“Same family. Different country. A lot more baggage.”
Salford, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan 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.
Aqib Khan
Sajid Khan
Om Puri
George Khan
Linda Bassett
Ella Khan
Robert Pugh
Mr. Jordan
Jimi Mistry
Tariq Khan
Vanessa Hehir
Esther
Lesley Nicol
Auntie Annie
Zita Sattar
Ila Arun
Vijay Raaz
West Is West is a comedy film released in 2010 exploring themes of dysfunctional family. Directed by Andy de Emmony, it stars Aqib Khan, Om Puri, Linda Bassett. Salford, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan 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.
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