Brothers in Trouble

Amir is an illegal Pakistani immigrant smuggled into England in the 1960's to work, to send money to his family and perhaps even bring them over with him. A skilled laborer, he is forced to do unskilled work like shoveling sheep dung and processing wool. He lives in a boarding house with nearly a dozen other men, under the supervision of Hussein Shah. He befriends a young student, Sakib, who dreams of being a writer. Their existence is punctuated by secret movies, a visiting prostitute, fear of detection and deportation, and the gangster-like smuggler who comes by for his take every week. The household is shaken up by the arrival of a white girl, Shah's girlfriend, and the sense of femininity and family she brings.

Cast

Om Puri Hussein Shah Angeline Ball Mary Ace Bhatti Irshad Bhasker Patel Gholam Pavan Malhotra Amir

Pravesh Kumar Sakib

Badi Uzzaman Old Ram

Harmage Singh Kalirai Sher Baz

Kumall Grewal Akbar Dal

Marc Anwar Raja (as Omar Salimi)

Pal Aron Zamara

Shiv Grewal Shona Mian

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