Brothers in Trouble

The story

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

O Om PuriHussein Shah A Angeline BallMary A Ace BhattiIrshad B Bhasker PatelGholam P Pavan MalhotraAmir P Pravesh KumarSakib B Badi UzzamanOld Ram H Harmage Singh KaliraiSher Baz K Kumall GrewalAkbar Dal M Marc AnwarRaja (as Omar Salimi) P Pal AronZamara S Shiv GrewalShona Mian

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L Lesley Clare O'NeillProstitute K Kulvinder GhirAgent R Riz AbbasiAsif F Freddie FletcherRedway J June BroughtonBeryl W William MaxwellDoctor H Huggy LeaverMarket Porter A Aftab SachakSakib's Uncle J John LambertRegistrar T Tich SaundDriver (as Tich Saunders) J Judy MonahanNurse P Peter SilverleafBelgian Docker M Maria RedmondNurse O'Malley M Mellan MitchellCafe Owner S Shereen WheeksBaby Michael S Sian HollandBaby Michael L Luke JohnsonBaby Michael S Shadin KhosruHousehold Ensemble #1 S Shekhar BassiHousehold Ensemble #2 B Balraj Singh SomalHousehold Ensemble #3 S Steven NijjarHousehold Ensemble #4 S Sanjit SilHousehold Ensemble #5 R Rez KemptonHousehold Ensemble #6 A Asheer KaleemHousehold Ensemble #7 V Vimal StephensHousehold Ensemble #8 (as Noel Stephens) P Peter JacquesPriest (uncredited)