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| Directed by | Andy DeEmmony |
| Written by | Ayub Khan-Din |
| Produced by | Leslee Udwin |
| Starring | Aqib Khan Om Puri Linda Bassett Robert Pugh Raj Bhansali |
| Cinematography | Peter Robertson |
| Edited by | Jon Gregory Stephen O'Connell |
| Music by | Rob Lane Shankar Ehsaan Loy |
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| Country | Template:Film UK |
| Language | English |
West Is West is a 2011 British comedy-drama film, which is a sequel to the 1999 comedy East Is East. It stars Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett, Ila Arun and Jimi Mistry, is written by Ayub Khan-Din, directed by Andy DeEmmony, and produced by Leslee Udwin for Assassin Films and BBC Films.
The film premiered 12 September 2010 at the 2010 Toronto International Film Festival and had a limited UK premiere at the BFI London Film Festival on 19 October 2010. General UK release was in February 2011. At the UK premiere Ayub Khan-Din confirmed that a third film about the British Pakistani Salford family is being planned.[1] The U.S. premiere was on 7 March 2011 at the Miami International Film Festival.
Plot
The story is set in 1975, four years after the story in East Is East. Father George Khan is worried that his youngest son, Sajid, now 15, is turning his back on his Pakistani heritage, so he decides to take him for a visit to Pakistan.[2] While the movie is set in Pakistan, it was in fact filmed in India.[3]
Both films are based on the writer's own life as a young man in Salford in the 1970s, with Sajid being his alter ego;[1] the script was loosely based on a draft of a screenplay about his life in Pakistan as a 13-year-old.[4]
Cast
- Om Puri as Zahir "George" Khan - a Pakistani now living in Britain, owner of 'George's English Chippy'
- Aqib Khan as Sajid - George's high-tempered youngest son, skiver
- Linda Bassett as Ella Khan - Sajid's mother, George's second wife
- Jimi Mistry as Tariq - long-haired punk, Sajid's elder brother, third son of George and Ella
- Emil Marwa as Maneer - George's fourth son, who is living in Pakistan, looking for a wife
- Vijay Raaz as Tanvir - Jahangir's nephew, living in Pakistan
- Vanessa Hehir as Esther - Tariq's girlfriend, who doesn't know he's a Pakistani
- Robert Pugh as Mr. Jordan - Sajid's school-teacher, always trying to get the negative side out of him
- Ila Arun as Basheera Khan - George's first wife, living in Pakistan
- Zita Sattar as Neelam Haqq - Pakistani Nana Mouskouri lookalike, in Pakistan looking for husband
- Mike Razowzky as Pabhu man - George's cousin
- Raj Bhansali as Zaid - Sajid's friend in Pakistan.
Soundtrack
References
- DESIblitz Article DESIblitz article review on the film, with exclusive interviews with the cast & writer.
- ^ a b BBC Manchester 20 October 2010: West is West follow-up confirmed by Salford film writer, retrieved 2010-10-24
- ^ West is West, BBC Films, retrieved 2010-10-24
- ^ Stancati, Margherita (17 February 2011). "Recreating Pakistan in India for 'West is West'". The Wall Street Journal.
- ^ Banerjee, Debesh (2011-04-22). "West Comes East". expressindia.com. Retrieved 22 April 2011.
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