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ComedyDramaFamily

Anita and Me

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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.

Release Date : 2002-11-22

Language :PunjabiEnglishHindi

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Starfield ProductionsEM MediaEmmiPortman FilmBBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Chandeep Uppal

Character Name : Meena Kumar

Original Name : Chandeep Uppal

Gender : Female

Max Beesley

Character Name : Hairy Neddy

Original Name : Max Beesley

Gender : Male

Anna Brewster

Character Name : Anita Rutter

Original Name : Anna Brewster

Gender : Female

Sanjeev Bhaskar

Character Name : Mr. Kumar

Original Name : Sanjeev Bhaskar

Gender : Male

Kathy Burke

Character Name : Mrs. Rutter

Original Name : Kathy Burke

Gender : Female

Kabir Bedi

Character Name : Yeti

Original Name : Kabir Bedi

Gender : Male

Ayesha Dharker

Character Name : Mrs. Daljeet Kumar

Original Name : Ayesha Dharker

Gender : Female

Lynn Redgrave

Character Name : Mrs. Omerod

Original Name : Lynn Redgrave

Gender : Female

Alex Freeborn

Character Name : Sam Lowbridge

Original Name : Alex Freeborn

Gender : Male

Mark Williams

Character Name : The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan

Original Name : Mark Williams

Gender : Male

Lucy Pargeter

Character Name : Brenda

Original Name : Lucy Pargeter

Gender : Female

Meera Syal

Character Name : Auntie Shaila

Original Name : Meera Syal

Gender : Female

Kathy Burke

Character Name : Mrs. Diedre Rutter

Original Name : Kathy Burke

Gender : Female

Zohra Sehgal

Character Name : Nanima

Original Name : Zohra Sehgal

Gender : Female

Christine Tremarco

Character Name : Sandy

Original Name : Christine Tremarco

Gender : Female

Claire Downes

Character Name : Teacher

Original Name : Claire Downes

Gender : Female

Georgia Patrick

Character Name : Tracey Rutter

Original Name : Georgia Patrick

Gender : Male

Omid Djalili

Character Name : Uncle Amman

Original Name : Omid Djalili

Gender : Male

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2023-09-03

This is one of these gentle, tender, coming-of-age movies that raises the odd smile but is really pretty unremarkable. I can't speculate as to the degree in which it is semi-autobiographical of writer Meera Syal's own upbringing; but it centres around the story of a young British Asian girl "Meena" (Chandeep Uppal) whose family live in a town in the Midlands of England where she has to do her own growing up against a background of boredom and innate racial hostility. When the "Rutter" family move in next door, she is impressed by "Anita" (Anna Brewster) despite her being a bit rough around the edges and we head off on a journey of sweet shops, sex and self-discovery. It has a good ensemble cast including Kathy Bates and Sanjeev Bhaskar to help keep it ticking over, but it's just too safe - not that it needs violence or bad language; but it's just a little too worthy a film to stay in the memory after it's done. It wouldn't be fair to describe it as boring; but it's not far off.