Directed by:
Stephen FrearsScreenplay:
Hanif KureishiCinematography:
Oliver StapletonCast:
Gordon Warnecke, Saeed Jaffrey, Roshan Seth, Daniel Day-Lewis, Richard Graham, Persis Khambatta, Shirley Anne Field, Ayub Khan-Din, Stephen Marcus (more)Plots(1)
Living on the dole with his alcoholic father in a shabby South London flat, Omar is a bright-eyed Pakistani teenager who wants to make something of himself. And as his papa drowns deeper in vodka and self-pity, Omar turns to his unscrupulous wheeling-and-dealing Uncle Nasser to show him the key to success. But when Nasser hires Omar as manager of a seedy, dilapidated laundromat, Omar is forced to choose between running a squeaky-clean establishmentor conducting some very dirty business! (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gordon Warnecke
UK
Best movies:
Young Toscanini (1988)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
![Saeed Jaffrey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276587_931e35.jpg)
Saeed Jaffrey
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
The Far Pavilions (1984) (series)
The Far Pavilions (1984)
![Roshan Seth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/592/160592788_968756.jpg)
Roshan Seth
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)
Amal (2007)
![Daniel Day-Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/828/163828252_c73269.jpg)
Daniel Day-Lewis
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
Gandhi (1982)
Richard Graham
UK
Best movies:
In the Name of the Father (1993)
Titanic (1997)
I.D. (1995)
![Persis Khambatta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/648/164648032_04ecde.jpg)
Persis Khambatta
India
Best movies:
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Shirley Anne Field
UK
Best movies:
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
The Kid (2010)
The War Lover (1962)
![Ayub Khan-Din](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/153/167153720_6ab84a.jpg)
Ayub Khan-Din
UK
Best movies:
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid (1987)
![Stephen Marcus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/529/161529682_70a759.jpg)
Stephen Marcus
UK
Best movies:
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)
The Greatest Game Ever Played (2005)
Hogfather (2006) (TV movie)
Ram John Holder
Guyana
Best movies:
Unfinished Song (2012)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Britannia Hospital (1982)
Badi Uzzaman
India
Best movies:
Eastern Promises (2007)
Cry Freedom (1987)
The Sign of Four (1987) (TV movie)
![Charu Bala Chokshi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/365/161365634_17e335.jpg)
Charu Bala Chokshi
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Jonathan Moore
UK
Best movies:
Jack the Ripper (1988) (TV movie)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Dalziel and Pascoe (1996) (series)
Colin Campbell
UK
Best movies:
The Leather Boys (1964)
My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)
Nuns on the Run (1990)