East Is East

BBC Films has announced plans to make a sequel to the 1999 movie East Is East, which will be entitled West Is West The follow-up to the Bafta-winning film will feature much of the same cast, with Om Puri and Linda Bassett returning to play George and Ella Khan in a script written by original screenwriter Ayub Khan-Din, the Daily Telegraph reports. BBC Films managing director Jane Wright said: "People remember East Is East as an absolutely charming, funny but poignant piece and this film will be the same. "It's »
- By Mayer Nissim

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When news surfaced earlier this year that the BBC plans to mount a sequel to East Is East (cleverly shifting compass points to be titled West Is West), several questions immediately popped up. What would happen to the Khan family? Where would the sequel take place? How can it live up to the original? While speaking to Digital Spy soaps chief Kris Green, Emmerdale's Chris Bisson, who starred in the much-loved 1999 comedy, answered those questions and informed us that not one but two sequels are in the pipeline. Is the sequel to East Is East definitely happening?
"West Is West is definitely happening - it's shooting in Bombay this month. I'm not part of it, though." That's a shame.
"Well it might be a trilogy and I might be involved in the third one! It's only a rumour and it's still just a rumour »
- By Simon Reynolds

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Naseeruddin Shah ostensibly played a terror mastermind in Neeraj Pandey's A Wednesday. But finally it turned out to be the role of messiah on a mission to 'cleanse the society'. Now, Naseer's arch-rival Om Puri has taken on the role of an unapologetic hardcore terrorist in Rensil D'Silva's Kurbaan. Bollywood characters derived from headlines specially ones that are taken from extremist news reports, are now being seen as tricky territory. In Rensil D'Silva's hushed and much talked-about Kurbaan, Om Puri plays a hardcore terrorist who masterminds a massive terror attack in the Us. Surely a politically-incorrect role for an actor, if ever there was one! In fact, Irrfan Khan had said no to play a global terrorist in Kurbaan. Playing a terrorist automatically puts the actor in the suspicious list on the international airports. And so what if it's just a part? But Om is fearless. "I'm aware of the repercussions. »
- Subhash K. Jha

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