# East Is East (1999)

English · Released 1999-05-14

East Is East is a 1999 English film. Stephen Bogaert and Om Puri appear in it.

Cast: Stephen Bogaert as Middle Age Fred Urquhart, Om Puri as George Khan

## Storyline
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.

## Common questions

### When was East Is East released?
East Is East was released on 14 May 1999.

### Who stars in East Is East?
Stephen Bogaert and Om Puri star in East Is East.

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