Synopsis
Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.
Ratings
IMDb6.6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- Udayan PrasadDirector
- Robert BucklerWriter
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Om PuriHussein Shah
- Angeline BallMary
- Ace BhattiIrshad
- Bhasker PatelGholam
- Pavan MalhotraAmir
- Pravesh KumarSakib
- Badi UzzamanOld Ram
- Harmage Singh KaliraiSher Baz
- Kumall GrewalAkbar Dal
- Marc AnwarRaja (as Omar Salimi)
- Pal AronZamara
- Shiv GrewalShona Mian