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The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).

Tannishtha Chatterjee
Nazneen Ahmed

Satish Kaushik
Chanu Ahmed

Christopher Simpson
Karim
Naeema Begum
Rukshana 'Shahna' Ahmed
Lana Rahman
Bibi Ahmed

Lalita Ahmed
Mrs Islam

Harvey Virdi
Razia

Harsh Nayyar
Dr Azad
Lasco Atkins
Train Customer

Bernard Holley
News Reporter
Brick Lane is a drama film released in 2007 exploring themes of london, england, arranged marriage, bangladesh, 9/11, woman director, british asian. Directed by Sarah Gavron, it stars Tannishtha Chatterjee, Satish Kaushik, Christopher Simpson. The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).
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