The grind of daily life as a Brick Lane Bangladessi as seen through the eyes of Nazneen (Chatterjee), who at 17 enters an arranged marriage with Chanu (Kaushik). Years later, living in east London with her family, she meets a young man Karim (Simpson).
Tannishtha Chatterjee
as Nazneen Ahmed
Satish Kaushik
as Chanu Ahmed
Christopher Simpson
as Karim
Naeema Begum
as Rukshana 'Shahna' Ahmed
Lana Rahman
as Bibi Ahmed
Lalita Ahmed
as Mrs Islam
Harvey Virdi
as Razia
Harsh Nayyar
as Dr Azad
Lasco Atkins
as Train Customer
Bernard Holley
as News Reporter