East Is East: George Khan, proud Pakistani and chip shop owner, rules his family with a rod of iron. He thinks he's raising his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis - but this is Salford in the North of England, in 1971. For the seven kids of George Khan life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari, hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school, heart throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local ...
A life or death test. A blank exam paper. A race against time...eight strangers prepare to sit a test together, competing for a top-secret, high-level position.
In early 1970's England, a traditional Pakistani father (Om Puri) finds his family spinning in decidedly non-traditional directions.
An Indian immigrant cribs pop psychology insights from a good-hearted porn star and becomes a self-help guru celebrity.
From the director of "This Year's Love", a romantic comedy about single Londoners looking for love, against a backdrop of Salsa.
Manchester 1975. The now much diminished but still claustrophobic and dysfunctional Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid the youngest Khan the runt of the litter 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. It is not long before Ella Khan (Mrs Khan No2) with a small entourage from Salford England swiftly follows to sort out the mess past and present.
Money can give life, take life and change life. It's Friday night and it's the Euro millions lottery draw. A syndicate of five lowly paid hospital workers win a life changing �72 million to share between them. Written by BAFTA award-winning writer Kay Mellor, OBE (Band of Gold, Fat Friends, Playing The Field and A Passionate Woman) The Syndicate returns for a brand new series of the critically acclaimed BBC One drama. Series 2 follows the lives of nurses, Tom and Mandy, auxiliaries, Rose an...
Sequel to the internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning East is East, West is West takes the Khan family on a journey from Salford, England, to rural Pakistan. West is West is the coming of age story of both 13 year old Sajid and also of his father, 60 year old George ('Ghengis') Khan. Sajid, the youngest Khan has been misbehaving so his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and the family in Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. Resolved to teach Sajid a lesson, the tables are turned on George as he realises that it is he himself who has much to learn. Special Features: Cast and Crew Interviews Audio Commentary with Producer Leslee Udwin and Writer Ayub Khan Din Photo Gallery Deleted Scenes and Outtakes
East Is East: George Khan, proud Pakistani and chip shop owner, rules his family with a rod of iron. He thinks he's raising his seven children to be respectable Pakistanis - but this is Salford in the North of England, in 1971. For the seven kids of George Khan life is one long compromise. Tomboy Meenah prefers playing footie to wearing a sari, hippie Saleem pretends to be studying engineering when he's really at art school, heart throb Tariq has got a reputation as a local ...
A smart, sexy and poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable - adulthood and responsibility.
Sequel to the internationally acclaimed, multi-award winning 'East is East', 'West is West' takes the Khan family on a journey from Salford, England, to rural Pakistan.'West is West' is the coming of age story of both 13 year old Sajid and also of his father, 60 year old George (‘Ghengis’) Khan. Sajid, the youngest Khan has been misbehaving so his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 30 years earlier. Resolved to teach Sajid a lesson, the tables are turned on George as he realizes that it is he himself who has much to learn.
In early 1970's England, a traditional Pakistani father (Om Puri) finds his family spinning in decidedly non-traditional directions.
Your worst fears are waiting for you... Five diverse people inadvertently enter an underground hole and run into a nightmare scenario - little do they know what terror they will find below. Subject to a terrifying ordeal from which they may never escape they soon learn that this situation is far bigger than them alone; it affects us all.
In one of the last great roles of his career Richard Harris plays Sandeman - the most feared crime lord in an economically ravaged Liverpool. His kingdom is the city and his strength is his family. However an unexpected event is about to cause his kingdom to crumble... When his beloved wife Mandy (Lynn Redgrave) is killed in a mugging incident Sandeman becomes convinced it was premeditated murder. Consumed by grief and determined to avenge her death Sandeman's rage agitates other long festering rivalries and bitter resentments. Soon his close-knit family will feel the strain. An astonishing interpretation of Shakespeare's King Lear My Kingdom tells the story of a family consumed by greed rage and grief...
An epic love story caught in the 1949 events that divided India and Pakistan. Partition is an epic love story of two people caught in the events that divided India and Pakistan in 1949. Starring Jimi Mistry and Neve Campbell Partition is a moving account of a personal romance against the dawn of a new world. Determined to leave the ravages of war behind Gian Singh resigns from the British Indian Army to a quiet life. His world is soon thrown in turmoil when he suddenly finds himself responsible for the life of a 17 year old girl traumatized by the events that separated her from her family. Slowly resisting all the taboos Gian finds himself falling in love with the vulnerable Naseem even though they are separated by their opposing faiths.
Alim is an Ismaili Canadian who lives in London thousands of miles from his family for one very good reason - he has a boyfriend. His ideal gay life begins to unravel when his mother shows up to find him a proper Muslim girlfriend and convince him to return to Canada for his cousin's extravagant wedding.
Gary Oldman (The Dark Knight Harry Potter The Book Of Eli) is at his dark best in the action-packed and sharply written Brit-Flick Dead Fish. Accompanying Oldman on this hilarious and thrilling rollercoaster ride of gangster life gone wrong is a legendary line up including Robert Carlyle (Trainspotting The Full Monty The Beach) Jimi Mistry (The Guru 2012 Blood Diamond) Terence Stamp (Wanted Yes Man Get Smart) and Billy Zane (Titanic). Dead Fish tells the story of Lynch (Oldman) an obscure but charming hit man sent to London for what should be a routine job. The hit becomes anything but straightforward as Lynch finds his world turned upside down when his phone is switched with a strangers'. Cut off from his employer's instructions Lynch goes on a manic rampage across London to recover his phone - and find its owner the girl of his dreams. He soon has bigger problems when he discovers he is being hunted by a rival assassin sent by his employers to take him out.
Ganesh a young man living in a community of Indian exiles in Trinidad has ideas of becoming a successful writer. Ganesh is persuaded to marry a local woman who is used to living in luxury unfortunately he cannot afford to finance the lifestyle that she is used to. Together they dream up an idea to make more money Ganesh becomes a 'Mystic Masseur' and claims to be able to cure the sick...
East Is East (Dir. Damien O'Donnell 1999): English Dolby Digital 5.1 / Widescreen 1.78:1 Anamorphic / English subtitles for the hard of hearing We meet George Khan who is a proud Pakistani and a chip shop owner. He has seven children and believes that he is raising them to be respectable Pakistanis - but the kids have other ideas... Monsoon Wedding (Dir. Mira Nair 2001): English/Hindi Dolby Digital (5.1) / Widescreen 1.85:1 Anamorphic As the romantic monsoon rains loom the extended Verma family reunites from around the globe for a last-minute arranged marriage in New Delhi. 'Monsoon Wedding' traces five intersecting stories each navigating different aspects of love as they cross boundaries of class continent and morality. The film celebrates a contemporary India never before seen on screen. The family's hopes anxieties and long-guarded secrets emerge amid frantic wedding preparations and are juxtaposed with arresting montages of real-life Delhi. The relentless summer heat mirrors the story's building intensity as the city anticipates the cooling torrent of the monsoons. And when the rain comes the cathartic downpour brings romance revelation and liberation.
Actor Jimi Mistry has worked with Gurinder Chadha, Roland Emmerich, Edward Zwick and Guy Ritchie, rejecting the Hollywood lifestyle to remain based in the UK. Now he has teamed up with director Steve Jaggi and filmed a love song to Ibiza called And The Beat Goes On. Well-received at both the Ibiza International Music Summit and the recent Ibiza Film Festival, the film nails the two different sides to the island's international summer scene, with a genuine and heartfelt appreciation of both.
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