The Buddha of Suburbia

7.3
1993 Drama , Comedy

Karim is 17 years old and lives in a South London suburb with his English mother and Pakistani father, who has become a kind of spiritual guru to his middle-class neighbours. Karim wants to explore his cultural roots, in the hope that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation.

  • Cast:
    Naveen Andrews , Brenda Blethyn , Harish Patel , Jemma Redgrave , Roshan Seth , Steven Mackintosh , Susan Fleetwood , David Bamber , Nisha Nayar , Surendra Kochar

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