known for
Red Rose
Ruth Jones
Peggy
Known for
Little Britain
Run Away
Damien O'Donnell Director · Ayub Khan-Din Screenplay Brian Tufano Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $28M · Budget $3.8M · United States release May 14, 1999
Box office
Budget
$3,800,000
Worldwide gross
$28,200,000
Gross vs. budget
7.4×
Production
Assassin Films
Production
Film4 Productions
Production
BBC
Production
BBC Film
Studio
United Kingdom
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hindi · Russian · Urdu
Release dates
United States · May 14, 1999
Theatrical
United Kingdom · November 5, 1999
Theatrical
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