East Is East

Release date: May 14, 1999

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.

DramaComedy

Top Cast

George Khan

Ella Khan

Nazir Khan

Tariq Khan

Meenah Khan

Sajid Khan

Saleem Khan

Auntie Annie

Maneer Khan

Abdul Khan

Stella Moorhouse

Peggy

Ernest Moorhouse

Mr Moorhouse

Iyaaz Ali Khan

Priest

Poppa Khalid

Mark

Fat Twat

Abdul Karim

Helen Karim

Mullah

Doctor

Mr Shah

Zaid

Bouncer

Trisha

Ettienne Francois

Mrs Shah

Nigget Shah

Nushaaba Shah

Judy (uncredited)

Nazir's Bride (uncredited)

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