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Directed by Andy DeEmmony
Produced by Leslee Udwin
Written by Ayub Khan-Din
West Is West is a 2010 British comedy drama film, which is a sequel to the 1999 comedy East Is East. It stars Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry, is written by Ayub Khan-Din, directed by Andy DeEmmony, and produced by Leslee Udwin for Assassin Films and BBC Films. It premiered 12 September 2010 at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and had a limited UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 19 October 2010. It will be on general UK release in February 2011 and at the UK premiere Ayub Khan-Din confirmed that a third film about the British Pakistani Salford, Greater Manchester family is being planned.
Directed by Andy DeEmmony
Produced by Leslee Udwin
Written by Ayub Khan-Din
West Is West is a 2010 British comedy drama film, which is a sequel to the 1999 comedy East Is East. It stars Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry, is written by Ayub Khan-Din, directed by Andy DeEmmony, and produced by Leslee Udwin for Assassin Films and BBC Films. It premiered 12 September 2010 at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and had a limited UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 19 October 2010. It will be on general UK release in February 2011 and at the UK premiere Ayub Khan-Din confirmed that a third film about the British Pakistani Salford, Greater Manchester family is being planned.
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The story is set in 1975, four years after the story in East Is East. Father George Khan is worried that his youngest son, Sajid, now 15, is turning his back on his Pakistani heritage, so he decides to take him for a vist to Pakistan. While the movie is set in Pakistan, it was in fact filmed in India.
The story is set in 1975, four years after the story in East Is East. Father George Khan is worried that his youngest son, Sajid, now 15, is turning his back on his Pakistani heritage, so he decides to take him for a vist to Pakistan. While the movie is set in Pakistan, it was in fact filmed in India.
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Both films are based on the writer's own life as a young man in Salford in the 1970s, with Sajid being his alter ego.
Both films are based on the writer's own life as a young man in Salford in the 1970s, with Sajid being his alter ego.
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Cast
* Aqib Khan ... Sajid Khan
* Om Puri ... George Khan
* Linda Bassett ... Ella Khan
* Robert Pugh ... Mr. Jordan
* Thomas Russell ... Hughsy
* Jimi Mistry ... Tariq Khan
* Vanessa Hehir ... Esther
* John Branwell ... Store Detective
* Yograj Singh ... Customs Official
* Vijay Raaz ... Tanvir
* Karamjit Anmol ... Cousin 1
* Sanjeev Attari ... Cousin 2
* Dhanalaxmi Padmakumar ... Raushana Khan
* Sheeba Chaddha ... Rehana Khan
* Ila Arun ... Basheera Khan
* Emil Marwa ... Maneer Kahn
* Nadim Sawalha ... Pir Naseem
* Zita Sattar ... Neelam Haqq
* Lesley Nicol ... Aunty Annie
Cast
* Aqib Khan ... Sajid Khan
* Om Puri ... George Khan
* Linda Bassett ... Ella Khan
* Robert Pugh ... Mr. Jordan
* Thomas Russell ... Hughsy
* Jimi Mistry ... Tariq Khan
* Vanessa Hehir ... Esther
* John Branwell ... Store Detective
* Yograj Singh ... Customs Official
* Vijay Raaz ... Tanvir
* Karamjit Anmol ... Cousin 1
* Sanjeev Attari ... Cousin 2
* Dhanalaxmi Padmakumar ... Raushana Khan
* Sheeba Chaddha ... Rehana Khan
* Ila Arun ... Basheera Khan
* Emil Marwa ... Maneer Kahn
* Nadim Sawalha ... Pir Naseem
* Zita Sattar ... Neelam Haqq
* Lesley Nicol ... Aunty Annie
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