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Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.
Keywords
based on novel or book
england
culture clash
1970s
growing up
working class
awakening
midlands
Casts
Chandeep Uppal
Meena Kumar
Max Beesley
Hairy Neddy
Anna Brewster
Anita Rutter
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Mr. Kumar
Kathy Burke
Mrs. Rutter
Kabir Bedi
Yeti
Ayesha Dharker
Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
Lynn Redgrave
Mrs. Omerod
Alex Freeborn
Sam Lowbridge
Mark Williams
The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan
Lucy Pargeter
Brenda
Meera Syal
Auntie Shaila
Kathy Burke
Mrs. Diedre Rutter
Zohra Sehgal
Nanima
Christine Tremarco
Sandy
Claire Downes
Teacher
Georgia Patrick
Tracey Rutter
Omid Djalili
Uncle Amman
Crews
Metin Hüseyin
Director
Annie Kocur
Editor
Andrew Munro
Art Direction
Caroline Hanania
Production Design
Zoe Morgan
Script Supervisor
Cinders Forshaw
Director of Photography
Paul Raphael
Producer
Raymond Perry
Property Master
Meera Syal
Writer
Jina Jay
Casting
Linda Gamble
Unit Publicist
Trisha Edwards
Set Decoration
Susannah Buxton
Costume Design
Nitin Sawhney
Original Music Composer
Kate Morath
Boom Operator
Giles Keyte
Still Photographer
Kate Mackenzie
Assistant Editor
Stewart Henderson
ADR & Dubbing
Catherine Hodgson
Supervising Sound Editor
Alf Tramontin
Steadicam Operator
Mike Wood
Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Darren May
Special Effects Supervisor
Antony Bluff
Visual Effects Producer
Graham Johnston
Makeup Designer
Paul Edwards
Steadicam Operator
Kate Higham
Assistant Editor
Jacqueline Thorogood
Production Coordinator
Max Keene
First Assistant Director
Tom Gates
Gaffer
Bill Allan
Executive Producer
Peter Carlton
Executive Producer
Keith Evans
Executive Producer
Meera Syal
Producer
Paul Trijbits
Executive Producer
Tristan Whalley
Executive Producer
David M. Thompson
Executive Producer
Siân Miller
Makeup Artist
Siân Miller
Hairstylist
Daniel Phillips
Makeup Artist
Nora Robertson
Makeup Artist
Harry Barnes
Foley Editor
Ruth Sullivan
Foley Artist
Peter Gleaves
ADR Mixer
Pippa Hall
Casting
Shaheen Baig
Casting Associate
Mark Milsome
Focus Puller
Backdrops & Posters
