Anita and Me

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.

Cast

Chandeep Uppal

as Meena Kumar

Max Beesley

as Hairy Neddy

Anna Brewster

as Anita Rutter

Sanjeev Bhaskar

as Mr. Kumar

Kathy Burke

as Mrs. Rutter

Kabir Bedi

as Yeti

Ayesha Dharker

as Mrs. Daljeet Kumar

Lynn Redgrave

as Mrs. Omerod

Alex Freeborn

as Sam Lowbridge

Mark Williams

as The Reverend 'Uncle' Alan

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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" ...

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