Release Date

23 Aug, 1995

Runtime

01:42: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.

Original Title

Brothers in Trouble

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Actors

Om Puri

Angeline Ball

Ace Bhatti

Bhasker Patel

Pavan Malhotra

Pravesh Kumar

Badi Uzzaman

Harmage Singh Kalirai

Kumall Grewal

Marc Anwar

Pal Aron

Shiv Grewal

Lesley Clare O'Neill

Kulvinder Ghir

Riz Abbasi

Freddie Fletcher

June Broughton

William Maxwell

Huggy Leaver

Aftab Sachak

John Lambert

Crew

Udayan Prasad

Lucinda Syson

Alan Almond

Robert Buckler

Abdullah Hussein

Robert Buckler

Barrie Vince

Stephen Warbeck

Mike Stallion

Andrea Galer

Chris Townsend

George Faber

Peter Jaques

Danielle Fox