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West Is West
West Is West

West Is West

Same family. Different country. A lot more baggage.

Genres

Comedy

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Manchester, North of England, 1975. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, 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.

Others

Budget

$3837625

Revenue

$3867000

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

6.4/10

Release Date

19 October 2010

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Aqib Khan

Aqib Khan

Sajid Khan

Om Puri

Om Puri

George Khan

Linda Bassett

Linda Bassett

Ella Khan

Robert Pugh

Robert Pugh

Mr. Jordan

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry

Tariq Khan

Vanessa Hehir

Vanessa Hehir

Esther

Lesley Nicol

Lesley Nicol

Auntie Annie

Zita Sattar

Zita Sattar

Ila Arun

Ila Arun

Vijay Raaz

Vijay Raaz

Emil Marwa

Emil Marwa

Nadim Sawalha

Nadim Sawalha

Thomas Russell

Thomas Russell

Hughsy (Bully)

Enid Dunn

Enid Dunn

Eunice

Sujata Kumar

Sujata Kumar

Mrs. Haqq

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