My Beautiful Laundrette poster

My Beautiful Laundrette( 1985)

TV-MAComedyDramaRomance
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A sharp, sophisticated, funny, sexy, compassionate picture.

Overview

A Pakistani Briton renovates a rundown laundrette with his male lover while dealing with drama within his family, the local Pakistani community, and a persistent mob of skinheads.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Gordon Warnecke

      Omar Ali

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      Daniel Day-Lewis

      Johnny Burfoot

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      Roshan Seth

      Hussein "Papa" Ali

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      Saeed Jaffrey

      Nasser Ali

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      Derrick Branche

      Salim N. Ali

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      Rita Wolf

      Tania N. Ali

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      Souad Faress

      Cherry N. Ali

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      Shirley Anne Field

      Rachel

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      Richard Graham

      Genghis

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      Garry Cooper

      Squatter

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      Charu Bala Chokshi

      Bilquis

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      Persis Maravala

      Nasser's Elder Daughter

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      Nisha Kapur

      Nasir's Younger Daughter

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      Walter Donohue

      Dick O'Donnell

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      Neil Cunningham

      Englishman

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      Gurdial Sira

      Zaki

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      Stephen Marcus

      Moose

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      Ram John Holder

      Poet

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      Dawn Archibald

      Gang Member #1

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      Jonathan Moore

      Gang Member #2

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      Gerard Horan

      Telephone Man

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      Bhasker Patel

      Tariq

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      Badi Uzzaman

      Dealer

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      Ayub Khan-Din

      Student

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      Dulice Liecier

      Girl in Disco

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      Chris Pitt

      Kid #1

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      Kerryann White

      Kid #2

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      Colin Campbell

      Madame Butterfly Man

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      Sheila Chitnis

      Zaki's Wife

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      Winston Graham

      Jamaican #1

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      Dudley Thomas

      Jamaican #2

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

    7
    Written by CinemaSerf on Wed Jul 16 2025
    This was always my favourite of the early slew of films commissioned by Channel Four. At the time it was trendy to make sure that every film was “edgy” and determined to make some sort of social point about the supposed iniquities of “Thatcherism”. This one is a bit more subtle about that, presenting an hybrid of a love story married with a critique on a racially charged environment in which the thuggish and the venal were almost equally complicit. We meet the handsome young “Omar” (Gordon Warnecke) who has been affectionately looking after his dipso dad (Roshan Seth) for a while until he gets ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    860000.00

    Revenue

    2451545.00

    Keywords

    • london, england
    • skinhead
    • society
    • fascism
    • immigration
    • family business
    • laundromat
    • working class
    • racism
    • car dealership
    • racial tension
    • laundry
    • lgbt
    • alcoholic father
    • star crossed lovers
    • 1980s
    • skinheads
    • pakistani culture
    • gay theme
    • british asian
    • thatcherism
    • punk
    • business owner
    • 16mm film
    • margaret thatcher