Meena, a 12-year-old living in a mining village in the English Midlands in 1972, is the daughter of Indian parents who've come to England to give her a better life. This idyllic existence is upset by the arrival in the village of Anita Rutter and her dysfunctional family.
Cast
Chandeep Uppal
Meena Kumar
Max Beesley
Hairy Neddy
Anna Brewster
Anita Rutter
Sanjeev Bhaskar
Mr. Kumar
Kathy Burke
Mrs. Rutter, Mrs. Diedre Rutter
Kabir Bedi
Yeti
Ayesha Dharker
Mrs. Daljeet Kumar
Lynn Redgrave
Mrs. Omerod
Alex Freeborn
Sam Lowbridge
Mark Williams
The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan
Lucy Pargeter
Brenda
Meera Syal
Auntie Shaila
Zohra Sehgal
Nanima
Christine Tremarco
Sandy
Claire Downes
Teacher
Georgia Patrick
Tracey Rutter
Omid Djalili
Uncle Amman
Crew
Metin Hüseyin
Director
Meera Syal
Writer, Producer
Annie Kocur
Editor
Kate Higham
Assistant Editor
Kate Mackenzie
Assistant Editor
Cinders Forshaw
Director of Photography
Max Keene
First Assistant Director
Jacqueline Thorogood
Production Coordinator
Bill Allan
Executive Producer
Peter Carlton
Executive Producer
Keith Evans
Executive Producer
Paul Trijbits
Executive Producer
Tristan Whalley
Executive Producer
David M. Thompson
Executive Producer
Paul Raphael
Producer
Caroline Hanania
Production Design
Paul Edwards
Steadicam Operator
Alf Tramontin
Steadicam Operator
Shaheen Baig
Casting Associate
Jina Jay
Casting
Pippa Hall
Casting
Susannah Buxton
Costume Design
Siân Miller
Hairstylist, Makeup Artist
Graham Johnston
Makeup Designer
Daniel Phillips
Makeup Artist
Nora Robertson
Makeup Artist
Catherine Hodgson
Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Wood
Supervising Sound Editor
Mike Prestwood Smith
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Kate Morath
Boom Operator
Ruth Sullivan
Foley Artist
Harry Barnes
Foley Editor
Stewart Henderson
ADR & Dubbing
Peter Gleaves
ADR Mixer
Darren May
Special Effects Supervisor
Antony Bluff
Visual Effects Producer
Nitin Sawhney
Original Music Composer
Trisha Edwards
Set Decoration
Giles Keyte
Still Photographer
Zoe Morgan
Script Supervisor
Raymond Perry
Property Master
Tom Gates
Gaffer
Mark Milsome
Focus Puller
Linda Gamble
Unit Publicist
Andrew Munro
Art Direction
