Anita and Me (film)
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Anita and Me was a successful British comedy/drama film released in 2002 based on the book Anita and Me by Meera Syal. It is about a young Hindu Indian girl growing up in a Northern English mining village in 1972, and how she tried to fit in. It ran for 92 minutes. It was released during a period of popularity for Anglo-Indian films, alongside films like East Is East, and Bend It Like Beckham.
[edit] Plot
Meena Kumar, a 12 year old girl of Indian origin, is living with her family in a predominantly white working class northern mining village in England in 1972. It is then that Meena meets Anita, a white, 14 year old girl who Meena idolises. However Meena finds it harder and harder to fit in as her Indian heritage keeps on resurfacing, and Anita's new boyfriend proves to be a racist.
[edit] Cast
- Meena Kumar - Chandeep Uppal
- Anita Rutter - Anna Brewster
- Mr Kumar - Sanjeev Bhaskar
- Mrs Kumar - Ayesha Dharker
- The Yeti - Kabir Bedi
