Synopsis
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Ratings
IMDb6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Metacritic74/100
231 audience votes
Key crew
- Damien O'DonnellDirector
- Ayub Khan-DinScreenplay
Cast
- Om PuriGeorge Khan
- Linda BassettElla Khan
- Ian AspinallNazir Khan
- Jimi MistryTariq Khan
- Archie PanjabiMeenah Khan
- Jordan RoutledgeSajid Khan
- Chris BissonSaleem Khan
- Lesley NicolAuntie Annie
- Emil MarwaManeer Khan
- Raji JamesAbdul Khan
- Emma RydalStella Moorhouse
- Ruth JonesPeggy
Stills
Themes
daughterjealousymuslimnorthern englandhippiereligious educationparent child relationshipfaithtraditionculture clash1970smodern society