Ayub Khan-Din

Acting

Ayub Khan-Din

Born May 21, 1961 · Salford, Greater Manchester, England, UK (age 65)

Ayub Khan Din (born 11 July 1961) is a British writer and actor. He wrote the BAFTA, BIFA and London Film Critics Circle award-winning film East Is East (1999), adapted from his 1996 Olivier-nominated play of the same name. His 2008 comedy play Rafta, Rafta... won the Olivier Award. He went on to write the film sequel West Is West (2010). On television, he created the Channel 4 comedy-drama Ackley…

Known For

Magic Mike's Last DanceMagic Mike's Last Dance · 2023
Magic Mike's Last Dance
6.42023
MovieComedyDrama
Mike Lane takes to the stage again after a lengthy hiatus, following a business deal that went bust, leaving him broke and taking bartender gigs in Florida. For what he hopes will be one last hurrah, Mike heads to London with a wealthy socialite who lures him with an offer he can’t refuse… and an agenda all her own. With everything on the line, once Mike discovers what she truly has in mind, will he—and the roster of hot new dancers he’ll have to whip into shape—be able to pull it off?
My Beautiful LaundretteMy Beautiful Laundrette · 1985
My Beautiful Laundrette
6.71985
MovieComedyDrama
A young Pakistani Briton manages a rundown laundrette with his lover while dealing with tension in his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.
East Is EastEast Is East · 1999
East Is East
6.51999
MovieDramaComedy
In 1971 Salford fish-and-chip shop owner George Khan expects his family to follow his strict Pakistani Muslim ways. But his children, with an English mother and having been born and brought up in Britain, increasingly see themselves as British and start to reject their father's rules on dress, food, religion, and living in general.
Young ToscaniniYoung Toscanini · 1988
Young Toscanini
6.71988
MovieDramaHistory
A fanciful biopic of legendary conductor Arturo Toscanini as a very young man.
Sammy and Rosie Get LaidSammy and Rosie Get Laid · 1987
Sammy and Rosie Get Laid
5.71987
MovieDramaComedy
Sammy and Rosie are an unconventional middle-class London married couple. They live in the midst of inner-city chaos, surround themselves with intellectual street people, and sleep with everybody - except each other! Things become interesting when Sammy's father, Rafi, who is a former Indian government minister, comes to London for a visit. Sammy, Rosie, and Rafi try to find meaning through their lives and loves.
The Care of TimeThe Care of Time · 1990
The Care of Time
4.81990
MovieTV MovieThriller
Robert Halliday is coerced into helping Karlis Zander, an international fixer, into editing a Russian terrorist's memoirs and ghostwriting an exposé of modern terrorists.
West Is WestWest Is West · 2010
West Is West
6.42010
MovieComedy
Salford, North of England, 1976. The now much diminished, but still dysfunctional, Khan family continues to struggle for survival. Sajid, the youngest Khan is deep in pubescent crisis under heavy assault both from his father's tyrannical insistence on Pakistani tradition, and from the fierce bullies in the schoolyard. So, in a last, desperate attempt to 'sort him out', his father decides to pack him off to Mrs Khan No 1 and family in the Punjab, the wife and daughters he had abandoned 35 years earlier.
All in Good TimeAll in Good Time · 2012
All in Good Time
6.52012
MovieComedyRomance
Atul and Vina, a newly-wed couple, are unable to consummate their marriage due to his meddling parents. As a result, both are left frustrated and complications start arising in their relationship.

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