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Tannishtha Chatterjee | Nazneen Ahmed | |
Satish Kaushik | Chanu Ahmed | |
Christopher Simpson | Karim | |
Naeema Begum | Shahana Ahmed | |
Lana Rahman | Bibi Ahmed | |
Lalita Ahmed | Mrs. Islam | |
Harvey Virdi | Razia | |
Zafreen | Hasina | |
Harsh Nayyar | Dr. Azad | |
Abdul Nlephaz Ali | Tariq | |
Bernard Holley | News Reporter | |
Bijal Chandaria | Shefali | |
Mohammed Ahsan | Meeting Chairman | |
Josh Ali | Meeting Secretary | |
Raha Ahmed | First Speaker at Meeting | |
Abed Hakim | Second Speaker at Meeting | |
Ebow Graham | Additional Meeting Man | |
Khalid Miah | Additional Meeting Man | |
Andrew Eduardo Godini Reid | Additional Meeting Man | |
Jean Carnell | Tattooed Woman | |
Debjani Deb | Young Nazneen | |
Kusumika Nagar | Young Hasina | |
Bidyut Das | Abba - Nazneen's dad | |
Dola Chakraborty | Amma - Nazneen's mom |
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Producer | Ameenah Ayub
Paula Jalfon Alison Owen Chris Collins |
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Writer | Monica Ali
Laura Jones Abi Morgan |
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Cinematography | Robbie Ryan
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Musician | Jocelyn Pook
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A young Bangladeshi woman, Nazneem, arrives in 1980s London, leaving behind her beloved sister and home, for an arranged marriage and a new life. Trapped within the four walls of her flat, and in a loveless marriage with the middle aged Chanu, she fears her soul is quietly dying. Her sister Hasina, meanwhile, continues to live a carefree life back in Bangladesh, stumbling from one adventure to the next. Nazneen struggles to accept her lifestyle, and keeps her head down in spite of life's blows, but she soon discovers that life cannot be avoided - and is forced to confront it the day that the hotheaded young Karim comes knocking at her door. |
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