Akbar Kurtha, Gopi Desai, Om Puri, Rachel Griffiths, Stellan Skarsgård
Parvez is a reserved taxi driver who has spent 25 years in England building a life for himself and his family. Minoo is Parvez's dutiful wife and Farid is Parvez's teenage son, who is consumed with pr...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2000
Stats: 43 reviews
Why is this movie in the category of Comedy? It had some comedic moments borne out of real life situations, but it is far from a comedy. This film deals with some serious issues. Morality, religion, race, race "mixing," love, honor. It is really quite stirring. I rented this film...( read more)
It was a decent movie. It was hard to understand the main guy most of the time, but it was easy to sympathize with his struggle. Losing his son to radical Islam and having a "dull" wife is hard on a man.
A riveting, poignant movie about a Pakistani cab driver played by the brilliant Om Puri, who struggles to prevent his son turning to Muslim fundamentalism, whilst simultaneously falling in love with a prostitute.
This film is about a taxi driver that falls for a prostitute and he see's beyond her job for what she truely is :D
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