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The Buddha of Suburbia

"Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani father, who has become a kind of spiritual guru to his middle-class neighbours. Karim wants to explore his cultural roots, in the hope that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation."

Cast

5471

Naveen Andrews

as Karim Amir

4154

Brenda Blethyn

as Margaret Amir

53362

Harish Patel

as Changez

80145

Jemma Redgrave

as Eleanor

693

Roshan Seth

as Haroon Amir

978

Steven Mackintosh

as Charlie Kay

87415

Susan Fleetwood

as Eva Kay

26657

David Bamber

as Shadwell

1229068

Nisha Nayar

as Jamila

1241522

Surendra Kochar

as

42644

Badi Uzzaman

as

99180

Janet Dale

as

1241523

Sally George

as

24498

John McEnery

as Uncle Ted

1696958

Vicky Murdock

as Helen

11180

David Bradley

as Helen's Father

16792

Richard Leaf

as Photographer

30318

Amanda Root

as 1st TV Producer

2983

Mark Strong

as 2nd TV Producer

Crew

68720

Hanif Kureishi

Novel

13009

Alexandra Byrne

Costume Design