A British- Asian film production classic, Ayub Khan-Din decided to create a film reflecting his life as a British- Pakistani boy in Salford in 1970s, Ayub is reflected in the character of Sajid Khan, plated by Jordan Routledge and his 6 other siblings, the narrative is about the life of the 7 children of George Khan, (Om Puri) and how they rebel against the strict ruling of his Pakistani- Muslim ways, The narrative begins with the marriage of his oldest child and as the film progresses, the oldest child gets cold feet and runs away, after that George only regards as having 6 children, disowning and saying that his eldest died.
As the story progresses, George becomes hell bend in trying to raise his children in a traditional Pakistani manner, the children on the other hand regard themselves as British citizens. What I love most about this film is that its got nothing to do with any negative connotations against British Asian people, it has no negatives things about the likes of post 9/11 and 7/7, yet you might think to yourself, well of course Michael, that's quiet a racial slurry, its set in the 70s, yet in truth, Khan has been criticised for not portraying the characters as being more violent and anti British, and his simple reply was, "this is not a story about Pakistani Muslims, its a story about my childhood".
All in all at the end of the film, **Spoiler alert**, George tries to marry his 3rd and 4th eldest sons off to two, (sorry for my unprofessional slang but) utterly ANGIN women, so they manage to stand up to their father and prove that they are their own people in their own right. The funniest thing about this film is the one liners George comes out with, "you fucking bastard" is on of his favourites which made me chuckle, in reality, I prefer the second film more, (West is west) yet I will also review this film as well so theres something to look forward too. 6/10
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