Summary
Salford, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier.
Details
Release Date: October 19, 2010
Runtime: 103 minutes
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: EN
Rating: ⭐ 6.4/10 (42 votes)
East Is East Collection

East Is East
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.

West Is West
Salford, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier.
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Cast

Om Puri
George Khan

Linda Bassett
Ella Khan

Robert Pugh
Mr. Jordan

Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan

Vanessa Hehir
Esther

Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie

Zita Sattar

Ila Arun

Vijay Raaz

Emil Marwa

Nadim Sawalha

Sujata Kumar
Mrs. Haqq









