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A Private Enterprise

BFI titles • Drama, UR

Shiv, an enterprising Indian immigrant, navigates industrial Birmingham in an attempt to set up a business manufacturing plastic toys and trinkets. He negotiates the tricky differences between the expectations of his Indian community and the ambitions of his private life, switching picket lines for business leadership and mixing arranged marriages with romantic explorations.

Tags
Asian community in Great Britain
Cast
Salmaan Peer Shiv Verma
Marc Zuber Ashok
Ramon Sinha Uncle Ramji
Shukla Bhattercharjee Chandra
Crew
Peter K. Smith director

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