The Buddha of Suburbia Movie Review 1992

Satire set in late '70s suburban London follows the coming of age adventures of Karim (Andrews), the handsome son of an Indian father and English mother. His gleeful father Haroon (Seth) exploits the vogue for eastern philosophies he knows nothing about with lectures to the upper-middle classes while he carries on with devotee Eva (Fleetwood). When his mother finds out, Karim and his father move into central London with Eva, where Karim decides to take up acting in fringe theatre and sex while his friend, Eva's son Charlie (Mackintosh), experiments with the punk music scene. TV miniseries adapted by Kureishi from his novel.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 220 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Dads, Coming of Age, London, Big Ideas

Screenplay

Hanif Kureishi, Roger Michell

Cast

Naveen Andrews, Roshan Seth, Susan Fleetwood, Steven Mackintosh, Brenda Blethyn, John McEnery, Janet Dale, David Bamber, Donald (Don) Sumpter, Jemma Redgrave, David Bradley

Cinematography

John McGlashan

Director

Roger Michell

Music

David Bowie

Producer

BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation)