

East Is East
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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $3.8M
- Box office
- $28.2M
- Language
- Russian
- daughter
- jealousy
- muslim
- northern england
- hippie
- religious education
- parent child relationship
- faith
- tradition
- culture clash
- 1970s
- modern society
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United StatesUS
- TheatricalR14 May 1999
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical155 Nov 1999
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East Is East was released on 14 May 1999.
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CinemaSerf
4/17/2025
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 determined to ensure that t…
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