"These Indian films. They're done to a formula - songs, dance, routines and a lot of sentimental heavy breathing." When her 17-year-old son Roy falls in love with a Muslim girl, and a Bangladeshi butcher seeks help from her husband Raji, Leela realises that the tears and romance of Indian cinema are closer to her own life than she has ever imagined.
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Cast
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Tariq Yunus
Raji
Known for
Around the World in 80 Days
House of Cards
Patricia Garwood
Leela
Also in
No Place Like Home
The Brack Report
Lyndam Gregory
Roy
Also in
Surgical Spirit
Damon and Debbie
Albert Moses
Huq
Known for
Mind Your Language
Octopussy
Katy Mirza
Nadira
Also in
Eastward, Beyond the Ganges
Kissaa Kursee Kaa
Shreela Ghosh
Amina
Known for
EastEnders
Ishaq Bux
Amina's father
Known for
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
The Vault of Horror
Sahab Qizilbash
Amina's mother
Also in
Insaaf
Frank Olegario
Wedding lawyer
Known for
North West Frontier
Paul Anil
Huq's assistant
Also in
A Passage to India
King of the Ghetto
Ranjit Nakara
Huq's assistant
Also in
Tenko
Can You Hear Me Thinking?
Sneh Gupta
Fatima
Also in
The Far Pavilions
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
Horace Ové Director · H.O. Nazareth Writer
First release March 10, 1981
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · March 10, 1981
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No release date listed for United States.
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