East Is East (1999)
May 14, 1999Release Date
East Is East (1999)
May 14, 1999Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Om Puri
George Khan
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Jordan Routledge
Sajid Khan
Archie Panjabi
Meenah Khan
Emil Marwa
Maneer Khan
Chris Bisson
Saleem Khan
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Raji James
Abdul Khan
Ian Aspinall
Nazir Khan
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
Emma Rydal
Stella Moorhouse
Damien O'Donnell
Director
Ruth Jones
Peggy
Ayub Khan-Din
Writer
Gary Damer
Ernest Moorhouse
John Bardon
Mr Moorhouse
Leslee Udwin
Producer
Jimmi Harkishin
Iyaaz Ali Khan
Deborah Mollison
Composer
Ben Keaton
Priest
Brian Tufano
Cinematographer
Michael Parker
Editor
Kriss Dosanjh
Poppa Khalid
Joan McCann
CastingDirector
Gary Lewis
Mark
Toby Whale
CastingDirector
Roger Morlidge
Fat Twat
Tom Conroy
ProductionDesigner
Albert Moses
Abdul Karim
Rosalind March
Helen Karim
Kaleem Janjua
Mullah
Ralph Birtwell
Doctor
Madhav Sharma
Mr Shah
Saikat Ahamed
Zaid
Bruce McGregor
Bouncer
Margaret Blakemore
Trisha
Thierry Harcourt
Ettienne Francois
Leena Dhingra
Mrs Shah
Tallat Nawaz
Nigget Shah
Sharmeen Rafi
Nushaaba Shah
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Release DateMay 14, 1999
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
Content RatingR
Budget$3,800,000
Box Office$28,200,000
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East Is East is a 1999 British comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell. It is set in Salford, Lancashire (now in Greater Manchester), in 1971, in a mixed-ethnicity British household headed by Pakistani father George (Om Puri) and an English mother, Ella (Linda Bassett).
East Is East is based on Khan-Din's 1996 play of the same name, which opened at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October 1996 and Royal Court Theatre in November 1996. The title derives from the 1889 Rudyard Kipling poem "The Ballad of East and West", of which the opening line reads: "Oh East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet".
The film was critically acclaimed, winning the Alexander Korda Award for Best British Film at the BAFTA Awards. It was also a major box office success, grossing $30,438,635 (equivalent to $53,000,000 in 2022) worldwide and earning over ten times its £1.9 million ($3 million) budget.
