Roy Thomson Hall: Familial Strife

Om Puri Dept: Though the story of George s clan took place in a grubby suburb of Manchester in the early 1970s, its portrayal of the immigrant experience and familial strife were sufficiently universal that East is East became a worldwide hit, according to The Star. But a new sequel to East is East reveals a different side to the character. As Puri says in an interview the day after Sunday s world premiere of West is West at Roy Thomson Hall, this may come as a surprise to viewers who thought they had George pegged and among the 200-plus characters that Om Puri has played on screen during the Indian actor s 34-year career, a chip-shop owner named George Khan occupies a special place. In the 1999 British film East is East , George was both lovable and fearsome as he tried in vain to exert his will over his long-suffering English wife and a big brood of children who, like their father, felt torn between two cultures. Thus did the hot-tempered George become a signature role for an actor who d already become a familiar presence in both Indian cinema and movies made in the West including the 1998 screen adaptation of Rohinton Mistry s Such a Long Journey . As reported in the news.
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