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.
- 6.5
- 1999
- Released
- 1h 37m
Om Puri
George Khan
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Archie Panjabi
Meenah KhanJordan Routledge
Sajid Khan
Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
Emil Marwa
Maneer Khan
Raji James
Abdul KhanEmma Rydal
Stella Moorhouse
Ruth Jones
PeggyGary Damer
Ernest Moorhouse
John Bardon
Mr Moorhouse
Jimmi Harkishin
Iyaaz Ali KhanBen Keaton
Priest
Kriss Dosanjh
Poppa Khalid
Gary Lewis
Mark
Roger Morlidge
Fat Twat
Albert Moses
Abdul Karim
Rosalind March
Helen KarimKaleem Janjua
MullahRalph Birtwell
Doctor
Madhav Sharma
Mr Shah
Saikat Ahamed
ZaidBruce McGregor
BouncerMargaret Blakemore
Trisha
Thierry Harcourt
Ettienne Francois
Leena Dhingra
Mrs ShahTallat Nawaz
Nigget ShahSharmeen Rafi
Nushaaba ShahEnid Dunn
Judy (uncredited)
Preeya Kalidas
Nazir's Bride (uncredited)
Released
en
$3,800,000.00
$28,200,000.00
- #daughter
- #jealousy
- #muslim
- #northern england
- #hippie
- #religious education
- #parent child relationship
- #faith
- #tradition
- #culture clash
- #1970s
- #modern society
- #islam
- #integration
- #cultural difference
- #british asian
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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 whom are now starting to become eligible for the marriage game. Though he has integrated, up to a point, he is determi