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Brick Lane

5.5/ 1020071h 42mPG-13

Drama

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).

Directed by Sarah Gavron

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The cast

Faces behind the story

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Tannishtha Chatterjee

Nazneen Ahmed

Satish Kaushik

Satish Kaushik

Chanu Ahmed

Christopher Simpson

Christopher Simpson

Karim

Naeema Begum

Rukshana 'Shahna' Ahmed

Lana Rahman

Bibi Ahmed

Lalita Ahmed

Mrs Islam

Harvey Virdi

Harvey Virdi

Razia

Harsh Nayyar

Harsh Nayyar

Dr Azad