West is West
Ishika Mohan Motwane
Synopsis
Manchester, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan, the runt of the litter, is deep in pubescent crisis and under heavy assault both from his father’s tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, as well as the fierce bullies in the schoolyard.
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. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No 2), with a small entourage from Salford, England, swiftly follows to sort out the mess, past and present. Sequel to East is East, West is West is the coming of age story of both 15 year old Sajid and of his father, 60 year old George Khan.
Details
- Year
- 2010
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 102 mins
- Format
- 35mm
- Director
- Andy de Emmony 1st Feature
- Producer
- Jane Wright
- Co-Producer
- Jane Wright
- Editor
- Jon Gregory ACE, Stephen O' Connol
- Screenwriter
- Ayub Khan Din
- Director of Photography
- Peter Robertson ICE
- Production Designer
- Aradhana Seth, Tom Conroy
- Sound
- Simon Willis
- Music
- Rob Lane, Shankar Ehsaan Loy
- Principal Cast
- Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Aqib Khan, Jimi Mistry, Emil Marwa, Lesley Nicol, Ila Arun, Vijay Raaz, Nadim Sawalha
Production status
Complete
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Last updated 11th August 2010
