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Touch of Pink

Touch of Pink

Playing it straight is about to get very complicated.

20046.01h 31m

Overview

Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru, back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality secret from his mother, so when she comes for a surprise visit, he and his boyfriend, Giles, must put on a straight facade to hide the truth.

Directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid
Written by Ian Iqbal Rashid, Ken Chubb
Produced by Julia Sereny, Jennifer Kawaja, Martin Pope
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Top Cast

Jimi Mistry

Jimi Mistry

Alim Jahan

Kyle MacLachlan

Kyle MacLachlan

Ghost of Cary Grant

Suleka Mathew

Suleka Mathew

Nuru Jahan

Kristen Holden-Ried

Kristen Holden-Ried

Giles

Veena Sood

Veena Sood

Dolly

Brian George

Brian George

Hassan

Liisa Repo-Martell

Liisa Repo-Martell

Delia

Dean McDermott

Dean McDermott

Alisdair Keith

Linda Thorson

Linda Thorson

Giles's mother

M

Malika Mendez

Sherubai

Themes & Keywords

coming outlondon, englandtoronto, canadahallucinationman pretending to be straightconservativedomineering motherunited kingdomgay muslimmother son relationshipgay theme

About Touch of Pink

Touch of Pink is a comedy, romance film released in 2004 exploring themes of coming out, london, england, toronto, canada, hallucination, man pretending to be straight, conservative. Directed by Ian Iqbal Rashid, it stars Jimi Mistry, Kyle MacLachlan, Suleka Mathew. Alim is a gay man living in London to escape the domineering eye of his conservative Muslim mother, Nuru, back in Canada. Alim keeps his homosexuality secret from his mother, so when she comes for a surprise visit, he and his boyfriend, Giles, must put on a straight facade to hide the truth.

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