---
title: 'East Is East (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Damien O''Donnell'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 92
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/east-is-east-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0166175/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# East Is East (1999)

1999 · 92 min · Drama, Comedy · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

East Is East is a 1999 English comedy-drama film written by Ayub Khan-Din and directed by Damien O'Donnell. It is set in Salford, Lancashire, in 1971, in a mixed-ethnicity British household headed by Pakistani father George and an English mother, Ella.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Damien O'Donnell](https://cinepixo.com/people/damien-o-donnell)
- **Screenplay:** [Ayub Khan-Din](https://cinepixo.com/people/ayub-khan-din)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Deborah Mollison](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-mollison)
- **Producer:** [Leslee Udwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/leslee-udwin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Brian Tufano](https://cinepixo.com/people/brian-tufano)
- **Editor:** [Michael Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-parker)

## Cast

- [Linda Bassett](https://cinepixo.com/people/linda-bassett) as Ella Khan
- [Chris Bisson](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-bisson) as Saleem Khan
- [Om Puri](https://cinepixo.com/people/om-puri) as George Khan
- [Gary Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-lewis)
- [Jimi Mistry](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimi-mistry)
- [Jordan Routledge](https://cinepixo.com/people/jordan-routledge) as Sajid Khan
- [Archie Panjabi](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-panjabi)

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