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West Is West (2010)

Manchester, North of England, 1975. 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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Top billed cast

  • Photo of Aqib KhanAqib KhanSajid Khan
  • Photo of Om PuriOm PuriGeorge Khan
  • Photo of Linda BassettLinda BassettElla Khan
  • Photo of Robert PughRobert PughMr. Jordan
  • Photo of Jimi MistryJimi MistryTariq Khan
  • Photo of Vanessa HehirVanessa HehirEsther
  • Photo of Lesley NicolLesley NicolAuntie Annie
  • Photo of Zita SattarZita Sattar
  • Photo of Ila ArunIla Arun
  • Photo of Vijay RaazVijay Raaz

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