This film based on the part, autobiographical book my Meena Syal is set in Tollington, as rural English village in the seventies. A touching story it deals with Meena (a 12 year old girl whose parents moved to Tollington from India), her life and her friendship with her neighbour Anita.
Very funny but also very sad at times this movie is excellent. Meena Syal has written the screenplay herself so it stays very true to the book. She also plays a small part (not as Meena) in the film along with others like Kathy Burke (of Harry Enfield fame) Mark Williams (the fast show), and her Goodness Gracious me co-star, Sanjeev Bhaskar. The young actors are also exceptionally good. The actress who plays young Meena is very good and believable with brilliant comic timing, while unfortunately young Anita seemed slightly wooden. Although some may argue the character Anita is meant to be quite stiff so this does not affect the quality of the movie too much. This film fits into the category of films dealing with young people from an Asian heritage (Pakistan, India etc) living in Britain, like 'East is East' and Bend it like Beckham. This film is one of the best out of this genre of film and although similar to East is East is also very different.
An excellent piece of 21st century film.
Very funny but also very sad at times this movie is excellent. Meena Syal has written the screenplay herself so it stays very true to the book. She also plays a small part (not as Meena) in the film along with others like Kathy Burke (of Harry Enfield fame) Mark Williams (the fast show), and her Goodness Gracious me co-star, Sanjeev Bhaskar. The young actors are also exceptionally good. The actress who plays young Meena is very good and believable with brilliant comic timing, while unfortunately young Anita seemed slightly wooden. Although some may argue the character Anita is meant to be quite stiff so this does not affect the quality of the movie too much. This film fits into the category of films dealing with young people from an Asian heritage (Pakistan, India etc) living in Britain, like 'East is East' and Bend it like Beckham. This film is one of the best out of this genre of film and although similar to East is East is also very different.
An excellent piece of 21st century film.