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The Buddha of Suburbia (1994)
Directed by Roger Michell
Overview
The Buddha of Suburbia is a 1993 British four-part television serial, directed by Roger Michell. Based on the novel of the same name by Hanif Kureishi, the programme starred Naveen Andrews as the main character, Karim Amir. The programme’s music was written and performed by David Bowie. Karim Amir is a mixed-race 17-year-old who lives in a South London suburb during the 1970s. With an English mother and a Pakistani father, Karim is uncertain of his cultural identity. As his father becomes a kind of spiritual guru to the surrounding middle-class neighbours, Karim begins to explore his cultural roots with hopes that he will achieve sexual and racial self-realisation.
Length 222 minutes
Actors
Roshan Seth | Steven Mackintosh | Mark Strong | Brenda Blethyn | Naveen Andrews | David Bradley | Richard Leaf | John McEnery | David Bamber | Amanda Root | Harish Patel | Jemma Redgrave | Susan Fleetwood | Nisha Nayar | Vicky Murdock