Acting

Lalita Ahmed

Born 1939-11-25 · Lucknow, United Provinces, British India

Acting credits

Eastern Promises poster
7.3

A Russian teenager living in London dies during childbirth but leaves clues in her diary that could tie her child to a rape involving a violent Russian mob family.

Eastern Promises

2007

It's a Wonderful Afterlife poster
4.8

Indian mother Mrs Sethi's obsession with marrying off her daughter turns murderous. With jokes that routinely miss the mark and cringeworthy slapstick, this black comedy farce shouldn't work. Somehow, though, it does.

It's a Wonderful Afterlife

2010

Bhaji on the Beach poster
5.3

A group of South Asian women try but cannot escape their problems on a day trip to a British beach resort.

Bhaji on the Beach

1993

Brick Lane poster
5.5

The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).

Brick Lane

2007

Bollywood Queen poster
4.8

A cross cultural romance set in London's East End about a young girl of Indian heritage.

Bollywood Queen

2002

No artwork available
NR

Bob believes he has won a fortune on the lottery but has misplaced his ticket. He tries to keep his supposed good fortune a secret from his family and friends.

It Might Be You

1995

El próximo Oriente poster
5.4

Cain is a self-conscious butcher who lives in the Madrid neighborhood of Lavapiés and who envies his brother Abel, his only family, for having achieved everything he does not have. When Cain discovers that Abel has left a neighbor neighbor pregnant, daughter of immigrants from Bangladesh and Muslim religion, decides to pass for the father of the child and take responsibility for what will be his new family.

El próximo Oriente

2006

Robert Rylands' Last Journey poster
6.3

Loosely (and controversial) adaptation of the novel "All Souls" by Javier Marias. It tells the story of a Spanish professor at Oxford who witnesses the return of a very popular man there.

Robert Rylands' Last Journey

1996

Chopratown poster
NR

Vic Chopra (Sanjeev Bhaskar) investigates Ali Ergun (Omid Djalili) a shady Turkish bakery owner. During his investigation he falls foul of Asian wide boy Ash Desai (Manish Patel) and added to this is the mystery of a missing cow!

Chopratown

2005

Pusher poster
5.6

A desperate drug-pusher must avoid police, and find money to pay-off a huge debt.

Pusher

2010

Destiny Desire Devotion poster
NR

This film adopts a mother’s perspective in examining her relationship with her gay son. The family members can be seen to represent the internal codes and regulative practices of a close-knit Asian community.

Destiny Desire Devotion

1994

A Kind of English poster
10.0

Ruhul Amin's quiet, humane dramatic feature explores the conflicting influences in the life of Samir, a 9-year-old Bengali boy growing up in the East End of London.

A Kind of English

1986